Canucks

Dakota Joshua had a two-point night for the Vancouver Canucks as they fell in overtime to the Minnesota Wild, their fifth-straight loss to start the season.

We didn’t get the wins, we got two points on the road on a tough road trip and now we get to go home in front of our fans and I think it’ll be a different story.” But it was a risky move in that situation given how long they’d been on the ice and it didn’t pay off — a similarly-exhausted Myers sprawled to the ice to prevent a pass and ended up tripping Kaprizov. Heck, maybe staying in the slot was the right play, just in case Kaprizov sent a pass to a teammate instead of scoring himself. Miller had already been on the ice for a minute-and-a-half and needed a line change — even an icing would have given him and his linemates a bit of respite and the potential for a timeout. That’s something to keep an eye on when the Canucks face the Wild again — that might be a set play they’ve worked on with the power play. - The Wild power play was a disaster for the Canucks. - The Canucks and Wild both got their chances to win in regulation but couldn’t find the game-winning goal. Worse, this was the first time the Wild even took a lead this season, opening the scoring in the first five minutes of the game. Tanner Pearson took a costly penalty but the Canucks got a bit of a break — even though the Wild pulled Marc-Andre Fleury for the extra attacker, no extra attacker actually took the ice. - To add insult to injury, this was the Minnesota Wild’s first win of the season. Shot attempts were 14-to-6 for the Wild when Miller was on the ice at 5-on-5 and shots on goal were 8-to-2. It may seem silly to be thinking about the standings five games into the season but for a team like the Canucks, who are more likely to be on the playoff bubble than the top of the division, every point counts.

Kirill Kaprizov scored in overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 comeback win over the Vancouver Canucks for their first win of the season.

He was at his best from the second period on, allowing one goal on the final 18 shots he faced. It’s good to see the laugh. “We’ve either been leading or we’ve been tied with less than seven minutes to go in every one of the games and we haven’t come up with a win, and that’s very frustrating,” Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau said. Steel tied the game before the first intermission. Aman, drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the sixth round in 2020, added his first in his fifth career game. Mats Zuccarello added two goals and Sam Steel scored his second of the season.

In yet another loss for the Canucks, they were taken by the Minnesota Wild 4-3 in overtime. It's not even frustrating anymore, it's just maddening.

- And of course, the Seattle Mariners’ run came to an end. It would be quite the experience, and to be able to say you saw him as a youngster will be a major flex one day. Here’s the lineup for the game: I’m no expert on this stuff, but I suppose it’s a positive thing that revenue is rising as it is. Hope to see a substantive raise happen. It had been in their rotation since 2019. I'm told the Canucks won't be wearing their stick-in-rink heritage jerseys this season. Yes, they debut the new jerseys against New Jersey — pretty funny stuff. I actually love the design itself, but I think it’s lame as hell that they just through the Abbotsford logo on there and called it a day. This is still pathetic. So did Joshua — and depth guys scoring is always fun. - In yet another loss for the Canucks, they were taken by the Minnesota Wild 4-3 in overtime.