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Minnesota Wild, represented by Mikko Koivu, will play his back against the wall in the qualifying round of the hockey NHL league playoffs on Friday. Minnesota lost 0-3 to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.
Vancouver lead the match 2-1. You can advance with three wins.
Brock Boeser scored the victory goal for Vancouver with superiority in the second half of the second set. Canucks ’Elias Pettersson also finished the final numbers with superiority. Antoine Roussel hit in the middle. Newcomer Quinn Hughes (0 + 3) was involved in all three Vancouver goals.
Each team had seven events of superiority. Minnesota was destined for an ineffective game of superiority.
For 21-year-old Pettersson, the goal was first in the NHL playoffs. The Swedes in Vancouver had holidays anyway. 30-year-old goalkeeper Jacob Markström rejected the first playoff draw in his NHL career.
Birch’s contract expires for the current season. The Wild captain has not yet announced his plans for the future, so Friday’s fight may even be the 37-year-old Finn’s last match in the NHL.
– When the games are over, we look to the future. The decision will be based entirely on what I feel mentally and physically, Koivu said on the NHL website last month.
MINNESOTA – VANCOUVER 0-3 (0-0.0-1.0-2)
0-1 Brock Boeser (Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes) yv 33:49
0-2 Antoine Roussel (Quinn Hughes, Christopher Tanev) 42:18
0-3 Elias Pettersson (Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser) yv 58:38
Goalkeepers
MIN: Alex Stalock 29 shots / 26 fights
VAN: Jacob Markstrom 27/27
Mikko Koivu, Minnesota 0 + 0, -1, 2, 1, 10:22
Kaapo Kähkönen, Minnesota not in lineup
Olli Juolevi, Vancouver not in lineup
Vancouver leads the match with 2-1 victories
In Finnish statistics, goals + passes, plus minus, cooling minutes, shots and playing time.
Mikko Koivu’s NHL career may be interrupted on Friday