Wild beat Canucks 4-2 as Hughes scores and assists

The Wild beat the Canucks 4-2 at Rogers Arena, building a 4-0 lead before Vancouver made a late push. Minnesota moves to 8-3-2 and 18 points. The Canucks fall to 2-10-1.

Maxim Shabanov scored on a snap shot at 18:33 of the first for a 1-0 lead. Bobby Brink made it 2-0 with a backhand at 5:54 of the second. Quinn Hughes, the player of the game at a Chirp Rating of 8.1, snapped in the third goal at 12:55 with 1 goal, 1 assist and 3 shots on goal. Kirill Kaprizov put the Wild up 4-0 at 3:38 of the third on a backhand, set up by Hughes, and finished with 2 points.

Vancouver answered late. Max Sasson scored at 6:24 of the third, and Brock Boeser added a goal at 16:53. It was too little too late.

Chirp's Sim gave the Wild 53% before the game over 10,000 simulations.