VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ The returns at home versus on the road haven't been nearly as lopsided this season for the Minnesota Wild, with the team almost as productive as the visitor than it is as the host.
So the start of a three-game tour of Western Canada Tuesday had the potential to be the perfect backdrop for the Wild to reset after a rough showing at Xcel Energy Center last week.
And that's exactly what happened, with the Wild rallying for a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in front of 17,122 at Rogers Arena to snap a three-game losing streak.
Its seven road victories are just one shy of the eight the team has banked on home ice.
A pair of power-play goals from winger Jason Zucker in 55 seconds in the second period flipped a one-goal deficit into a one-goal lead.
Zucker tied it at 2 when he deflected in a Ryan Suter shot during a 5-on-3 look 15 minutes, 36 seconds into the middle frame.
Most of the same unit remained on the ice for the rest of the advantage, and this time Zucker capitalized on a blistering one-timer at 16:31 for his 10th goal of the season.
Winger Mikael Granlund assisted on both goals and now has five points during a three-game point streak. His 28 points pace the Wild.
And after a spotless 3-for-3 performance by the power play, the second time the unit has contributed that many goals in a game this season, the Wild has tallied 11 power-play goals in the past 10 games.
This latest round of production sealed the Wild's 10th win when its opponent scores first.
Just 7:02 into the first period, Canucks winger Josh Leivo secured his first goal with Vancouver a day after being acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs _ a blocker-side shot off the rush.
Before the period expired, though, the Wild evened it with its first power-play goal at 12:17.
Winger Zach Parise tipped in a wind-up from defenseman Matt Dumba from his usual spot on the left side.
The goal was Parise's team-leading 13th. Dumba leads all NHL defensemen in scoring with 11 points.
After just six shots in the first period, the Canucks didn't apply much more pressure for the first half of the second.
They didn't register their first shot on goal of the period until 8:11, but that sparked a slew of looks for Vancouver.
Goalie Devan Dubnyk held off the first wave, with a pad save on center Tyler Motte his best.
But Vancouver persisted and on the next shift, Motte buried a rebound off another pad save by Dubnyk at 9:56.
That boost, however, didn't last long, with consecutive Vancouver penalties giving the Wild an opportunity to erase its deficit _ which it did thanks to Zucker, who scored two power-play goals in the same game for the first time in his career.
Vancouver had its own ensuing chance on the power play, as defenseman Greg Pateryn was handed a two-minute boarding minor for crunching winger Jake Virtanen into the boards.
But the Canucks didn't convert on that advantage or another one in the third period, going 0-for-3.
Dubnyk made 29 saves to post his first win since Nov.15, also against the Canucks.
Anders Nilsson had 25 stops for the Canucks.
