The Chicago Blackhawks were a lot better on Saturday night. It just wasn’t good enough to win, though, as the Minnesota Wild scored a tying goal late in regulation, then added the winner in overtime for a 4-3 victory to sweep a weekend back-to-back between the Central Division foes.
Following Friday’s disastrous start, the Blackhawks had a much better beginning in this one. Henrik Borgstrom opened the scoring at the end of an impressive shift, which ended with him redirecting an Erik Gustafsson point shot into the Minnesota net:
A brilliant passing sequence from Dylan Strome to Seth Jones to Alex DeBrincat resulted in a DeBrincat goal, snapping a four-game goalless drought for DeBrincat:
Chicago had all the momentum as the first period neared its end, but a bad penalty by Gustafsson put Minnesota on the power play.