Minnesota generally gets colder and darker come November. But for a Minnesota Wild team that stumbled out of the gates in its first dozen games, flipping the calendar to the eleventh month seems to have provided some vital daylight.

On the first night of November, the Wild turned in a much-needed start-to-finish effort and got rewarded, beating the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 to snap a five-game losing skid.

Clinging to a one-goal lead in the third period, the Wild got a clincher from an unlikely source, when third liner Vinnie Hinostroza snapped a rising shot off the glove of Vancouver goalie Thatcher Demko. It was Hinostroza’s first goal of the season, and gave them some vital breathing room.

Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists, while Marco Rossi, Jonas Brodin and Ryan Hartman als

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