Preview: Wild at Canucks

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The Wild will hit the ice at Rogers Arena in Vancouver tonight, completing the second stop in a two-game trip to the West Coast.

Ahead of the trade deadline, the moves from the Wild front office have been minimal with only one trade in the final 24-hours of trading. Last night, the Wild acquired F Justin Brazeau from the Boston Bruins in exchange for F Marat Khusnutdinov and F Jakub Lauko and a sixth-round selection in the 2026 NHL Draft, originally acquired from Boston.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Friday, March 7th at 9:00 p.m. CT
• Where: Rogers Arena (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Watch: FanDuel Sports North
• Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
• Gamecenter: Wild at Canucks

Wild Record: 36-22-4, 76 points, 3rd in Central Division

Canucks Record: 28-22-11, 67 points, 5th in Pacific Division

2024-25 Series Record: 1-0-0

All-Time Wild Record: 51-38-15 (21-20-9 at Vancouver)

This Season on Wild vs. Canucks

The Wild won the series-opening game, 3-2, in overtime in St. Paul (12/3).

C Freddy Gaudreau (1-0=1), LW Kirill Kaprizov (1-0=1) and D Jake Middleton (1-0=1) each scored for Minnesota. G Filip Gustavsson saved 30-of-32 shots faced to earn the win for the Wild.

C Elias Pettersson led Vancouver with two points (0-2=2). LW Jake DeBrusk (1-0=1) and D Quinn Hughes (1-0=1) scored for the Canucks. G Kevin Lankinen stopped 26-of-29 shots faced for Vancouver.

Last Time Out

Minnesota defeated Seattle 4-3 in regulation on Tuesday night. RW Vinnie Hinostroza opened the scoring for Minnesota, assisted by RW Mats Zuccarello and LW Matt Boldy. Seattle responded with its first goal, with D Jared Spurgeon netting another Wild goal less than two minutes later, assisted by C Ryan Hartman and D Declan Chisholm. C Freddy Gaudreau brought the score to 3-1 in the second period, assisted by LW Marcus Johansson and Spurgeon. Zuccarello scored the final Wild goal, assisted by Johansson and Gaudreau, increasing the Wild lead to 4-1. The Kraken scored two more goals but were ultimately unable to overtake the Wild, and the tilt ended 4-3 in favor of the Wild.

Wild Leaders Against Canucks

• Zuccarello leads the Wild with 27 points (9-18=27) in 23 career contests vs. the Canucks
• Spurgeon owns 19 points (4- 15=19) in 42 games
• Kaprizov has 17 points (9-8=17) in 10 contests
• Hartman (8-5=13 in 20 games) and C Gustav Nyquist (7-6=13 in 23 games) own 13 points each

Canucks Leaders Against Wild

• Pettersson leads Vancouver with 11 points (6-5=11) in 25 career games against the Wild
• RW Brock Boesser (3-7=10 in 17 games) and Hughes (1-9=10 in 12 games) each own 10 points
• RW Conor Garland (2-7=9 in 20 games), D Tyler Myers (1-8=9 in 35 games) and DeBrusk (6-3=9 in 11 games) own nine points each

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On the Mend

Jonas Brodin: lower-body injury (two game missed)

Joel Eriksson Ek: lower-body injury (five games missed)

Kirill Kaprizov: lower-body injury (13 games missed)

Connections

• Minnesota Associate Coach Jack Capuano played in three games with Vancouver in 1990-91
• Wild Assistant Coach Jason King was selected by Vancouver in the seventh round (212th overall) of the 2001 NHL Draft and recorded 23 points (12-11=23) in 55 games in parts of two seasons with the Canucks (2002-04). King also served as an Assistant Coach for Vancouver for three seasons (2020-23) and five seasons as an Assistant Coach with the Canucks AHL affiliate in Utica (2016-20)
• Boeser is from Burnsville
• C Brendan Gaunce was selected by Vancouver in the first round (26th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft and collected 15 points (6-19=15) in 117 games in parts of four seasons with the Canucks (2015-19)
• D Derek Forbort is from Duluth
• D Carson Soucy was selected by Minnesota in the fifth round (137th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft and collected 31 points (8-23=31) in 108 games with the Wild (2017-18, 2019-21)

Fast Facts

• The Wild set single-game franchise records for goals scored (10) and single-period goals scored (seven, third period) vs. Vancouver on 2/19/24
• Minnesota is 14-3-1 in its last 18 games vs. Vancouver
• The Wild won eight consecutive meetings against Vancouver, out scoring the Canucks 28-16, before a 2-0 loss on 12/7/23
• Minnesota is 11-4-0 in the last 15 games played in Vancouver (since 3/18/13)
• The Wild is 12-5-1 in the last 18 games played in Saint Paul (since 3/10/13)
• Minnesota’s 117 points vs. the Canucks are its fourth-most against a team

For more information on today's matchup, check out the game notes below.