Wild 3, Blackhawks 2 (SO) – Recap

By Kevin Schroeder
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Updated: March 21, 2016

Scoring

1^st Period

None

2^nd Period

0:50 MIN Haula (Neiderreiter, Fontaine)

7:04 MIN Neiderreiter (Schroeder, Granlund)

8:38 CHI Shaw (Panarin)

13:21 CHI Panik (Desjardins, Keith)

3^rd Period

None

OT Period

None

Shootout

Round 1: Toews (CHI) – No goal, Coyle (MIN) – Goal, 1-0 MIN

Round 2: Kane (CHI) – No goal, Parise (MIN) – No goal, 1-0 MIN

Round 3: Panarin (CHI) – No goal, MIN wins 1-0

Penalties

1^st Period

2:15 MIN Parise: 4 min. – High-sticking against Rozsival

2^nd Period

4:55 CHI Hossa: 2 min. – Tripping against Granlund

3^rd Period

4:44 CHI Panarin: 2 min. – Roughing against Dumba

OT Period

0:48 CHI Anisimov: 2 min. – Goaltender interference against Dubnyk

For a lot of the game, the Blackhawks were very lackluster. The offense lacked any real fire and the defense was making silly mistakes. After falling behind 2-0, the offense woke up a bit and tied the game. The momentum didn’t carry over to the third, though, and the Wild got far more chances than the Hawks did early on. Thanks to good play by Scott Darling, who had another nice start tonight, the Hawks were able to force overtime. Both teams would only get one shot in OT, neither would go in, and we would head to a shootout, where Minnesota would take the extra point.

My picks for 3 stars:

★★★ Richard Panik, RW, CHI (1 G)

★★ Erik Haula, C, MIN (1 G)

★ Nino Neiderreiter, RW, MIN (1 G, 1 A)

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