CANUCKS 5, WILD 2
Rookie Elias Pettersson scored two goals and Vancouver snapped a two-game losing streak.
Pettersson, whose second goal came on a breakaway in the third period, now has seven goals in seven games. He leads all NHL rookies in goals and points with 10.
Markus Granlund and Jake Virtanen also scored for the Canucks, who ended the Wild’s five-game winning streak. Ben Hutton scored into an empty net with 39.1 seconds remaining.
Jordan Greenway scored his first NHL goal, and Ryan Sutter added a power-play score for the Wild.
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