Rookie goaltender Cory Schneider made 16 saves in the Canucks 2-1 win on Friday night, picking up his first career win against the Minnesota Wild. Vancouver outshot the Wild by a 14-3 margin in the first period, and took advantage of -- according to the box score -- 15 Minnesota giveaways to escape with the victory. Kevin Bieska picked up his fifth goal of the season in the first period, while Jason Jaffray scored his first of the season at the 3-minute mark of the second period.
Mikko Koivu scored Minnesota's only goal of the night, while Niklas Backstrom turned aside 29 shots in the loss.
The win is only Vancouver's second in six games since the loss or Roberto Luongo, while the Wild had won three of four coming into action on Friday.
The best action of the night was probably the assortment of brawls in the first and second periods, resulting in the two teams combining for 56 penalty minutes during the game, and the ejections of Derek Boogaard and Darcy Hordichuk.
Flames Rally for Overtime Win
The Calgary Flames entered the third period of Friday's game against St. Louis trailing 3-1. Jarome Iginla and David Moss scored in the first five minutes, tying the game at three, ultimately sending the contest to overtime. Just two minutes into the extra frame, Calgary's Mike Cammalleri scored his 10th goal of the season, helping lead the Flames to a 4-3 win.
Dion Phaneuf picked up four assists in the win, which is the fourth in the past five games for Calgary.
Brad Boyes, David Backes and Patrik Berglund scored for St. Louis.
Dallas Wins In Shootout
Marty Turco made 26 saves in regulation and overtime, and turned aside three of four shots in the shootout to help lead Dallas to a 2-1 win over Colorado. Turco still ranks near the bottom of the league this season as far as goaltenders go, but, hey, it's his second strong game in a week, so perhaps he's starting to come around. Dallas sure could use it.
The Stars had a 1-0 lead until the final minute of regulation, when Marek Svatos scored to tie the game, sending it to overtime.
Toby Petersen scored his third goal of the season in the first period, while Mike Ribeiro and Mike Modano scored in the shootout.
