{"id":538644,"date":"2026-04-03T15:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538644\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:41:13","slug":"quinn-hughes-hits-canucks-with-record-setting-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538644\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinn Hughes hits Canucks with record-setting feat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/minnesota-wild\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday, gaining some momentum as the playoffs draw closer. This win <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/minnesota-wild\/wild-news-minnesotas-consistency-paces-nhl-after-clinching-playoff-berth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">clinched a playoff berth for the Wild<\/a>. Additionally, Quinn Hughes set a Wild franchise record <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mnwildPR\/status\/2039887958526869660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">after assisting<\/a> on a goal by Ryan Hartman, according to Minnesota Wild PR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssisting on Ryan Hartman&#8217;s third-period goal, Quinn Hughes now owns 46 assists in 43 games with the #MNWild this season. He passes Ryan Suter (45 assists, 2017-18) for the franchise&#8217;s single-season assist record among defenseman,\u201d Wild PR wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>It has been consistent production all season, and exactly what many expected after the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/minnesota-wild\/wild-news-lands-quinn-hughes-stunning-canucks-blockbuster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wild traded for Hughes<\/a> in a deal with the Vancouver Canucks. The win <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/nhl-stories\/clutchpoints-nhl-power-rankings-week-23-golden-knights-maple-leafs-changes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moved the Wild up the\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/nhl-stories\/clutchpoints-nhl-power-rankings-week-23-golden-knights-maple-leafs-changes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">standings\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0will help them garner some momentum with seven games left in the season.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes has been instrumental to the offense and the power play since coming over from the Canucks. In just 43 games with the team, he is already third on the team in total points, with 50. That point total trails only Kirill Kaprizov, who has 83, and Matt Boldy, who has 79. Hughes has fit well with this team.<\/p>\n<p>The play in which Hughes set the franchise record helped put the Wild up 4-2, which had been a competitive game up to that point. At one point, the Canucks led 2-1, and it looked like the worst team in the NHL might pull off a major upset for the second straight day. But Boldy tied it up 23 seconds into the second, and Kaprizov gave them the lead later in the period.<\/p>\n<p>The Wild added Hughes to give them a weapon they could deploy to help the offense and defend the blue line. Now, the goal is to sustain that momentum to carry them into the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Wild defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday, gaining some momentum as the playoffs draw closer.  This win clinched a playoff berth for the Wild.  Additionally, Quinn Hughes set a Wild franchise record after assisting on a goal by Ryan Hartman, according to Minnesota Wild PR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Wild defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday, gaining some momentum as the playoffs draw closer.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5128],"tags":[894,5,38,4,1496,893,27,5313],"class_list":{"0":"post-538644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver-canucks","8":"tag-canucks","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-minnesota-wild","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-quinn-hughes","13":"tag-vancouver","14":"tag-vancouver-canucks","15":"tag-vancouvercanucks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}