Thanks to a dominant second period, the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-1 Saturday in their preseason finale.
The Wild opened the scoring early with a goal from Ryan Hartman less than three minutes into the game. Marc-André Fleury had to be sharp throughout the first as the Blackhawks were outshot 17-9, with a majority being quality scoring chances. Luckily, the Blackhawks’ offense came alive, producing two goals before the first period closed.
First, Henrik Borgström tied it after a dangerous feed from behind the net by Dylan Strome at the 12:58 mark:
Next, Patrick Kane found Alex Debrincat off the rush, who tapped in his own rebound to give the Blackhawks a 2-1 lead with 4:46 left in the period.