Vancouver Canucks vs Minnesota Wild

NHL

Canucks

22-45-8, 52 PTS

2-5

Final

Wild

42-21-12, 96 PTS

Grand Casino Arena

On the ice

VAN shoots leftMIN shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
VAN	15	5	13	33
MIN	15	11	13	39

In net

Nikita Tolopilo34/38 SV, .895

Filip Gustavsson31/33 SV, .939

Team	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	0	0	2
MIN	1	2	2	5

Who won: Wild 5-2

The Minnesota Wild beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at Grand Casino Arena. The Wild outscored the Canucks 2-0 in the 2nd period. Matt Boldy led the Wild in goals (2). Tom Willander led the Canucks in goals (1).

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0

Team stats

VANMIN

11Blocked Shots19

22Hits17

4Takeaways2

33Shots39

1Power Play Goals0

2Power Play Opportunities2

50.0Power Play Percentage0.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

35Faceoffs Won24

59.3Faceoff Win Percent40.7

16Giveaways18

2Total Penalties2

4Penalty Minutes4

Player of the game

Matt Boldy

MIN · 2 G, 1 A, 6 SOG

9.2

Deserved to win

43%

VAN · 3.01 xG

57%

MIN · 3.43 xG

Wild created better chances: they win this game 57% of the time

Play by play

End of the 3rd period
P3 0:23
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Tom Willander
T. Willander · 1 G
P3 0:31
Shot
Yakov Trenin Wrist Shot saved by Nikita Tolopilo
P3 1:00
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Elias Pettersson
Elias N. Pettersson
P3 1:08
Faceoff win vs M. McCarron
Teddy Blueger faceoff won against Michael McCarron
T. Blueger · 1 A
GOALP3 1:08
Goal! Wrist shot
R. Hartman · 2 G
Ryan Hartman Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (43), Matt Boldy (39)
VAN 2 - 5 MIN
P3 1:18
Shot blocked by Z. Bogosian
Marco Rossi shot blocked by Zach Bogosian
M. Rossi
P3 1:28
Face off
Aatu Räty faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
P3 1:30
Backhand shot on goal
Brock Boeser Backhand saved by Filip Gustavsson
B. Boeser
P3 1:32
Shot blocked by M. Zuccarello
Zeev Buium shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
Z. Buium
P3 1:39
Shot blocked by R. Hartman
Elias Pettersson shot blocked by Ryan Hartman
E. Pettersson · 1 A
P3 1:44
Slap shot wide left
Filip Hronek Slap Shot Wide Left
F. Hronek · 1 A
P3 1:55
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Ryan Hartman
R. Hartman · 2 G
P3 2:16
Wrist shot wide right
Ryan Hartman Wrist Shot Wide Right
R. Hartman · 2 G
P3 2:40
Faceoff win vs R. Hartman
Jake DeBrusk faceoff won against Ryan Hartman
J. DeBrusk · 1 G
P3 2:47
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Filip Hronek
F. Hronek · 1 A
P3 2:48
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Kirill Kaprizov
K. Kaprizov · 1 G, 1 A
P3 2:54
Slap shot wide right
Filip Hronek Slap Shot Wide Right
F. Hronek · 1 A
P3 3:02
Faceoff win vs J. Eriksson Ek
Elias Pettersson faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
E. Pettersson · 1 A
P3 3:04
Wrist shot on goal
Aatu Räty Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
A. Raty
P3 3:06
Snap shot on goal
Filip Hronek Snap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
F. Hronek · 1 A
P3 3:21
Faceoff win vs J. Eriksson Ek
Aatu Räty faceoff won against Joel Eriksson Ek
A. Raty
P3 3:23
Shot
Marco Rossi Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
P3 3:29
Tip-in shot on goal
Marco Rossi Tip-In saved by Filip Gustavsson
M. Rossi
P3 4:21
Big hit on M. McCarron
Zeev Buium hit Michael McCarron
Z. Buium