Sedin twins carry Canucks past Wild

It was Henrik Sedin's 500th career point in his 678th game.

After Hnidy cut the deficit to 2-1 with his first goal since Feb. 17, the Sedins took over again.

This time they owned the puck for more than a minute in Minnesota's zone, deking back and forth, passing the puck through opponent's skates and putting on a show for the sellout crowd of 18,810 at GM Place.

The shift culminated with Burrows taking a feed from Daniel Sedin and rifling a wrist shot high over Harding's glove to make it 3-1.

The Sedins each extended their points streaks to six games. Daniel has six goals and five assists during the span, while Henrik, who moved into a tie with Marian Gaborik for second in the NHL points race with 41, has 13 assists.

However, the road-weary Wild refused to go away.

Zanon cut the lead to 3-2 with a strange goal that saw him bat a rebound out of the air, off the shaft of Roberto Luongo's stick and into the net.

Minnesota dominated the second period, outshooting Vancouver 18-8, but Luongo made several key stops, including a key glove save on Mikko Koivu and a blocker stop on Havlat during a Minnesota four-minute power play.

Kesler made it 4-2 on another Canucks power play early in the third period, wiring a wrist shot off the post and past Harding, who started his sixth game of the season to give Niklas Backstrom a rest.

For Kesler it was his second goal in the last 17 games, both of which have come on the power play.

Kesler's goal was important, as Havlat made it interesting with his fourth of the season with 1:06 remaining and Harding on the bench. He tipped in a feed from Andrew Brunette.

The Wild made a strong push to tie it, peppering Luongo's crease, but they could not beat the Vancouver captain a fourth time.

(Edit:Ruby)