Chicago jump on Wild early, win 4-1

“We had an ordinary start for a few minutes there and then we settled down nicely,” Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville said. “Better than we’ve seen maybe all year, for the most minutes.”

Patrick Kane scored his 13th and 14th goals of the campaign to help the Hawks to a 2-0 lead through two periods.

“It’s one of those things, you’re going to pass some people when you’re playing a lot of games and playing a lot of seasons,” Kane said. “I’ve been very fortunate to play with a lot of great players, some great coaches that have been here, great organization. It’s definitely humbling.”

The win was the fifth straight for Chicago after they had lost five in a row.

Matt Dumba scored to lone goal for the Wild.

Corey Crawford made 27 saves to pick up the win.

For the Wild, it was their second straight loss after winning four in a row.

“You can’t take six penalties and win,” Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau said. “It’s an impossibility. We’re trying to use the third and fourth line basically to kill penalties to save our other guys but it’s still hard when you’re killing all those penalties and you’re trying to get into a rhythm of the game.”

Ryan Hartman and Tommy Wingels (shorthanded) also scored for Chicago.

“We’ve played some good hockey,” Kane said. “I think we’ve been fortunate enough to get some wins but we found ways to win. Our last two games, you’ve got to be happy with the way we played those against some divisional opponents, good teams, so hopefully we’re trending in the right direction here.”

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Alex Stalock made 42 saves in the loss.

“Frustration is the most useless emotion you can have. It does nothing but hurt you. We’ve got to get away from the frustration and feeling bad for ourselves and start getting back to the way we can play,” Boudreau said after the oss.