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 raised his gloved hands in the air in triumph Friday night. The Vancouver Canucks centre had just ripped a blistering one timer past Minnesota Wild netminder Filip Gustavsson to snap an extended scoring drought.

Canucks insider Rick Dhaliwal pinpointed a major issue in the contract extension talks between the Vancouver Canucks and forward Brock Boeser. Boeser currently has a 3-year, $19.

Donnie & Dhali: Rick Dhaliwal and Don Taylor talking about Vancouver Canucks pending UFA forward Brock Boeser ... They had (Kiefer) Sherwood and (Drew) O’Connor in the top-six night in Vegas.

Carson Soucy scored the winner as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. Jake DeBrusk put away his team-leading 22nd goal of the season for the Canucks on a second-period power play.

The Vancouver Canucks need goals as they push to secure a playoff berth. They got two from unlikely sources Wednesday as the Canucks edged the Anaheim Ducks 3-2.

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, who got a stellar goaltending performance from Kevin Lankinen, who stopped 36 of 37 shots he faced.

The Vancouver Canucks continued their winning ways on Friday with a 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild. Elias Pettersson, Kiefer Sherwood and Teddy Blueger provided the goals, while Kevin Lankinen stopped 37 of the 38 shots he faced for his 22nd win of the season.