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Rough Second Period Proves Costly for Wild in Vancouver

On Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-2 at Rogers Arena, ending a four-game skid despite Elias Pettersson exiting with an upper-body ailment.
With Pettersson unavailable, centres Aatu Raty, David Kampf and Max Sasson logged heavier minutes, and Jonathan Lekkerimaki shifted to a fourth-line wing role amid the late change.
Nobody embodied the adjustment better than Aatu Raty, who scored twice including a behind-the-net goal, won 14 of 15 faceoffs, and rookie Canucks defenceman Tom Willander scored his first NHL goal.
Canucks rookie Nikita Tolopilo made 27 saves in his third start, moving to 1-1 versus Minnesota and stopping threats from Kirill Kaprizov and Vladimir Tarasenko.
With nine players already banged up this season, the Canucks face urgency from nine injuries and ongoing trade chatter about captain Quinn Hughes, Elliotte Friedman reported.

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