Connor Bedard and Alex Vlasic Help Chicago Blackhawks Edge Minnesota Wild 2-1 to Snap 19-Game Series Skid

Takeaways: Minus injured Kirill Kaprizov, Wild take a rare 2-1 loss to Blackhawks

The Wild lost to division rival Chicago in regulation for the first time since December 2019, a span of 19 games.

Blackhawks finally beat Wild by finally holding 2-0 lead

It took some help from the goalpost and a potentially goal-saving dive by Alex Vlasic in the final seconds, but the Blackhawks finally beat the Wild.The Hawks' 2-1 victory Thursday marked their first in regulation against their northern rivals since 2019 and just their second of any sort in 20 meetings during that time span.The gap between the two teams had definitely tightened this season — the Hawks took the first three meetings to overtime be…

Connor Bedard and Alex Vlasic help Chicago Blackhawks edge Minnesota Wild 2-1 to snap 19-game series skid

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Thursday night to snap the NHL’s longest active point streak for one team against another.

Minus Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek, Wild's 'frustrating' home skid continues: Takeaways

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild had their looks, and Matt Boldy and Vladimir Tarasenko dinged iron on two point-blank chances, but Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek sure would have been handy on a 95-second two-man advantage down…

Wild's Kirill Kaprizov Out Day-To-Day

The Minnesota Wild won’t have their superstar winger on Thursday night. Kirill Kaprizov is out day-to-day with a lower-body injury sustained in the team’s last game against the Chicago Blackhawks per Michael Russo of The Athletic. Specifically, Kaprizov’s injury was sustained on a check from Blackhawks forward Ryan Donato, per Russo, and his absence from the lineup is a precaution after Kaprizov skated in full at Thursday morning’s practice. In-…

The Beautiful Ones: Blackhawks 2, Wild 1

For the first time in far, far too long, the Blackhawks recorded a regulation victory against the Minnesota Wild, winning 2-1 over their divisional rivals on Thursday night in St. Paul. With about 3:30 left in the first, Chicago opened the scoring when Andrew Mangiapane set up Ilya Mikheyev up at the back door for an easy tap-in goal: Near the middle of the second… Source