Preview: Wild at Canucks

VANCOUVER, BC. -- The Minnesota Wild faces off tonight against the Canucks, following a tough 4-2 loss to the Flames in Calgary last night.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Saturday, April 12th at 9:00 p.m. CT
• Where: Rogers Arena (Vancouver, British Colombia)
• Watch: Fan Duel Sports North
• Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
• Gamecenter: Wild at Canucks

Wild Record: 43-30-7, 93 points, 4th in Central Division

Canucks Record: 37-29-13, 87 points, 5th in Pacific Division

2024-25 Series Record: 1-1-0

All-Time Wild Record: 51-39-15 (21- 21-9 at Vancouver)

Clinching Scenarios

• The Wild can clinch a berth in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoff with a win over Vancouver (4/12) AND a St. Louis regulation loss at Seattle (4/12)
• The Wild’s “magic number” to clinch a Playoff berth over Calgary is three (points earned by Minnesota PLUS not earned by Calgary)

This Season on Wild vs. Canucks

The Wild won the series-opening game, 3-2, in overtime in St. Paul (12/3) before Vancouver won the second meeting, 3-1, at Rogers Arena (3/7).

C Marco Rossi (0-2=2) and D Brock Faber (1-1=2) lead Minnesota with two points each. G Filip Gustavsson is 1-1-0 with a 1.94 GAA and a .922 SV% in starting both games for the Wild.

C Elias Pettersson leads Vancouver with three points (1-2=3). D Filip Hronek has two assists (0-2=2). G Kevin Lankinen is 1-0-1 with a 1.94 GAA and a .940 SV% in starting both contests for the Canucks.

Last Time Out

Wild Leaders Against Canucks

• RW Mats Zuccarello leads the Wild with 27 points (9-18=27) in 24 career contests vs. the Canucks
• D Jared Spurgeon owns 19 points (4-15=19) in 43 games
• LW Kirill Kaprizov has 17 points (9-8=17) in 10 contests
• C Ryan Hartman (8-5=13 in 21 games) and C Gustav Nyquist (7-6=13 in 24 games) own 13 points each

Canucks Leaders Against Wild

• Pettersson leads Vancouver with 12 points (7-5=12) in 26 career games against the Wild
• RW Brock Boesser has 11 points (3-8=11) in 18 games
• D Quinn Hughes owns 10 points (1-9=10) in 13 games
• RW Conor Garland (2-7=9 in 21 games), D Tyler Myers (1-8=9 in 36 games) and LW Jake DeBrusk (6-3=9 in 12 games) own nine points each

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On the Mend

Jake Middleton: upper-body injury (three 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
• D Derek Forbort is from Duluth

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 14-4-1 in its last 19 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 11-5-0 in the last 16 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 any franchise

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