I n what may have been the most entertaining game of the year, the Vancouver Canucks wrapped up their road trip with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild. Quinn Hughes and Ja

Kirill Kaprizov scored in the final minute of overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.

Kaprizov, tied for the NHL’s scoring lead with 39 points, scored his 16th goal with 24.3 seconds left in overtime at the end of a long, long shift right after he and Marco Rossi turned the puck over in the neutral zone for a two-on-zero.

The end of a marathon six-game road trip comes to an end Tuesday for the Vancouver Canucks. If they want to end it with a fifth win, they’ll need to knock off the NHL’s best team, the Minnesota Wild. With Vancouver taking on the top defensive team in hockey, my Canucks vs. Wild prediction is leaning on a low-scoring affair at Xcel Energy Centre.

Marcus Foligno (17) of the Minnesota Wild in the second period at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • [email protected] (Carlos G

The Canucks showed a lot of grit in their six-game road swing, but it ended with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Wild.

Kirill Kaprizov scored with 24 seconds left in overtime to give the Minnesota Wild their fourth straight win, 3-2 against the Vancouver Canucks at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday. After Canucks forward Brock Boeser hit the post on the rush with 33 seconds left,