Preview: Wild vs. Blackhawks

CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Minnesota Wild head to Chicago today to challenge the Blackhawks, hoping to head home tonight with all three road wins secured.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Sunday, November 10 at 6:00 p.m. CT
• Where: United Center (Chicago, Illinois)
• Watch: FanDuel Sports Network
• Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
• Gamecenter: Wild vs. Hawks

Wild Record: 10-2-2, 22 points, 2nd in Central Division

Ducks Record: 5-9-1, 11 points, 8th in Central Division

2023-24 Series Record: 3-0-0

All-Time Wild Record: 54-29-5 (25-17-2 at Chicago)

Last Season on Wild vs. Hawks

Minnesota went 3-0-0 against Chicago.

Minnesota won the series opening contest, 4-1, at Xcel Energy Center (12/3), earned a 2-1 victory in Chicago in the second meeting (2/7) and completed the season sweep with a 4-0 shutout at the United Center (4/7).

D Brock Faber (0-4=4), LW Kirill Kaprizov (2-2=4) and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-3=4) all had four points. C Marco Rossi tallied three goals. G Marc-André Fleury saved 28-of-29 shots faced in the first meeting. G Filip Gustavsson stopped 20-of-21 shots faced to win the second game. G Jesper Wallstedt stopped all 24 shots faced to earn his first NHL win and shutout in the third matchup.

RW Taylor Raddysh led Chicago with two points (1-1=2). LW Nick Foligno (1-0=1) also scored for Chicago. G Petr Mrazek went 0-2-0 with a 3.07 GAA and a .898 SV%. G Arvid Soderblom allowed four goals on 37 shots faced in the final meeting.

Wild Leaders Against Blackhawks

• Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 23 points (8-15=23) in 24 career matches against Chicago
• D Jared Spurgeon owns 17 points (3-14=17) in 41 games
• Kaprizov owns 12 points (5-7=12) in nine games
• LW Marcus Johansson has 11 points (5-6=11) in 21 career games

Blackhawks Leaders Against Wild

• LW Taylor Hall (8-13=21, in 27 games) and RW Craig Smith (11-10=21, in 45 games) each lead Chicago with 21 career points against Minnesota
• LW Teuvo Teravainen has 14 points (4-10=14) in 21 games
• Foligno (7-6=13, in 25 games) and D Alec Martinez (3-10=13, in 39 games) each have 13 points

Recent Transactions

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Connections

• C 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
• Fleury went 19-21-5 with a 2.95 GAA and a .908 SV% in part of one season (2021-22) with the Blackhawks
• RW Ryan Donato tallied 39 points (18-21=39) in 84 games in parts of two seasons with Minnesota (2018-20)
• D Wyatt Kaiser is from Andover and played three seasons at the University of Minnesota-Duluth (2020-23)
• RW Joey Anderson is from Roseville and played two seasons (2016-18) at the University of Minnesota-Duluth
• Chicago LW Nick Foligno is the older brother of Wild LW Marcus Foligno
• RW Pat Maroon collected 16 points (4-12=16) and 60 PIM in 49 games with Minnesota during the 2023-24 season

Fast Facts

• Minnesota’s 54 all-time wins against Chicago are its third-most against an opponent
• The Wild has won 12 consecutive meetings against the Blackhawks dating back to 2/4/20
• Minnesota has earned a point in nine consecutive games played at Xcel Energy Center (8-0-1) dating back to 2/10/18
• The Wild has won six consecutive games played at United center since 1/21/22
• 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

For more information on tonight's matchup, check out the game notes below.