Aatu Raty scored twice and added an assist as the host Vancouver Canucks doubled up the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Saturday night.
Tom Willander scored and added an assist and defenseman Elias Petterson also found the back of the net for the Canucks, which snapped a four-game winless skid (0-3-1) and won for just the second time in nine contests (2-6-1).
Nikita Tolopilo made 28 saves for his second win of the season as Vancouver improved to 4-8-1 on home ice.
Matt Boldy and Mats Zuccarello each had a goal and an assist for the Wild, who have dropped back-to-back games after their 12-game point streak was snapped in a 4-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
Jesper Wallstedt stopped 16 shots in his first regulation loss of the season (8-1-2).
The Wild cut the Canucks’ lead in half on a power play at 17:22 of the third as Zuccarello beat a screened Tolopilo glove side.
Raty, who posted the first three-point game of his NHL career, added his second goal at 5:09 of the third. Raty stripped Wallstedt of the puck behind the Wild net and put a backhander into an open net to give the Canucks a 4-1 lead. He has points in three straight games (two goals, three assists).
The Canucks scored three unanswered second-period goals to carry a two-goal lead into the third.
Willander got the Canucks on the board at 9:29 of the second period as his wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle beat a screened Wallstedt for his first NHL goal.
Vancouver took its first lead at 11:46 of the middle frame as Pettersson’s shot from the point got past a screened Wallstedt under his glove.
With his assist, Willander has a goal and four assists in his last six games.
Raty made it 3-1 at 15:12, snapping a short-side shot past Wallstedt.
The Wild opened the scoring 3:11 in as Boldy one-timed a Zuccarello feed past Tolopilo.
Canucks forward Elias Pettersson missed the game with an upper-body injury. Jonathan Lekkerimaki replaced Pettersson, playing 6:35 in the win.
–Field Level Media
