After blowing a western road trip last week, the Wild got off to a better start after beating the Canucks 5-2 at Rogers Center. Minnesota stormed back from a 1-0 deficit to play a solid road game. Eric Staal added to his torrid goal pace with the game-winning goal in the second period. Matt Cullen had just a single goal and an assist, but could have, and probably should have, had more goals.
The start wasn’t good. Hoping for a fast start, it was Vancouver’s Michael Del Zotto scoring 53 seconds into the game.