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Vancouver Canucks (6-6-0, 12 pts) at Minnesota Wild (3-6-3, 9 pts)
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Saturday, November 1
Time: 4:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm CT
 
TV: ESPN+ / Sportsnet / FDSN / FDSW
Radio: 
Vancouver Canucks – Sportsnet 650 AM
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Vancouver Canucks +1.5 ML +145
Minnesota Wild -1.5 ML -170
O/U 5.5

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Vancouver Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks won the first game of their three-game road trip with a 4-3 shootout victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Vancouver was 1-0-2 against the Wild last season.

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild has lost five straight games and has been outscored 24-12 over that span. Minnesota has a -15 goal differential on the season. Tonight is the first of three matchups between the Canucks and Wild this season.

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

DeBrusk-Pettersson-Boeser
Kane-Reichel-Sherwood
O’Connor-Raty-MacEachern
Bains-Sasson-Karlsson

Elias Nils Pettersson-Hronek
M. Pettersson-Willander
Joseph-Myers

Lankinen
Demko

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Rossi-Johansson
Tarasenko-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Foligno-Hartman-Hinostroza
Trenin-Yurov-Pitlick

Brodin-Faber
Middleton-Spurgeon
Buium-Jiricek

Gustavsson
Wallstedt

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Players To Watch:

Vancouver Canucks

Kiefer Sherwood had a hat-trick in the Canucks 4-3 shootout win over the Blues. The 30-year-old winger leads Vancouver with nine goals this season. The Columbus, Ohio native is on pace to shatter his career high of 19 goals he set last season.

Minnesota Wild

The Wild have been struggling lately, going 2-5-3 in their last ten games. Kirill Kaprizov has been a bright spot offensively with 10 points (5g, 5a) over that span. The 28-year-old winger leads the Wild in goals (7), assists (9), and points (16) this season.

Injury Report:

Vancouver Canucks

RW Brock Boeser – Game-Time Decision
C Teddy Blueger – IR
LW Nils Hoglander – IR
RW Jonathan Lekkerimaki – IR
C Filip Chytil – IR
D Victor Mancini – OUT
D Quinn Hughes – Day to Day
RW Conor Garland – Day to Day

Minnesota Wild

RW Mats Zuccarello– IR
C Nico Sturm – IR
D Zach Bogosian – IR

Next Game:

Vancouver Canucks – November 3 at Nashville Predators
Minnesota Wild – November 4 vs Nashville Predators

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