MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
All-Time Wild Record: 47-29-5 (26-12-3 at Xcel Energy Center, 21-17-2 at Chicago)
2021-22: Minnesota swept the season series for the third time in franchise history…The Wild won 5-1 at United Center (1/21), claimed a 4-3 overtime win at Xcel Energy Center (1/22), a 5-0 shutout win in Chicago (2/2) and a 3-1 victory in Saint Paul (3/19)…RW Mats Zuccarello led the Wild seven six points (1-6=7)…LW Kevin Fiala (2-3=5) and LW Kirill Kaprizov (2-3=5) tallied five points each…LW Jordan Greenway notched four points (1-3=4)…G Kaapo Kahkonen went 2-0-0 with a 1.95 GAA and a .944 SV% in the first two meetings…G Cam Talbot went 2-0-0 with a 0.50 GAA, a .981 SV% and one shutout in the last two contests…C Dylan Strome led the Blackhawks with three points (1-2=3)…C Henrik Borgstrom (2-0=2), D Seth Jones (1-1=2) and RW Patrick Kane (0-2=2) recorded two points each…G Marc-Andre Fleury went 0-2-0 with a 6.46 GAA and a .791 SV% in two starts…G Kevin Lankinen went 0-1-1 with a 2.80 GAA and a .926 SV% in three games (two starts).
WILD LEADERS: D Alex Goligoski leads Minnesota with 20 points (2-18=20) in 40 games against Chicago…Zuccarello has 15 points (4-11=15) in 18
matches…D Jared Spurgeon owns 14 points (3-11=14) in 37 contests.
WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 11-6-5 with a 2.58 GAA, a .915 SV% and one shutout in 22 starts vs. the Blackhawks…G Filip Gustavsson has not faced Chicago.
BLACKHAWKS LEADERS: Kane leads Chicago with 51 points (24-27=51) in 55 contests against Minnesota…C Jonathan Toews owns 50 points (16-34=50)
in 50 games…D Jack Johnson has 16 points (4-12=16) in 38 contests.
BLACKHAWKS GOALIES: G Petr Mrazek is 4-2-0 with a 2.16 GAA and a .926 SV% in six career starts against the Wild…G Alex Stalock is 2-0-0 with a
1.96 GAA and a .920 SV% in two starts.
CONNECTIONS: Minnesota Assistant Coach Brett McLean collected 31 points (11-20=31) in 78 games with Chicago in two seasons (2002-04)…RW Ryan
Hartman was selected by Chicago in the first round (30th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft and collected 57 points (27-30=57) in 141 games during four seasons (2014-18) with the Blackhawks…Stalock is a Saint Paul native and played three seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth (2006-09)…He went 37-30-11 with a 2.77 GAA, a .908 SV% and five shutouts in 89 games (77 starts) with Minnesota (2016-20).
FAST FACTS: Minnesota’s 47 all-time wins against Chicago are its third-most against an opponent…The Wild is 17-7-2 in its last 26 games against the Blackhawks…Minnesota is 9-2-2 in the last 13 games played at Xcel Energy Center…In 2015-16, the Wild became the first team to win every game in a season series of at least five contests against Chicago since the Boston Bruins went 8-0-0 in 1938-39…Minnesota won nine straight games against Chicago (1/29/06-1/11/08), tied for the second-longest win streak against an opponent.
INJURIES
Jordan Greenway: upper body
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
October 18 – 29, 2022
10/29/22 Assigned D Dakota Mermis to Iowa
10/22/22 Assigned D Andrej Sustr to Iowa
10/21/22 Recalled F Mason Shaw from Iowa, assigned F Vladislav Firstov to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
10/19/22 Signed F Michael Milne to a three-year, entry-level
contract
WE’RE HEADED TO OVERTIME
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Minnesota leads the NHL with 17 overtime victories.
Overtime NHL Wins since 2021-22 Season
Through October 27, 2022
Rk. Team Wins
- Minnesota …………………………………………………………………..17
- Florida ………………………………………………………………………..16
- Dallas…………………………………………………………………………15
- three tied …………………………………………………………………….13
• During the 2021-22 season, the Wild ranked second in the NHL with a franchise record 11 overtime wins and ranked tied for second with five shootout wins.
• Minnesota went 16-7 in 23 extra session games during the 2021-22 season – its most extra session contests since 23 in 2013-14. The 16 extra session wins are the second-most in team history (17 in 2006-07).”
ON THE POWER PLAY
• Through eight games the Wild has converted nine of its 30 power-play opportunities (30.0 pct.), currently the third-best rate in the league.
• Minnesota’s nine power play goals also ranks second in the NHL, trailing only Colorado and Edmonton (10). 2022-23 NHL Power-Play Pct.
Through October 29, 2022
Rk. Team GP PPG PPO Pct.
- Colorado………………….9 …………10………. 26…………………38.5
- Edmonton ………………..8 …………10………. 29…………………34.5
- Calgary……………………6 …………7………… 23…………………30.4
- Minnesota ……………….8 …………9………… 30…………………30.0
- St. Louis…………………..6 …………5………… 17…………………29.4
• Minnesota recorded a power-play goal in each of its first five games of the 2022-23 season, the franchise’s longest powerplay goal streak to open a season since a franchise-best six-game streak in 2010-11.
GOALS, GOALS, GOALS
The Wild are averaging 3.38 goals per game through eight contests, the 10th-best rate in the NHL this season.
• Minnesota has scored three-plus goals in 29 of its last 32 regular-season contests, including all seven games this season and 22 of the last 24 games of the 2021-22 campaign.
• Dating dating back to March 16, 2022, the Wild have posted a +27 goal differential in regular-season games, the fifth-best mark in the NHL during that span behind Edmonton (+34), Calgary (+31), Boston (+31) and Vegas (+30).
• The Wild ranked fifth in the NHL in goals/game last season (3.72), netting three-plus goals in 66-of-82 games.
• Minnesota scored a franchise record 305 goals last season (not including shootout goals).
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
• The Wild went 13-7-4 in its last 24 road games of the 2021-22 season, including a season-high six game point streak (5-0-1) from Jan. 6-Feb. 2.
• Minnesota went 22-14-5 on the road last season, reaching 20-plus road wins in a season for the fifth time in franchise history.
• Minnesota’s 49 road points in 2021-22 ranked third in franchise history:
Single-Season Road Points, Wild History
Rk. Season Points
1t. 2016-17………………………………………………….50 pts. (20-13-6)
1t. 2014-15………………………………………………….50 pts. (24-15-2)
- 2021-22………………………………………………….49 pts. (22-14-5)
• The Wild scored three-plus goals and has held opponents to two goals or less in 15 of its 21 road wins during the 2021-22 season.
WE’RE GOING BACK-TO-BACK
• The Wild are wrapping up their first of 12 sets of back-to-back games tonight in Chicago. The Wild went 11-2-1 in the first game and 8-4-2 in the second game of back-to-backs last season.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBC Sports Chicago – Chris Vosters (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst), Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Caley Chelios (analyst) and Joe Brand (studio host)
RADIO (Spanish): TUDN-AM 1200 – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Nov. 1 vs. NYI, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Thursday, Nov. 3 vs. LAK, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Saturday, Nov. 5 at WPG, 2:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
Thursday, Nov. 10 at LAK, 9:30 p.m. CT (ESPN+, Hulu, WGN Radio)
Saturday, Nov. 12 at ANA, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 28 – Activated Boris Katchouk from IR … Oct. 27 – Placed Tyler Johnson (left ankle) on IR retroactive to Oct. 25 … Oct. 26 – Acquired Cooper Zech via trade with Philadelphia in exchange for Evan Barratt and assigned Zech to Rockford (AHL) … Acquired Cameron Hillis via trade with Montreal in exchange for Nicolas Beaudin and assigned Beaudin to Rockford (AHL) … Oct. 23 – Placed Petr Mrazek (groin strain) on IR retroactive to Oct. 21 … Oct. 21 – Recalled Arvid Soderblom from Rockford and assigned Alec Regula to Rockford … Activated Jake McCabe from IR … Oct. 18 – Assigned Alex Vlasic to Rockford … Oct. 14 – Activated Jason Dickinson from non-roster and reassigned Buddy Robinson to Rockford.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (3) vs. Buffalo (4) – OT – Sat., Oct. 29, KeyBank Center
CHI Goals: Dickinson (3; PP), Lafferty (3), Raddysh (3)
BUF Goals: Olofsson (5; PP), Thompson (2), Thompson (3), Olofsson (6; PP)
Goalies: CHI – Soderblom (41/45, 60:36) BUF – Anderson (23/26, 60:36)
CHI PP: 1/4; PK: 1/3
BUF PP: 2/3; PK: 3/4
Recap: Chicago fell to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday in Buffalo, earning a point in the overtime loss … Jason Dickinson opening scoring for the Blackhawks, scoring his first career power-play goal … The Blackhawks have scored at least one power-play goal in each of their last four contests … Sam Lafferty and Taylor Raddysh scored in the second period to give Chicago a 3-1 lead … With the goal, Raddysh extended his point streak to a career-long four games (2G, 2A) … Jonathan Toews notched an assist to extend his point streak to four (2G, 2A) … Jake McCabe recorded his 100th career point on an assist … Arvid Soderblom made a career-high 41 saves on 45 shots.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – MINNESOTA WILD
The Blackhawks host the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night in the first of four games between the two clubs this season … Chicago went 0-3-1 against the club last season … Patrick Kane has three multi-point outings, including two hat tricks, and 12 points (6G, 6A) vs. Minnesota over his last 10 games against the Wild … Alex Stalock played with the Wild for four seasons from 2016-20, playing in 89 games with a 37-30-11 record with a 2.77 goals-against average and .908 save percentage.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Oct. 30, April 10 | AWAY: Dec. 16, March 25
All-Time Record: 33-35-13 | Home: 18-18-4 | Road: 15-17-9
Last Home Win: Dec. 15, 2019 (5-3 W) | Last Road Win: Feb. 2, 2019 (4-3 OT) | Last Home Loss: Feb. 2,
2022 (0-5) | Last Road Loss: March 19, 2022 (1-3)
BLACKHAWKS VS. MIN ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 24; Jonathan Toews, 16; Seth Jones, 1
ASSISTS: Jonathan Toews, 34; Patrick Kane, 27; Connor Murphy, 2
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 51; Jonathan Toews, 50; Seth Jones, 2
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRI-KANE: Patrick Kane registered three points (1G, 2A) on Thursday night against Edmonton … Kane posted three-straight multi-point efforts from Oct. 23-27 (2G, 5A) … With his two assists against the Oilers, Kane now has 756 helpers in his NHL career, passing Doug Weight (755) to move into fifth place on the League’s all-time list among U.S.-born players … The forward paces the Blackhawks with six assists and eight points (2G, 6A) in eight games this season.
TO THE MAX: Max Domi shared the team lead against the Oilers with three points (1G, 2A) on Thursday for his first three-point game since Dec. 11, 2021 at Seattle while with Columbus (2G, 1A) … He registered a four-game point streak from Oct. 21-27 (3G, 3A) … It marked his first streak of at least four games since the 2020-21 campaign when he also logged points in four-straight games (2G, 3A) from April 6 – 12 … Domi scored a power play goal in Thursday’s contest for his third goal with the man-advantage so far this season … His three power play goals so far in 2022-23 are currently tied for eighth in the NHL and lead the Blackhawks.
COMEBACK KIDS: The Blackhawks overcame a two-goal deficit in last Sunday’s 5-4 win over the Kraken, marking the team’s third consecutive multi-goal comeback win … Chicago became the ninth team in NHL history to post three or more consecutive multi-goal comeback wins, and the first since Detroit did so during the 2018-19 season … Additionally, the Blackhawks are the fourth team in NHL history to overcome a multi-goal deficit in each of their first three wins of a season, joining St. Louis (3 GP in 2006-07), Detroit (3 GP in 1990-91) and the New York Islanders (3 GP in 1985-86).
LONG STORY SHORTHANDED: Jujhar Khaira scored his third career shorthanded on Sunday against Seattle … The Blackhawks have now scored a league-leading four shorthanded goals this season, all of which have come in the past three games … The team’s three-game streak of scoring a shorthanded goal tied the longest in franchise history, which has happened six times previously, most recently from Feb. 5 – 11, 2009 … Chicago is the first club to score a shorthanded goal in three-straight games since the Ottawa Senators accomplished the feat during the 2019-20 campaign … Sam Lafferty scored two shorthanded goals against the Sharks on Oct. 15 … He is just the seventh Blackhawks player since 1933-
34 (when goals by type officially began being tracked) to score two shorthanded goals in a single period, joining Rene Bourque (Feb. 28, 2008), Patrick Sharp (Nov. 3, 2007), Steve Sullivan (Jan. 26, 2001), Rick Paterson (Jan. 16, 1985), Chico Maki (Dec. 9, 1970) and Pep Kelly (Dec. 26, 1940).
HARD HITTERS: Chicago has now posted 231 hits through the first eight games of the season for a 28.7 hits-per-game average, good for sixth in the NHL … The team notched 41 hits on Oct. 13 at Vegas with nine separate Blackhawks players registering at least three hits in the contest … This marks just the fourth time Chicago has had nine skaters post three-or-more hits in a single game since the NHL began tracking the stat in 2005-06, while the club has never had more than nine do so in a regular-season contest … Jarred Tinordi currently shares 11th in the NHL and leads the Blackhawks with 27 hits so far this season, while Jujhar Khaira ranks second with 20 hits.
LET’S GET IT STARTED: Jason Dickinson scored his first career power-play goal on Saturday against Buffalo, giving him six points (3G, 3A) in his six games this season, tied for third most on the club … He picked up an assist on Tuesday against Florida … He scored the game-winning goal on Oct. 23 vs. SEA, marking his first game-winner of the season … Dickinson made his Blackhawks debut on Oct. 15 at San Jose, registering three points (1G, 2A) … His three points in his debut is the second-most in franchise history behind Martin Havlat’s four-point performance (2G, 2A) in his first game with Chicago on Oct. 5, 2006 … Dickinson is the ninth player in franchise history to record at least three points in his first game in a Blackhawks sweater, and the first since Havlat’s four points in 2006-07 … Dickinson was acquired along with a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft via trade with Seattle in exchange for Riley Stillman on Oct. 7.
STICKS AND MILESTONES: Patrick Kane played in his 1,115th career game on Saturday, surpassing Brent Seabrook for third most in franchise history … Jake McCabe notched his 100th career point on an assist in Saturday’s game … Jonathan Toews is just three assists from 500 in his NHL career.
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-0-0
Tuesday: 1-0-0
Wednesday: 0-1-0
Thursday: 0-2-0
Friday: 1-0-0
Saturday: 1-0-1
Sunday: 1-0-0
