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Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–2 on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at home.

Team Goals 2015-2016 record
Vancouver Canucks 2 31-38-13
at Minnesota Wild 6 38-33-11

Goals by period

Team Total
Vancouver Canucks 0 1 1 2
Minnesota Wild 2 4 0 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vancouver Canucks 12 9 10 31
Minnesota Wild 17 19 5 41

Three stars

  1. M. Koivu, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 3 assists)
  2. T. Vanek, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 3 assists)
  3. Z. Parise, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:17 Minnesota Wild Thomas Vanek (11) Zach Parise (7), Jason Pominville (14) Power play VAN 0, MIN 1
1st 12:47 Minnesota Wild Jason Zucker (7) Thomas Vanek (10), Mikko Koivu (17) Even strength VAN 0, MIN 2
2nd 05:25 Minnesota Wild Zach Parise (10) Mikko Koivu (18), Thomas Vanek (11) Power play VAN 0, MIN 3
2nd 06:45 Vancouver Canucks Jannik Hansen (9) Henrik Sedin (21) Even strength VAN 1, MIN 3
2nd 08:12 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu (6) Thomas Vanek (12), Nate Prosser (2) Even strength VAN 1, MIN 4
2nd 12:36 Minnesota Wild Ryan Suter (5) Zach Parise (8), Mikko Koivu (19) Power play VAN 1, MIN 5
2nd 16:03 Minnesota Wild Marco Scandella (4) Mathew Dumba (4), Nino Niederreiter (5) Even strength VAN 1, MIN 6
3rd 06:16 Vancouver Canucks Daniel Sedin (14) Henrik Sedin (22) Even strength VAN 2, MIN 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Vancouver Canucks Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 31 41
Power play 0 of 0 3 of 5
Penalty minutes 17 7
Hits 15 13
Blocked shots 10 9
Giveaways 0 4
Takeaways 8 10
Faceoffs won 25/62 (40.3%) 37/62 (59.7%)

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters
Player
9 B. Prust L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14:07
14 A. Burrows R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:55
15 D. Dorsett R 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 0 14:28
17 R. Vrbata R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 13:46
20 C. Higgins L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 1 0 16:48
22 D. Sedin L 1 0 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 12:17
24 A. Cracknell R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 56.3% 14:38
33 H. Sedin C 0 2 2 +2 0 1 0 0 0 25% 11:08
36 J. Hansen R 1 0 1 +1 0 5 1 0 0 16:53
47 S. Baertschi L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 13:32
53 B. Horvat C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 60% 18:42
91 J. McCann L 0 0 0 -2 4 1 2 0 0 21.4% 15:00
6 Y. Weber D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 3 2 0 23:00
8 C. Tanev D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:15
23 A. Edler D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 20:50
27 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 21:28
44 M. Bartkowski D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 0 0 17:58
55 A. Biega D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 0 0 18:29
Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie
25 J. Markstrom 5 5 0 1.000 20:00
30 R. Miller 36 30 6 .833 40:00 Loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
3 C. Coyle C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 2 0 0 45.5% 15:05
7 C. Porter L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 0 0 13:15
9 M. Koivu C 1 3 4 +2 0 1 0 0 0 78.3% 16:47
11 Z. Parise L 1 2 3 -1 0 8 0 0 1 17:52
14 J. Fontaine R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 13:22
16 J. Zucker L 1 0 1 +2 0 4 0 0 0 13:45
18 R. Carter L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 14:19
22 N. Niederreiter R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 14:23
26 T. Vanek L 1 3 4 +2 0 2 0 0 1 17:05
29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 0 0 100% 16:26
56 E. Haula L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 60% 13:04
64 M. Granlund C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 0 43.8% 16:02
6 M. Scandella D 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 23:01
20 R. Suter D 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 0 1 22:21
24 M. Dumba D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18:24
25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:37
39 N. Prosser D 0 1 1 0 7 0 2 3 0 12:34
46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 19:45
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
35 D. Kuemper 31 29 2 .936 59:53 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:50 Vancouver Canucks Ben Hutton Holding 2
2nd 05:12 Vancouver Canucks Yannick Weber Hooking 2
2nd 10:59 Vancouver Canucks Derek Dorsett Roughing 2
2nd 10:59 Minnesota Wild Nate Prosser Roughing 2
2nd 11:04 Vancouver Canucks Jared McCann High sticking double minor 4
3rd 18:27 Vancouver Canucks Derek Dorsett Fighting (major) 5
3rd 18:27 Vancouver Canucks Derek Dorsett Boarding 2
3rd 18:27 Minnesota Wild Nate Prosser Fighting (major) 5

Game information

Vancouver Canucks head coach
Willie Desjardins
Minnesota Wild head coach
Mike Yeo
Referees
Thomas John Luxmore, Brad Meier
Linesmen
Darren Gibbs, Vaughan Rody
Vancouver Canucks scratches
Andrey Pedan, Ronalds Kenins
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jarret Stoll, Tyson Strachan, Niklas Backstrom

2015-2016 season series

Matchup Status Details
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Minnesota Wild 6 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 5 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 15

Matchup Status Details
New Jersey Devils 2 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 5 at New York Islanders 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 2 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 4 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 5 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Final/OT Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 2 at Nashville Predators 1 Final/OT Game page
St. Louis Blues 4 at Winnipeg Jets 3 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 0 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Dallas Stars 5 Final Game page

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