Wild vs. Canucks: Minnesota kicks off three-game road trip
By Tim Johnson
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The Minnesota Wild look to continue a perfect start on the road on Tuesday night against a former division foe.
The Wild, coming off their first loss of the season, head into Rogers Arena for the Vancouver Canucks home opener. The game is the first of a three-game road trip for the Wild that includes a first-ever matchup with the Seattle Kraken. The trip ends with a showdown in Denver against the Central Division favorite Colorado Avalanche
Both the Wild and Canucks were members of the former Northwest Division until the NHL realignment in the 2013-14 season. This will be the 95th game between the two teams.
time to take care of business ✈️ pic.twitter.com/43vz2ehZi9
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) October 25, 2021
Series history
The Wild have a 42-37-15 all-time record against the Canucks, and are 18-19-9 in Vancouver. Minnesota is 8-3 over its last 11 trips to Rogers Arena. That includes a shootout win in the last matchup between the two teams on Feb. 19, 2020.
Minnesota has 99 points against Vancouver, the third-most the Wild have on any other NHL team.
The Wild is 14-8-1 in their last 23 games against Vancouver.
All #mnwild players on the ice this morning in Vancouver. pic.twitter.com/DRrSNlFoK1
— Sarah McLellan (@sarah__mclellan) October 26, 2021
Lineups
Former University of Minnesota player and Nashville draft pick Rem Pitlick gets the nod against the Canucks.
#mnwild lines
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) October 26, 2021
Kaprizov-Eriksson Ek-Zuccarello
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Duhaime-Sturm-Pitlick
Looks like Rem Pitlick will make his Wild debut and Victor Rask will be scratched vs. #canucks
The quote
“We didn’t start right. We knew (Nashville) was going to be desperate, which they were. We didn’t even come close to matching them. Our energy has been real good up to this point. For whatever reason we had nothing here tonight.”
-Wild coach Dean Evason on the Wild’s effort in a loss to Nashville on Sunday. The Predators led 3-0 after the first period.
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Betting odds
The Wild vs. Canucks odds on WynnBET has the Wild as a 1.5 favorite on the road. Minnesota has -115 moneyline odds while Vancouver is the underdog at +105 The total goals is set at an over/under of 5.5.
Upcoming Wild schedule
Thursday, Oct. 28: @ Seattle, 9 p.m. CST
Saturday, Oct. 30: @ Colorado, 8 p.m. CST
Tuesday, Nov. 2: Ottawa, 7 p.m.