During their disappointing start to this season, one of the Wild's big issues has been finding offensive production from players outside of their top guns. It's largely been the Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy show, with Marco Rossi mixed in as well.

On Saturday, several other players in Minnesota's lineup stepped up. Kaprizov didn't have a point and Boldy had just one secondary assist, but the Wild still tied their season-high in goals in a 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks that they desperately had to have.

Offseason addition Vladimir Tarasenko was the headliner for the Wild (4-6-3), who came into this game winless in the first four games of their homestand and having lost eight of their last nine. Tarasenko opened the scoring late in the first period with a pretty backhand finish on t

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