Canucks Game Night: Wild Comebacks Warning Story For First Game At Home

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October 26, 2021 • 25 minutes ago • 2 minute read • Join the conversation

Wild winger Kirill Kaprizov, who won the Calder Trophy last season, has yet to score this season.
Wild winger Kirill Kaprizov, who won the Calder Trophy last season, has yet to score this season. Photo by Matt Kartozian /USA TODAY Sports

BEN KUZMA CANUCKS GAME NIGHT

GAME INFORMATION

WILD MINNESOTA
 4-1-0, 2nd in Central Division
at VANCOUVER CANUCKS
 3-2-1, 3rd in Pacific Division

Today, 7 pm, Rogers Arena
TV: Sportsnet. Radio: Sportsnet 650

WHY SEE

Much shine and glamor. With the approval of the BC Health Authority, the house opening will be the first house at full capacity in 595 days since a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on March 10, 2020, two days before the NHL start a long COVID. 19 pause. The Canucks are coming off a 3-2-1 season-opening road trip that concluded Saturday with a 4-2 comeback win in Seattle against expansion Kraken. The Canucks defeated the Wild 3-1 in a five-game 2020 qualifying round playoff series in the Edmonton bubble.

POINT LEADERS

WILD

1. Zuccarello GP 5 G 2 A 4 PTS 6 floor mats
2. Kirill Kaprizov GP 5 G 0 A 5 PTS 5
3. Marcus Foligno GP 5 G 2 A 2 PTS 4

CANUCKS

1. Conor Garland GP 6 G 3 A 5 PTS 8
2. JT Miller GP 6 G 1 A 7 PTS 8
3. Bo Horvat GP 6 G 3 A 1 PTS 4

SPECIAL TEAMS

WILD: PP 20% (18º) PK 69.6% (28º)
CANUCKS: PP 21.7% (16th) PK 75% (24th)

THREE THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITION

• No lead is safe. The club is only the fourth in NHL history to win its first four games in comeback form. Russian winger Kirill Kaprizov looks for his first goal. He was six games without a goal on two occasions last season, accumulating 51 points (27-24) in 55 games to capture the Calder Trophy.

• Better back end. The loss of Ryan Suter, Carson Soucy and Ian Cole has been addressed by the acquisitions of Alex Goligoski, Dmitri Kulikov and Jon Merrill, while former Canuck Jordie Benn serves as the seventh blueliner. Veteran defenders Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin and Mathew Dumba remain in the fold.

• They are who they are. The Wild thrives on being tough to face and opportunistic. Running and shooting is not in the DNA of club hockey. However, in a rare 5-2 home loss to the Nashville Predators on Sunday, the Wild surrendered three goals in the first 13 minutes, including two in the power play, and received six minor penalties.

Reference-theprovince.com

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