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Kaprizov's shootout goal gives Wild 4-3 victory over Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Minnesota Wild: Game Highlights

Kaprizov was Minnesota's second shooter and beat Spencer Knight with a wrist shot. Wild goalie Jesper Wallstedt stopped all three shootout attempts as the Wild came back from a 3-0 deficit to beat Chicago for the 17th time in 18 games.

Yakov Trenin, Joel Eriksson Ek and Jared Spurgeon scored for Minnesota. Wallstedt stopped 29 of 32 shots.

Teuvo Teravainen, Ryan Donato and Ilya Mikheyev scored for Chicago. Knight made 20 saves.

The Blackhawks took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Teravainen and Donato.

Mikheyev made it 3-0 nearly six minutes into the second period, when he beat Wallstedt with a wrist shot.

Trenin began the Minnesota comeback when he broke in alone and beat Knight with a wrist shot at 12:33 of the second.

Minnesota cut the Chicago lead to 3-2 early in the third when Quinn Hughes fired a shot that hit Marcus Johansson's skate and deflected to Erikson Ek, who got his stick down in time to tap it into the net.

Spurgeon knocked in a rebound of an Eriksson Ek shot to tie it with 2:01 to play in the third. The goal came after Minnesota had killed its fourth Chicago power play of the game. The Wild also killed a power play in overtime.

Up next Blackhawks: At Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Wild: Host Calgary on Thursday.

Regular Season Series

MIN leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:19 Teuvo Teravainen Goal (10) Backhand, assists: Connor Bedard (29), Louis Crevier (11)
Goal 1st Period 15:14 Ryan Donato Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 5:54 Ilya Mikheyev Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Vlasic (11), Jason Dickinson (5)
Goal 2nd Period 12:33 Yakov Trenin Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Daemon Hunt (4)
Goal 3rd Period 3:57 Joel Eriksson Ek Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (22), Quinn Hughes (45)
Goal 3rd Period 17:58 Jared Spurgeon Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Joel Eriksson Ek (22), Matt Boldy (26)
Goal 5 0:00 Kirill Kaprizov Goal Wrist Shot

Statistics

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5 Blocked Shots 15
10 Hits 21
6 Takeaways 3
32 Shots 23
0 Power Play Goals 0
5 Power Play Opportunities 1
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
38 Faceoffs Won 27
58.5 Faceoff Win Percent 41.5
14 Giveaways 14
1 Total Penalties 5
2 Penalty Minutes 10
Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nico Sturm, C Day-To-Day Feb 1
Jonas Brodin, D Injured Reserve Jan 26
Zach Bogosian, D Injured Reserve Jan 24
Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Blackhawks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nick Foligno, LW Day-To-Day Jan 31
Ryan Ellis, D Injured Reserve Jan 8
Shea Weber, D Injured Reserve Sep 30

Game Information

Grand Casino Arena

Location: Saint Paul, MN
Attendance: 18,011 | Capacity:

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Colorado 36 8 81 9
Minnesota 32 14 74 10
Dallas 32 14 73 9
Utah 28 23 60 4
Nashville 25 23 56 6
Winnipeg 22 25 51 7
Chicago 21 25 51 9
St. Louis 20 26 49 9
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