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VANCOUVER Richard Panik Jersey , British Columbia (AP) — A big advantage on special teams was the difference Tuesday night for the Minnesota Wild.Ryan Suter and Jason Zucker scored 55 seconds apart late in the second period and the Wild converted on all three of their power plays, beating the staggering Vancouver Canucks 3-2 to stop a three-game slide.“Three goals on the power play, that’s the recipe for a win on the road. It’s a good two points for us,” said Mikael Granlund, who had two assists.Zach Parise also scored for the Wild, and Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves.Josh Leivo scored on his first shot in a Vancouver uniform. Tyler Motte also had a goal for the young Canucks, who have lost 12 of 13. Anders Nilsson stopped 25 shots.“Our team hasn’t got the results and it’s hard when you don’t win,” coach Travis Green said. “But I’ll give our team credit — they’re going out and competing. They’re not letting themselves not show up. And that’s hard when you haven’t won in a while.”Minnesota has 11 power-play goals in its last 10 games and ranks ninth in the NHL with the man advantage.Meanwhile, the Canucks went 0 for 3 on the power play. Vancouver also has spent 325 minutes in the penalty box this season Womens Shane Doan Jersey , more than any other team. The Canucks’ penalty kill is ranked 27th in the league.“We’ve got to find a way to get a puck out,” Green said. “We’re well aware that we’ve got to tighten it up.”Leivo put Vancouver on the board 7:02 into the game. He collected a pass from rookie sensation Elias Pettersson in the slot and flipped the puck over Dubnyk’s blocker.“He’s got eyes in the back of his head and sometimes when you least expect it, it’s on your tape,” Leivo said. “So I’ve just got to be ready whenever he’s got the puck.”The 25-year-old left wing was traded to Vancouver from Toronto on Monday for AHL forward Michael Carcone. Leivo had four goals and two assists in 27 games for the Maple Leafs this season.The Wild responded on the first power play of the night after Canucks defenseman Michael Del Zotto was called for tripping.Just 15 seconds into the penalty, Matt Dumba took a hard shot from the top of the faceoff circle and Parise deflected the puck past Nilsson to tie it.The Canucks got off to a slow start in the second period, going more than eight minutes without a shot on goal. But then Tim Schaller got the puck to Motte in front and the center swept it in past Dubnyk.Minnesota came back with two power-play goals less than a minute apart.Canucks defenseman Alex Edler was first to the penalty box, getting called for interference. A minute later, Del Zotto got caught cross-checking, handing the Wild a two-man advantage.Minnesota was quick to capitalize Anders Bjork Jersey , with Suter taking a hard shot that beat Nilsson.Less than a minute later, Zucker put the Wild up 3-2.Granlund assisted on both goals and is riding a three-game point streak.The Canucks outshot the Wild 14-5 in the third period but couldn’t get the puck past Dubnyk.NOTES: The second period closed with a scuffle after Canucks left wing Jake Virtanen was nailed hard from behind along the end boards by Greg Pateryn. Virtanen was slow to get up and left the ice leaning over on his stick for support. He returned early in the third. Pateryn was called for boarding. … Jay Beagle played 8:33 in his return to the Canucks’ lineup. The veteran center missed 24 games after breaking his forearm when he blocked a shot against Florida on Oct. 13. … Vancouver re-assigned Sam Gagner to the AHL’s Toronto Marlies. Gagner had one goal and two assists in seven games with the Canucks. … Vancouver right wing Nikolay Goldobin was a healthy scratch. Green said the 23-year-old needed a “reset” and was working on various aspects of his game. Goldobin is third in scoring for the Canucks with 16 points.UP NEXTWild: Play at Calgary on Thursday night.Canucks: Wrap up a five-game homestand Thursday against Nashville. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) The Colorado Avalanche’s power play was nearly nonexistent for weeks. It came up big in Vancouver.Nathan MacKinnon scored Colorado’s fifth power-play goal of the game 3:36 into overtime, lifting the Avalanche to a 5-4 victory over the Canucks on Tuesday night.Colorado trailed 4-1 with 4:18 left in a wild second period before storming back.Article continues below ...”We got some momentum,” said MacKinnon, who also had three assists. ”You don’t see a lot of 4-1 comebacks, especially nowadays. Teams usually shut it down.”To come back you need a good power play.”Coming in, the Avalanche were 1 for 28 with the man advantage over their previous eight games. Colorado’s power play was ranked 31st in the league on the road.”I think everyone was on their game,” said Tyson Barrie Bobby Orr Jersey , who had a goal and four assists to set a franchise record for points by a defenseman in a regular-season game. ”We got ourselves down 4-1 and that’s not good enough. It showed a lot of character from the guys tonight. There was no quit. We didn’t change our game and our power play came up huge.”Barrie tied it with 3:01 left in the third on a one-timer with Vancouver’s Jake Virtanen off for hooking.Then, with Daniel Sedin off for hooking in overtime, Barrie passed to MacKinnon, who fired a shot from the faceoff circle past Canucks goalie Anders Nilsson.Colorado pulled three points out of the final wild card spot in the Western Conference.”We were talking about desperation and playing with urgency and we’ve lacked that a little bit in the last handful of games,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. ”We felt other teams were turning it up and the competitiveness and urgency in everyone’s game at this point in the year was going up and ours wasn’t.”Tonight, we were kind of quiet (before the game), looked like a focused room. We were determined to stick with it and get rewarded.”Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists, Gabriel Landeskog added a goal and an assist, and Tyson Jost also scored for Colorado. Semyon Varlamov finished with 24 saves.Brandon Suter and Nikolay Goldobin each had a goal and an assist for the Canucks in a wild second period. Darren Archibald and Bo Horvat also scored for Vancouver. Nilsson stopped 29 shots.Colorado finished 5 for 6 on the power play http://www.officialbruinsproonline.com/authentic-adidas-brad-marchand-jersey , and Vancouver was 1 for 3.”I’ve never been part of a game where you score four goals, and don’t give up an even-strength goal, and lose,” Canucks coach Travis Green said.The rookie coach stated the obvious when he said the Vancouver penalty kills need improving.”We have to find a way to block shots and get some clears,” he said. ”There’s lots that goes into penalty kills. … When you give up five power-play goals, your penalty kill isn’t sharp enough.”The Canucks scored three goals 2:41 apart to build a 4-1 lead in the second period. Goldobin put Vancouver ahead on the power play when his shot from a sharp angle was tipped over Varlamov’s shoulder with 6:59 remaining. Goldobin then created a turnover a center-ice that allowed Sutter to break in and score on a shot that hit Varlamov’s glove and went in 51 seconds later.Horvat appeared to put the Canucks in control when he scored off Brock Boeser’s pass from behind the net with 4:18 left.Rantanen then beat Nilsson with a shot from the faceoff circle with 2:03 to go in the middle period, and Landeskog tipped a shot from side of the net with 37 seconds left to pull the Avalanche to 4-3 and cap the seven-goal period.”We need to learn how to close games, how to play with the lead,” Nilsson said. ”Maybe it’s a few penalties we can eliminate Youth Brandon Carlo Jersey , and our penalty kill can play better. … Myself, I need to find some extra saves on the penalty kill. It’s team work and everyone needs to be a little better.”After a scoreless first period, Sutter made a nice play to set up the first goal of the game just 34 seconds into the second. Sutter stripped the puck from Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov behind the net then one-handed a pass out front to Archibald, who beat Varlamov with a quick shot to the stick side.Jost tied the game at 10:46 when he deflected Barrie’s shot from the point under Nilsson’s arm.NOTES: The Canucks signed D Erik Gudbranson to a three-year, $12 million contract. … With G Jacob Markstrom sidelined with a minor injury, Richard Bachman was recalled from Utica of the AHL and dressed as Nilsson’s backup. … The Avalanche recalled D Andrei Mironov and D David Warsofsky from San Antonio of the AHL to replace Erik Johnson and Anton Lindholm, who suffered upper-body injuries Sunday.UP NEXTAvalanche: At Edmonton on Thursday night.Canucks: At Vegas on Friday night.