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The Vancouver Canucks ended a lengthy losing streak in their first appearance after the Olympics. Theyll shoot for another positive result when they host the Minnesota Wild in tonights clash at Rogers Arena. The Canucks went into the NHLs Olympic break mired in an 0-7-0 slump, but halted that slide with Wednesdays 1-0 win over the visiting St. Louis Blues. It had been Vancouvers longest stretch of regulation losses since the 1998-99 season, but goaltender Eddie Lack helped snap the skid with a 20-save shutout performance. "Lack was outstanding," Vancouver head coach John Tortorella said of his rookie goaltender. "Key saves at key times. He calms this team down." Jannik Hansen provided the offense needed for Vancouvers recent win, scoring the games only goal late in the third period. After outshooting St. Louis 28-17 over the first 40 minutes, Vancouver finally broke the scoreless deadlock late in the third when Tom Sestito picked up the puck along the right midboards in his own zone and backhanded a beautiful outlet pass to Hansen. Hansen corralled the disc near the red line and split two defenders near the blue line before skating into the inner half of the right circle and rifling a wrister under the right arm of Jaroslav Halak to make it 1-0 at the 11:13 mark. The Canucks played Wednesdays game without forward Ryan Kesler, who is dealing with a bruised right hand. The American Olympian has been the subject of trade rumours ahead of next weeks deadline and returns to the lineup for tonights tilt. Despite the win on Wednesday, Vancouver was knocked out of a playoff position while idle on Thursday as Dallas moved into the eighth spot in the West with a win over Carolina. The Canucks are tied with Phoenix and one point back of the Stars. Lack will get another start tonight while Roberto Luongo sits this one out. Luongo won his second gold medal with Team Canada in Sochi after playing a backup role to Carey Price. Tonights test marks the final test for Vancouver before hosting Ottawa in Sundays outdoor battle at BC Place. The Wild posted a third straight win when they came back from the break to post Thursdays 3-0 victory in Edmonton. Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves for his second shutout of the season to anchor the win. Mikael Granlund, Stephane Veilleux and Dany Heatley scored for the Wild, who will aim for their first four-game winning streak since Jan. 2-9. "I thought that our guys had a real good focus on defending tonight and doing it the right way," Minnesota head coach Mike Yeo said. Kuemper is expected to get the start again tonight. Niklas Backstrom is dealing with an abdominal problem at the moment, but he was able to dress as the backup on Thursday. The Wild, who are seventh in the West and six points ahead of the Canucks, are completing a two-game road trip tonight. Minnesota is 11-14-5 as the away team this season. Minnesota beat the a visiting Canucks team 3-2 in a shootout on Dec. 17, giving the Wild wins in three straight and four of the last six meetings in this series. Vancouver, however, has dominated the Wild in B.C. in recent seasons, winning 11 straight at Rogers Arena in this series before Minnesota halted that streak with a 3-1 win on March 18 of last season. Brad Richardson Coyotes Jersey . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. http://www.officialcoyoteshockey.com/Christian-Fis...er-Jers ey/ . 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Taran Kozun made 38 saves for Kamloops as Troy Trombley gave up three goals on 41 shots for the Blades. --- WHEAT KINGS 4 WARRIORS 1 BRANDON — Jordan Papirny made 36 saves and Chad Robinson had a goal and an assist as the Wheat Kings downed Moose Jaw. Tyler Coulter, Jens Meilleur and Quinton Lisoway also scored for Brandon (18-14-3) and Rene Hunter chipped in with three assists. Tanner Eberle scored for the Warriors (8-21-6), who have dropped seven straight. Justin Paulic turned aside 23-of-26 shots for Moose Jaw. --- ICE 3 BRONCOS 2 (SO) CRANBROOK, B.C. — Luke Philp had a goal and an assist in regulation, then added the shootout winner, as Kootenay edged Swift Current. Mackenzie Skapski earned the games first star for the Ice (18-16-2) as he stopped 41 shots through regulation and overtime and both shooters he faced in the shootout. Jaedon Descheneau also had a goal and an assist for Kootenay. 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Daniel Wapple made 34 saves for the Tigers while Victorias Patrik Polivka turned aside 36 shots in a losing cause. --- WINTERHAWKS 5 THUNDERBIRDS 3 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Paul Bittner scored three times in the third period as the Winterhawks came from behind to snap Seattles eight-game win streak. Keoni Texeira and Keegan Iverson also scored for Portland (23-7-4), which trailed 2-0 at first intermission and 2-1 after 40 minutes of play, while Garrett Haar and Chase De Leo tacked on three assists apiece. Adam Henry scored twice for the Thunderbirds (20-10-4 ) and Scott Eansor had the other. Brendan Burke stopped 23-of-26 shots for the Winterhawks. Justin Myles made 34 saves for Seattle. --- GIANTS 6 SILVERTIPS 3 EVERETT, Wash. — Jackson Houck scored twice and set up one more as Vancouver doubled up the Silvertips for its fourth straight victory. Carter Popoff had a goal and an assist for the Giants (17-12-7) while Brett Kulak, Tim Traber and Trent Lofthouse each scored once. 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