Vancouver Canucks (36-14-9, 81 pts) at Minnesota Wild (18-34-7, 43 pts)
Venue: Grand Casino Arena
Date: Thursday, April 2nd
Time: 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT

TV: ESPN+ / FanDual Sports Network / Sportsnet
Radio: 
Minnesota Wild – KFAN FM 100.3
Vancouver Canucks – Sportsnet 650 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Minnesota Wild -1.5 ML -192
Vancouver Canucks +1.5 ML +160
O/U 5.5

Vancouver Canucks News and Notes:

The Vancouver Canucks are coming off a monumental win where they took down the Colorado Avalanche in an 8-6 barnburner, for an April Fools joke on the odds-on favorite to win the Stanley Cup this season. The Canucks were firing on all cylinders, led by a hat-trick performance from Brock Boeser, as culture officially starts to build within the locker room of this brand new Vancouver Canucks roster.

Minnesota Wild News and Notes:

As Minnesota continues to grapple for a playoff spot, the are maintaining the third seed in the Central division as of right now. However, they have been very inconsistent over the past three weeks, losing five of their last eight games, putting them at a standstill. The Wild should have it locked up, with their twelve-point advantage on the next highest team in the Utah Mammoth, but Minnesota is desperately searching for the playoff-cinching victory, so that they can step back and take a deep breath

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

Ohgren-E. Pettersson-Karlsson
O’Connor-Rossi-Boeser
Sasson-Blueger-DeBrusk
Douglas-Raty-Hoglander

Buium-Hronek
M. Pettersson-Willander
E. N. Pettersson-Joseph

Lankinen
Tolopilo

Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Hartman-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Tarasenko-Yurov-Brink
Trenin-McCarron-M. Foligno

Hughes-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Middleton-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Wallstedt

Players to Watch:

Vancouver Canucks:

Brock Boeser wasn’t the only one with a monster performance last night, although he led the charge with four points. There were five other guys with multi-point performances and who are a threat to contribute again. Teddy Blueger potted two goals, both Marco Rossi and Drew O’Connor grabbed two assists, Max Sasson notched one goal and one assist, and Marcus Pettersson potted one and dished out two, for his first three-point game with the Vancouver Canucks since coming over from the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Minnesota Wild:

For offensive producers on the side of Minnesota, obviously, you’ve got to be on the lookout for former Canucks captain Quinn Hughes to be a demon on both sides of the puck, tacking on the fact that he’s got five points in his last four games and is tied for 4th in assists on the season. However, Minnesota can hit you from anywhere, including the brotherly duo of Marcus Foligno and Nick Foligno, who finally get to play together. Nick was moved to Minnesota from the Chicago Blackhawks at the NHL Trade Deadline, and as Marcus returned from injury just two games ago and has already notched a goal.

Injury Report:

Vancouver Canucks:

LW Evander Kane – Day to Day
C Filip Chytil – IR
D Derek Forbort – LTIR
G Thatcher Demko – LTIR

Minnesota Wild:

Next Game:

Minnesota Wild: Saturday, April 4 at Ottawa Senators – 1 pm ET
Vancouver Canucks: Saturday, April 4 vs. Utah Mammoth – 7 pm ET

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