Minnesota 4, Vancouver 2
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 1, 2015
Where: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
Referees:
Kyle Rehman, Wes McCauley
Linesmen:
Jean Morin, Bryan Pancich
Attendance:
18438
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Wild 4, Canucks 2: Devan Dubnyk made 35 saves as visiting Minnesota hung on to down Vancouver.
Zach Parise, defenseman Jared Spurgeon, Thomas Vanek and Jason Zucker each scored a goal for the Wild, who completed a road sweep of Western Canada. Dubnyk made 17 of his saves in the third period to hold off the unrelenting Canucks.
Ronalds Kenins scored his first career goal in his second NHL game and Daniel Sedin also tallied for Vancouver, which lost for the third time in four contests. Ryan Miller stopped 16 shots while making his seventh straight start.
Parise opened the scoring 7:26 into the second period when his centering pass deflected in off a Canucks player. Spurgeon made it 2-0 on a power play exactly two minutes later with a blast from the top of the left faceoff circle.
Vanek extending Minnesota’s lead 7:08 into the third period with a slap shot on a rush that beat Miller to the blocker side. Kenins and Sedin scored goals 61 seconds apart to pull the Canucks within one with 6:39 remaining in the contest, but Dubnyk shut the door until Zucker iced the contest with an empty-net tally.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Sedin had a team-high 10 shots for the Canucks. ... Vancouver thought it scored early in the third period but the goal was disallowed after officials determined Dubnyk was unable to play his position because RW Radim Vrbata was in the crease. … Minnesota improved to 5-1-1 since acquiring Dubnyk in a trade.
Top Game Performances
Minnesota |
|
Vancouver |
Mikael Granlund 2 |
Points |
Ronalds Kenins 1 |
Zach Parise 1 |
Goals |
Ronalds Kenins 1 |
Mikael Granlund 2 |
Assists |
Alexander Edler 1 |
Jared Spurgeon 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Devan Dubnyk .946 |
Save Percentage |
Ryan Miller .842 |
Devan Dubnyk 35 |
Saves |
Ryan Miller 16 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Minnesota
|
20 |
4 |
1-2 |
4-4 |
15 |
33 |
Vancouver
|
37 |
2 |
0-4 |
1-2 |
11 |
33 |
Upcoming Games
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Vancouver will play their next game at home against Winnipeg. The Canucks have a W/L % of .536 after a win and .600 after a loss.
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Minnesota will play their next game at home against Chicago. The Wild have a W/L % of .478 after a win and .462 after a loss.