Vancouver 3; Minnesota 2

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 30 (UPI) -- Daniel Sedin scored Vancouver's third power-play goal of the game 12:33 into the second period to give Vancouver a 3-2 win over Minnesota in the NHL playoffs.

The Western Conference semifinal series between the two teams, is now two games to one in favor of Vancouver.

The bad blood from Game Two carried over into this one, as Matt Johnson and Brad May fought immediately after the opening faceoff. 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 on a tally by Filip Kuba.

He cost his team in the second, taking a high-sticking penalty that led to the third goal by defenseman Ed Jovanovski 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 a pass by twin brother Henrik 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 look to even the series when they host Game Four on Friday.