Wild Triumph Over Canucks in Tight-Checking Duel

Gaudreau and Gustavsson Shine as Wild Continue Winning Streak Under Coach Hynes

Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 in a tight-checking goalie duel, with Freddy Gaudreau scoring for the Wild and Filip Gustavsson making 36 saves for his sixth win in seven starts.
Mats Zuccarello scored his 37th career shootout goal, securing the Wild's victory.
Pat Maroon picked up a milestone 300th point on Gaudreau’s goal.
The Wild, who had the league’s worst penalty kill until new coach John Hynes arrived, went 5 of 5 and is now 27 of 31 under new assistant coach Pat Dwyer’s tutelage.
The Wild are now 7-2 under coach John Hynes, leading the NHL in allowing just 1.56 goals per game and having a league-leading .947 save percentage.