A five-game losing streak — the past four on home ice — hung over the Minnesota Wild like a candy corn hangover Saturday night at Grand Casino Arena. The visiting Vancouver Canucks were reeling the night after Halloween without a half-dozen injured regulars,

What a game. What a World Series. What a season. The 2,477th game of the 2025 season, including playoffs -- five more than any other year in history -- delivered a classic.

Marco Rossi scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists, helping the Minnesota Wild stop a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

Marco Rossi put Minnesota back on top 2-1 at 13:49 with a rebound off a Tarasenko point shot. Rossi has seven points (two goals, five assists) on a five-game point streak. Hinostroza extended the lead to 3-1 at 4:07 of the third period, keeping the puck on a 2-on-1 and finishing with a wrist shot glove side.

But if fans were questioning Hynes’ decision to sit rookie Danila Yurov on Saturday, and add sporadically-used Ben Jones as the fourth line center to face Vancouver, a glance at the season stats for faceoffs tells the tale.