Aatu Raty had two goals and an assist for his first three-point game in the NHL for the Vancouver Canucks in a 4-2 win against the Minnesota Wild at Rogers Arena on Saturday.

Minnesota will face the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night for the second time this season, hoping the matchup will put the Wild back into the win column.

Expert recap and game analysis of the Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver Canucks NHL game from November 1, 2025 on ESPN.

Minnesota was hot in November, but coach John Hynes points to shootout loss as sign Wild has room "to grow as a team."

Friday night's Wild game against the Colorado Avalanche sounded different from the opening face off, with the entire broadcast called in Ojibwe​ as part of Native American Heritage Day.

How little the Minnesota Wild are scoring would be a bigger issue if they weren’t giving up so few goals. But minimum production keeps yielding maximum results. The Golden Knights were the latest to fall into the Wild’s less-is-more trap,

The Avs trailed by a goal until captain Gabe Landeskog redirected a rebound in the late third period to tie the game. Colorado controlled the pace in overtime and generated the better scoring opportunities, but ultimately fell 3-2 to the surging Minnesota Wild in the shootout with Matt Boldy securing the game winner.