Wild 5, Canucks 3: Defenseman Ryan Suter recorded a power-play goal and an assist while Jason Pominville also scored with the man advantage as host Minnesota posted its sixth straight victory.

Former Canuck Jordan Schroeder, Nino Niederreiter and Kyle Brodziak each added a tally for the Wild, who defeated Vancouver for the sixth time in seven meetings. Captain Mikko Koivu collected three assists and Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves in improving to 8-1-0 since being acquired from Arizona.

Zack Kassian, Shawn Matthias and defenseman Ryan Stanton scored for the Canucks, who lost to Minnesota for the second time in nine days. Blue-liner Dan Hamhuis notched a pair of assists while Ryan Miller allowed five goals on 18 shots before being replaced by Eddie Lack, who stopped all 14 shots he faced.

Minnesota opened a 2-0 lead less than eight minutes into the contest as Schroeder beat Miller with a backhander from the inner edge of the left faceoff circle at 5:05 and Pominville converted a cross-slot pass by Thomas Vanek 2:32 later. Kassian chased down a loose puck and fired it past Dubnyk from the right circle midway through the first period, but Niederreiter restored the two-goal advantage with 4:23 remaining with a shot from the slot.

The Canucks cut it to 3-2 when Matthias buried All-Star Radim Vrbata's cross-crease pass at the right post 71 seconds into the middle session. But Suter blasted the puck past a screened Miller during a power play at 7:05 and Brodziak ended the goaltender's night with a shot from the right circle 54 seconds later.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Kassian's goal ended Dubnyk's scoreless streak at 136 minutes, 47 seconds. ... Vancouver D Chris Tanev returned to the lineup after missing two games with an undisclosed injury and logged 21:56 of ice time. ... Minnesota C Mikael Granlund won 12 of his 16 faceoffs.