Charlie Coyle scored the winning goal in the third period and Niklas Backstrom made 35 saves as the Minnesota Wild took sole possession of the Northwest Division by defeating the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Monday night at Rogers Arena.
   

Jonas Brodin and Matt Cullen also scored for the Wild, who moved two points ahead of Vancouver for first place in the Northwest and 3rd overall in the Western Conference.    

Henrik Sedin replied for the Canucks, who are at home Tuesday night to St. Louis.