The Canucks started this game fine, but the Wild began to stack shifts in the offensive zone and had the Canucks running around in a bit of a track meet early.

Kiefer Sherwood scored late in the third period as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Friday.

Kiefer Sherwood’s goal late in the third period broke a 1-1 tie and propelled the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild Friday in Vancouver. Elias Pettersson and Teddy Blueger also scored for Vancouver,

Kiefer Sherwood scored late in the third period, Kevin Lankinen stopped 37 shots and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1.

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.