The THL Times
Minnesota Wild survive Vancouver Canucks in the skills competition
Minnesota Wild leave with the win at Rogers Arena.
After sixty minutes and overtime failed to produce a winner, the Minnesota Wild prevailed over the Vancouver Canucks in the shootout at Rogers Arena.
The Vancouver Canucks entered on a 3-game losing streak.
Jake Neighbours scored for the Vancouver Canucks at 18:26 of the first period (from Dmitri Voronkov and Marco Rossi) (PP), making it 0-1; Nick Schmaltz scored for the Minnesota Wild at 1:46 of the second period (from Nikolaj Ehlers and Jamie Drysdale), making it 1-1; Joel Eriksson Ek scored for the Minnesota Wild at 2:26 of the second period (from Kirill Kaprizov and Jamie Drysdale), making it 2-1; and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored for the Vancouver Canucks at 0:55 of the third period (from Michael Carcone and Jake Neighbours), making it 2-2.
Minnesota Wild held the edge in shots, 23-22.
Also of note: 1 power-play goal.
In net: Stuart Skinner (21 saves, 91.3%, 65:00); Sergei Bobrovsky (20 saves, 90.9%, 65:00).
Three stars: Jamie Drysdale, Jake Neighbours, Joel Eriksson Ek.
































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