In Chicago Sunday, the Minnesota Wild rallied from an 0-2 deficit to defeat the Blackhawks, 3-2.
The win was the eighth straight for the Wild over Chicago.
Goalie Devan Dubnyk (#40) – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“To beat this team eight times in a row is really something,” Minnesota head coach Bruce Boudreau said. “I don’t understand how you can do it. I wish I’d had that knowledge a couple years ago, but it’s a new year and it’s just one in a row right now.”
Patrick Kane scored two goals for the Hawks as they held the Wild in check for a 2-0 lead into late stages of the middle frame.
“As a group, I think there’s things we can learn from this game, or the game in Washington,” Kane said. “But [they’re] two good hockey teams. Both of them are playing really well at this time of year. [It’s a] good way to kind of judge yourself, where we’re at. Might be a little bit of a wakeup call to see how good we really are.”
But the Wild responded with goals from Nino Niederreiter and Chris Stewart to tie before heading to the third.
Jason Pominville scored the game-winner in the third period
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Devan Dubnyk made 33 saves for the Wild who improved to 28-9-5.
Corey Crawford took the loss on 29 saves.
“We’ve got to find a way to stop the run. Tonight we had the greatest opportunity you’re going to have right now, and now we’ve got to wait again. We’ve only got them three more [times], but we’re certainly aware they’ve put us in a tough spot,” Chicago had coach Joel Quenneville said of the Wild successes against the Hawks.
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