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Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 2–1 in a shootout on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at home.

Team Goals 2023-2024 record
Vancouver Canucks 1 50-23-9
at Minnesota Wild 2 39-34-9

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vancouver Canucks 9 13 12 2 0 36
Minnesota Wild 13 10 8 0 0 31

Three stars

  1. F. Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)
  2. C. DeSmith, Vancouver Canucks (goaltender)
  3. J. Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 18:05 Minnesota Wild Frederick Gaudreau (2) Marcus Foligno (8), Patrick Maroon (9) Even strength VAN 0, MIN 1
2nd 03:50 Vancouver Canucks Teddy Blueger (3) Dakota Joshua (5), Conor Garland (9) Even strength VAN 1, MIN 1

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Minnesota Wild Mats Zuccarello Goal (winner)
1 Vancouver Canucks Andrei Kuzmenko Saved
2 Minnesota Wild Matt Boldy Saved
2 Vancouver Canucks J.T. Miller Saved
3 Minnesota Wild Kirill Kaprizov Saved
3 Vancouver Canucks Elias Pettersson Saved

Team stats

Stat Vancouver Canucks Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 36 31
Power play 0 of 5 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 10
Hits 15 16
Blocked shots 11 16
Giveaways 5 11
Takeaways 6 2
Faceoffs won 32/63 (50.8%) 31/63 (49.2%)

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters
Player
6 B. Boeser R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 1 19:41
8 C. Garland R 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 1 15:27
9 J. Miller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 68.8% 19:35
18 S. Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:01
21 N. Hoglander L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 08:06
24 P. Suter C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 36.4% 17:02
34 P. Di Giuseppe L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:56
40 E. Pettersson C 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 38.9% 23:11
53 T. Blueger C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 62.5% 16:28
65 I. Mikheyev R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17:19
81 D. Joshua C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 15:41
96 A. Kuzmenko L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:16
17 F. Hronek D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 2 21:48
43 Q. Hughes D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 0 28:43
47 N. Juulsen D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 4 1 11:08
57 T. Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:31
82 I. Cole D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 3 17:00
91 N. Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 17:07
Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie
29 C. DeSmith 31 30 1 .968 65:00 OT loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
12 M. Boldy L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 18:04
14 J. Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 2 51.9% 22:47
17 M. Foligno L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 14:57
20 P. Maroon L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 11:21
21 B. Duhaime L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 08:55
23 M. Rossi C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 40% 14:37
26 C. Dewar C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 60% 11:25
36 M. Zuccarello R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:55
38 R. Hartman R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 3 50% 10:41
89 F. Gaudreau C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 46.7% 16:03
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15:49
97 K. Kaprizov L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 22:07
4 J. Merrill D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 10:06
5 J. Middleton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 27:15
7 B. Faber D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 31:34
24 Z. Bogosian D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 2 0 21:28
33 A. Goligoski D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16:12
48 D. Hunt D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 3 14:44
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
32 F. Gustavsson 36 35 1 .972 65:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 12:50 Vancouver Canucks Quinn Hughes Slashing 2
1st 19:25 Minnesota Wild Mats Zuccarello Hooking 2
2nd 09:59 Minnesota Wild Joel Eriksson Ek Holding the stick 2
2nd 12:09 Vancouver Canucks Filip Hronek Slashing 2
2nd 15:50 Minnesota Wild Matt Boldy Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 19:24 Minnesota Wild Zach Bogosian Interference 2
3rd 08:04 Minnesota Wild Marco Rossi Holding 2

Game information

Vancouver Canucks head coach
Rick Tocchet
Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Referees
Frederick L'Ecuyer, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen
Scott Cherrey, Kilian McNamara
Vancouver Canucks scratches
Mark Friedman, Nils Aman
Minnesota Wild scratches
Jared Spurgeon, Dakota Mermis, Vinni Lettieri

2023-2024 season series

Matchup Status Details
Minnesota Wild 0 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final/SO Game page
Vancouver Canucks 7 at Minnesota Wild 10 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 16

Matchup Status Details
New York Rangers 2 at Boston Bruins 1 Final/OT Game page
New Jersey Devils 6 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Final Game page
New York Islanders 3 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 0 at Philadelphia Flyers 1 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 7 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Winnipeg Jets 6 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 1 at Nashville Predators 3 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 3 at St. Louis Blues 4 Final/OT Game page
Buffalo Sabres 0 at Arizona Coyotes 2 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Calgary Flames 4 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 5 at Edmonton Oilers 1 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Seattle Kraken 2 Final/SO Game page

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