GAME THREAD: NHL: VANCOUVER (10-10) at MINNESOTA (11-9)

NHL: VANCOUVER (10-10) at MINNESOTA (11-9)

<h3>Bad blood brewing as Canucks visit Wild</h3>

<div class="pre">Vancouver (10-8-2) at Minnesota (11-7-2) 8:00 pm EST</div>

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ticker) - Less than a week after an uglyfinish, the Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota Wild do not figureto play nice.


The Canucks travel to Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday to playthe Wild for the second time in five days. On Friday, Vancouverhanded Minnesota its worst loss of the season in a 6-2 win.

The game turned violent near the end when the Wild's DerekBoogaard and the Canucks' Willie Mitchell got into a fight.Tempers flared even more when Vancouver defenseman MattiasOhlund purposely delivered a two-handed slash to Mikko Koivuafter the Minnesota center threw an elbow to Ohlund's face.

Ohlund received a four-game suspension from the league and Koivuis out indefinitely with a cracked bone in his leg as a resultof the slash.


Even though the Canucks lost 5-4 in a shootout to the EdmontonOilers on Tuesday, they gained at least one point for theseventh straight game (5-0-2).


On the other hand, Minnesota recovered from Friday's loss with a4-1 victory over Colorado on Sunday. The Wild look to snap outof a 4-7-1 slide after collecting 15 of a possible 16 points intheir first eight contests.

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL AT MINNESOTA
STARTING GOALIES: VAN - CURTIS SANFORD
MIN - JOSH HARDING

OFFICIALS: REF - GREG KIMMERLY, MICK MCGEOUGH
LIN - LYLE SEITZ, THOR NELSON</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">VANCOUVER VS MINNESOTA - SCRATCHES

VANCOUVER MINNESOTA

M OHLUND SUSPENDED NHL K FOSTER HEALTHY
T LINDEN HEALTHY M FOY HEALTHY
M KOIVU BROKEN LEG</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 0
MINNESOTA 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 0
MINNESOTA 0 15:33 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 1
MINNESOTA 0
1ST PRD: VAN - (PP) MARKUS NASLUND 8 (ALEXANDER EDLER, BRENDAN
MORRISON) 6:27</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 1
1ST PRD: MIN - MARIAN GABORIK 6 (UNASSISTED) 7:20</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">CORRECTION

NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 1
1ST PRD: MIN - MARIAN GABORIK 6 (NICK SCHULTZ) 7:20</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 1 11:07 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 2
1ST PRD: MIN - (PP) MARIAN GABORIK 7 (BRIAN ROLSTON, PIERRE-MARC
BOUCHARD) 10:30</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 2 9:30 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
VANCOUVER 2 2
MINNESOTA 2 2 END OF THE 1ST

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: VAN - (PP) MARKUS NASLUND 8 (ALEXANDER EDLER, BRENDAN
MORRISON) 6:27
VAN - RYAN KESLER 4 (AARON MILLER, CURTIS SANFORD) 6:49
MIN - MARIAN GABORIK 6 (NICK SCHULTZ) 7:20
MIN - (PP) MARIAN GABORIK 7 (BRIAN ROLSTON, PIERRE-MARC
BOUCHARD) 10:30

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
VAN 6 6
MIN 5 5

GOALIES: VAN - CURTIS SANFORD
MIN - JOSH HARDING</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

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Vancouver 2 --2
Minnesota 2 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Vancouver, Markus Naslund 8 (power play)
(Alexander Edler, Brendan Morrison), 6:27. 2, Vancouver, Ryan Kesler 4
(Aaron Miller, Curtis Sanford), 6:49. 3, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik 6
(Nick Schultz), 7:20. 4, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik 7 (power play)
(Brian Rolston, Pierre-Marc Bouchard), 10:30. Penalties: S Veilleux,
Min (charging), 5:30; M Brown, Van (major fighting), 7:22; A Voros,
Min (major fighting), 7:22; R Kesler, Van (tripping), 8:26; W
Mitchell, Van (high sticking), 9:51; N Schultz, Min (hooking), 12:14;
M Cooke, Van (unsportsmanlike cond), 15:19; N Schultz, Min
(unsportsmanlike cond), 15:19; B Morrison, Van (tripping), 16:06; M
Gaborik, Min (slashing), 17:16.

Shots on goal:
-----------------------------
Vancouver 6 --6
Minnesota 5 --5
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Goalies : Vancouver, Curtis Sanford (5 shots, 3 saves). Minnesota,
Josh Harding (6 shots, 4 saves). Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Mick
Mcgeough. Linesmen: Lyle Seitz, Thor Nelson.</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 2 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">CORRECTION

NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 2 11:28 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 2 5:35 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 2 3:43 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
VANCOUVER 2 0 2
MINNESOTA 2 0 2 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: VAN - (PP) MARKUS NASLUND 8 (ALEXANDER EDLER, BRENDAN
MORRISON) 6:27
VAN - RYAN KESLER 4 (AARON MILLER, CURTIS SANFORD) 6:49
MIN - MARIAN GABORIK 6 (ERIC BELANGER, NICK SCHULTZ) 7:20
MIN - (PP) MARIAN GABORIK 7 (BRIAN ROLSTON, PIERRE-MARC
BOUCHARD) 10:30
2ND PRD: NONE

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
VAN 6 8 14
MIN 5 6 11

GOALIES: VAN - CURTIS SANFORD
MIN - JOSH HARDING</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

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Vancouver 2 0 --2
Minnesota 2 0 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Vancouver, Markus Naslund 8 (power play)
(Alexander Edler, Brendan Morrison), 6:27. 2, Vancouver, Ryan Kesler 4
(Aaron Miller, Curtis Sanford), 6:49. 3, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik 6
(Eric Belanger, Nick Schultz), 7:20. 4, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik 7
(power play) (Brian Rolston, Pierre-Marc Bouchard), 10:30. Penalties:
S Veilleux, Min (charging), 5:30; M Brown, Van (major fighting), 7:22;
A Voros, Min (major fighting), 7:22; R Kesler, Van (tripping), 8:26; W
Mitchell, Van (high sticking), 9:51; N Schultz, Min (hooking), 12:14;
M Cooke, Van (unsportsmanlike cond), 15:19; N Schultz, Min
(unsportsmanlike cond), 15:19; B Morrison, Van (tripping), 16:06; M
Gaborik, Min (slashing), 17:16.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: S Hill, Min (holding stick), 15:27; M
Naslund, Van (holding), 19:32.

Shots on goal:
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Vancouver 6 8 --14
Minnesota 5 6 --11
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Goalies : Vancouver, Curtis Sanford (11 shots, 9 saves). Minnesota,
Josh Harding (14 shots, 12 saves). Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Mick
Mcgeough. Linesmen: Lyle Seitz, Thor Nelson.</div>

 

NHL: VANCOUVER at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NHL VANCOUVER 2
MINNESOTA 2 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>