It’s so emotional time of the season. Every one matters so much. And every loss sucks even more,” said Wild forward Marco Rossi.
Three hit goal posts and one bad late third-period shift cost the Wild during a 3-1 defeat at Rogers Arena on Friday.
Minnesota fell to a wild-card spot and now must chase teams that improved their rosters at the trade deadline.
Elias Pettersson scored a power-play goal 16 minutes, 14 seconds into the first period for a 1-0 lead for the Canucks (29-22-11) that held until Brock Faber knotted it up for the Wild (36-23-4) with a power-play goal 7 minutes, 12 seconds into the third period.
Kiefer Sherwood's tiebreaking goal late in the third period helped give the Vancouver Canucks a 3-1 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Friday.
The Canucks held onto Brock Boeser at the NHL trade deadilne but that does not mean they should re-sign him this offseason.