Thursday game. Vancouver might be flat after its wild-card hopes took a near death-blow with Tuesday's crushing 4-3 home shootout loss to Ottawa. The Canucks remain very banged up, too, with the likes of Bo Horvat and Tanner Pearson out and fellow forward Alex Chiasson in question. That's a lot of offense. Minnesota is in the playoffs but trying to finish second in the Central. The Wild have one home loss since mid-March and are 2-0 vs. the Nucks this season.