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Matt Dumba scored his first goal of the season midway through the third period as the Minnesota Wild used a 3-2 victory to spoil the Vancouver Canucks’ NHL home-opener Tuesday night.Alex Chiasson, on a power play, and Bo Horvat scored for the Canucks , who saw a two-game win streak snapped.
Horvat cut the lead to 3-2 at 15:53 after taking a long, lead pass from defenceman Tyler Myers, fighting off the check of a Wild defenceman, and scoring on a backhand. The Wild came close just a few minutes later on a partial breakaway. Kevin Fiala fed Frederick Gaudreau at the front of the net, but Demko made the save.
Minnesota came close before the period ended when Pitlick had a breakaway after stepping out of the penalty box but his shot hit the post.
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