Vancouver 3, Minnesota 2

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 29 (UPI) -- Daniel Sedin scored Vancouver's third power-play goal of the game 12:33 into the second period Tuesday night to snap a tie and give the Canucks a 3-2 triumph over the Minnesota Wild in their NHL Western Conference semifinal series.

The bad blood from Game Two carried over into this one, as Matt Johnson and Brad May fought immediately after the opening faceoff. But once tempers settled, the Canucks took their first lead of the series on a power-play tally by Brendan Morrison.

With a 23.5 percent rating (8-for-34) on the man advantage, Minnesota drew even less than six minutes later on defenseman Filip Kuba's tally.

Kuba cost his team in the second, taking a high-sticking penalty that led to defenseman Ed Jovanovski's third goal in as many games. But Marian Gaborik answered with a power-play tally 10 minutes into the period.

With just 13 shots in the game, none was bigger for Vancouver than Sedin's redirection of twin brother Henrik's pass while on the power play. It was Daniel's first goal of the playoffs for the Canucks, who grabbed a two games to one lead in the series.

The Wild seek to even the series when they host Game Four on Friday.