Minnesota Falls 4-1 to Canucks - Recap

Minnesota Falls 4-1 to Canucks - Recap

Vancouver skated to a 4-1 victory over Minnesota on Thursday in NHL action at Xcel Energy Center.

Vancouver was favored by -115 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went PUSH the consensus closing total of 5.

Daniel Sedin, Chris Higgins, Jannik Hansen, and Mason Raymond each scored for the Canucks in the victory. Sedin opened the scoring for Vancouver, finding the back of the net at 9:18 of the first period. The goal was assisted by Alexandre Burrows and Dan Hamhuis.

Cory Schneider stopped 22 of 23 Minnesota shots in the victory.

Tom Gilbert scored for the Wild, finding the net behind Cory Schneider.

Niklas Backstrom stopped 12 of 16 shots for the Wild, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Vancouver scored 1 time on 6 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Vancouver lost the shots on goal battle to Minnesota by a margin of 23-22.

Vancouver heads into a battle against the Flames. Minnesota, meanwhile, will have their next action against Nashville.