Boos for Hughes: Wild win 4-2 as ex-Canucks captain jeered in return to Vancouver<\/p>\n
Published 9:42 pm Sunday, October 25, 2026<\/p>\n
Amid a steady chorus of boos, Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist, lifting the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Sunday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.<\/p>\n
Hughes, the superstar defenceman and former Canucks captain, was returning to Vancouver for the first time since being acquired by Minnesota on Dec. 12, 2025. He was loudly jeered every time he touched the puck, along with various derogatory chants during the game. A tribute video during a break seven minutes into the first period drew a mixture of cheers and boos, with Hughes acknowledging the fans with a raised stick.<\/p>\n
Maxim Shabanov, Bobby Brink and Kirill Kaprizov also scored for the Wild (8-3-2), with Calvin Pickard making 15 saves for the goaltending win.<\/p>\n
Max Sasson and Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks (2-10-1), who have dropped 10 straight games. Leevi Merilainen took the loss for Vancouver, stopping 30 of 34 shots.<\/p>\n
The Canucks came out strong, not allowing the Wild a shot for the first six minutes, but they could not beat Pickard.<\/p>\n
With 1:27 left in the period, Shabanov tapped in a no-look, cross-crease pass from Kaprizov for his third goal of the season, on a Wild power play.<\/p>\n
Shots after one period favoured the Canucks, 10-5.<\/p>\n
The Wild began to take control in the middle frame. Brink made it 2-0 at 5:54, making a slick move to fool Merilainen and scoring his first goal of the year. <\/p>\n
Seven minutes later on another Wild power play, Hughes scored his third of the year, slipping out from behind the net to knock in a rebound to the left of Merilainen. It was the 500th point of his NHL career.<\/p>\n
Minnesota held a 16-3 shots advantage in the period.<\/p>\n
In the third period, Hughes sprung Kaprizov for a breakaway, and he beat Merilainen at 3:38 for his 13th of the year.<\/p>\n
Sasson ended Pickard\u2019s shutout bid at 6:24, going five-hole on a breakaway of his own and counting his third of the season. <\/p>\n
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