VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Justin Fontaine’s goal in the seventh round of the shootout gave the Minnesota Wild a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.

Fontaine went wide on Eddie Lack and slid the puck under the Vancouver goalie. Darcy Kuemper preserved the win by denying Vancouver’s final shooter, David Booth, as he attempted a spin-o-rama shot.

The Wild won their fourth straight, while the Canucks suffered their eighth loss in their last nine games.

Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler and Minnesota’s Zach Parise exchanged first-period goals.

Sabres 4, Sharks 2:The Buffalo Sabres defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-2 just hours after trading captain Steve Ott and franchise goaltender Ryan Miller to the St. Louis Blues.

Matt Moulson, Brian Flynn, Cody Hodgson and Tyler Myers scored for the Sabres, while Jhonas Enroth replaced Miller in goal and made 36 saves.

Patrick Marleau and James Sheppard scored for the Sharks.

Ducks 1, Blues 0: Center Andrew Cogliano scored 3:39 into the game to give the Anaheim Ducks a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues.

The Ducks gave coach Bruce Boudreau his 300th career victory in his 496th game, the fastest pace for any NHL coach with at least 300 wins.

Goaltender Jonas Hiller made 18 saves for his 26th win and his fifth shutout.

Anaheim defenseman Cam Fowler began the scoring sequence by breaking up a rush and passing the puck to center Saku Koivu along the left-wing boards.

Koivu then passed to Cogliano, who beat three Blues and converted a backhander against goalie Brian Elliott.

Avalanche 4, Coyotes 2: Defenseman Nate Guenin’s first goal in nearly two years broke a 1-1 tie early in the third, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2.

Left winger Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and two assists and center Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche.

Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov had 18 of his 40 saves in the third period to hold off the Coyotes.

Center Shane Doan scored twice and defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson had two assists for the Coyotes, who suffered a blow in their push for the playoffs.