In St Paul, the Chicago Blackhawks needed two third goals to get even with the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.
The Wild recovered though in extra time when Matt Dumba scored 2:21 into the extra session for the 3-2 win.
“Obviously, it was good scoring in OT but it’d kind of been a long time coming,” the defenseman said. “This feels good. I was trying not to think about it but now getting it, yeah, it felt awesome.”
Alex Stalock made 27 saves in the win.
Olli Maatta and Adam Boqvist were the third period strikers for the Blackhawks.
“I think it’s been awhile since we played that poorly,” Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said. “[Minnesota] had an urgency and desperation to their game that we didn’t match in the beginning. I thought [Crawford] stood on his head, gave us a chance.”
Kevin Fiala scored both regulation goals for the Wild.
“There’s nights you look at [Fiala] and he’s so dynamic,” Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. “He’s bringing people out of their seats quite frankly. If he can continue to do that it’d be pretty special.”
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Corey Crawford made 31 saves in the loss.
“I feel good that we got the point,” Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith said. “Sometimes, it’s not going to be pretty. We did a good job finding a way to get one.”
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