Wild-Vancouver game recap

December 18, 2013 at 4:55AM

GAME RECAP

STAR TRIBUNE'S THREE STARS

1. Charlie Coyle, Wild: After tying the score 8:47 into the third, he was a presence every shift and created several scoring chances.

2. Ryan Kesler, Canucks: Vancouver's engine, Kesler had six shots and won 12 of 23 faceoffs.

3. Marco Scandella, Wild: Another solid game for young defenseman; plus-1, leads team at plus-10.

By the numbers

100 NHL games for Nino Niederreiter

20 Assists for Mikko Koivu (leads Wild); two points for 98th career multipoint game

MICHAEL RUSSO

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