Here\u2019s the loss, by the numbers.<\/p>\n
Game Flow The heat map also provides an illustration of which way the ice was tilted last night. In total, Minnesota racked up a 31-22 lead in scoring chances and an 18-10 high-danger chance lead. That was seen in the proverbial lake of fire right in front of the crease against the Canucks, who had to contend with plenty of high-danger opportunities all of last night. The large majority of those 18 high-danger chances came in the third, with 10 of them by Minnesota in the final frame alone. Vancouver simply stopped being able to keep up at a certain point, and their much stronger opposition took full advantage.<\/p>\n Individual Advanced Stats<\/p>\n Corsi Champ: Teddy Blueger led all Canucks with a 64.29 CF% against the Wild last night, playing the large majority of his minutes against the top line of Minnesota and Quinn Hughes. With that in mind, it\u2019s pretty impressive that he was able to control a good chunk of the Corsi, while also managing to just be on ice for one goal against. Blueger had the fourth-best xGF% on the team at 46.31 with the 4th-best xGF to his name at 0.99. Not a bad deal at all for the Latvian who managed to even split a 5-5 high-danger chance battle as well.<\/p>\n Willander activates into the space and turns in the Blueger shot off the boards to equalize the game #noticing<\/a><\/p>\n Corsi Chump:\u00a0Elias Pettersson (D) didn\u2019t have the best outing last night. His team-worst 29.41 CF% was just the tip of the iceberg as he was on ice for two goals against and a team-worst 4.46 xGF% thanks to a 0-4 hole in high-danger chances. It wasn\u2019t the prettiest outing for any defenceman, to be fair, but Pettersson\u2019s numbers definitely didn\u2019t paint him in a better light. Again, the opposition was good, and they just didn\u2019t have the best effort together on the back end.<\/p>\n xGF:\u00a0Zeev Buium was the only Canuck truly within touching distance of breaking 50.00 xGF%, as he led the team with a 49.46 xGF% on the night to go with a team-best 1.20 raw xGF. The former Wild defenceman was on ice for a 12-9 scoring chance advantage while managing to split the high-danger chances at 7-7. Pretty solid numbers considering that Buium was often iced against the second line of the Wild, managing to escape with just a single goal against at 5v5 action despite a rough giveaway to Boldy.<\/p>\n Matt Boldy opens the scoring halfway through the 1st period.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5 Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n GSAx:\u00a0Considering everything, Nikita Tolopilo did the best that he could. The Wild totalled up 3.51 xGF against him, and with four goals against, the Belarusian netminder finished with a -0.49 GSAx. Two of the goals came from high-danger chances, with one apiece from middle-danger and low-danger. Again, a negative isn\u2019t exactly what you want to be seeing for the most part, but it wasn\u2019t as if he was to blame for the Canucks unable to get going in front of him. Tolopilo made some pretty dandy stops to give Vancouver a shout at getting a result in this one.<\/p>\n Tolopilo stops Hughes on the breakaway!<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n Statistical Musings<\/p>\n Fourth line\u2019s big night:\u00a0Speaking of Teddy Blueger, the combination of Linus Karlsson \u2013 Blueger \u2013 Max Sasson was one of the only lines to make any positive inroads against the Wild last night. They had a second-best 65.22 CF% while playing a team-high 10:51, posting a team-best 0.73 xGF and 50.95 xGF% with a 5-5 split in high-danger chances. Again, really good for this trio to be putting up these kinds of numbers, but unfortunately, if your fourth line is your best line on any given night, that\u2019s probably not a good thing for the team as a whole.<\/p>\n As a team<\/p>\n CF% \u2013 50.38% HDCF% \u2013 47.06% xGF% \u2013 45.99%<\/p>\n After the explosion against the Avalanche, the Canucks came right back down to earth against the Wild. This was an expected result and outcome, as this team simply got outclassed against better opposition. A good start was a nice positive to be taking away from this outing, but other than that, it was much of the same Canucks team that we\u2019ve seen all season, the one that has clinched 32nd place in the NHL.<\/a><\/p>\n Vancouver returns home as they host the Utah Mammoth tomorrow night.<\/p>\n Stats provided by naturalstattrick.com<\/p>\n Sponsored by bet365<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just seven more games to go. 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The first period, relatively speaking, was the one where the Canucks were the closest against the Wild.<\/a> Despite giving up a 36.11 CF%, Vancouver actually managed a 50.61 xGF% with just a 1-3 deficit in high-danger chances, coming out of the opening frame with a 2-1 lead. Unfortunately for the Canucks, that was all the offence they would generate on the night and the high point of the contest, as it was pretty much one-way traffic after the first intermission. It wasn\u2019t even close at 5v5 play as the Wild would proceed to post a 67.15 xGF% in the second and a 68.80 xGF% in the third. That third period also saw the Canucks get absolutely bled by a 10-4 margin in high-danger chances, with the Wild burying any hope the Canucks might\u2019ve had in coming back.Heat Map![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775238555_767_image.webp\"\/)
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