The Chicago Blackhawks dropped their second straight road game on Monday night, losing 4-3 to the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center. The loss marks the end of a four-game road trip for the Blackhawks, who were looking to bounce back after a tough defeat in Calgary earlier in the trip.<\/p>\n
Kirill Kaprizov, Jared Spurgeon, and Marcus Foligno scored for the Wild, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Yakov Trenin had two assists, and Filip Gustavsson stopped 28 shots to earn the win.<\/p>\n
Connor Bedard and Nick Foligno scored for Chicago, and Arvid Soderblom made 23 saves. However, the Blackhawks were unable to tie the game despite a late surge.<\/p>\n
With about five minutes left, Chicago’s Frank Nazar stole the puck from the Wild’s Declan Chisholm behind the Minnesota net. Nazar fed Teuvo Teravainen alone in the slot, but Gustavsson stopped his point-blank shot. As Gustavsson scrambled back into position, Teravainen fired the rebound wide of the empty net, preserving the Wild’s 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n
Blackhawks:<\/strong> After sweeping a three-game homestand, the Blackhawks have lost back-to-back road games in Calgary and Minnesota.<\/p>\n Wild:<\/strong> Minnesota was desperate for a win after losing its last four games and being outscored 16-4 in that span. The defense still coughed up too many scoring chances, but Gustavsson stood tall in his first start since a 7-1 loss to Edmonton on Dec. 12.<\/p>\n Only four teams have fewer than the Blackhawks\u2019 five road wins this season.<\/p>\n Brock Faber snapped a tie in the third period, burying a one-timer from the right faceoff circle off a feed from his defensive partner, Jonas Brodin.<\/p>\n The Blackhawks visit Buffalo and the Wild travel to Dallas on Friday.<\/p>\n The Blackhawks’ losing streak on the road continues, and they will look to regroup and find their footing when they face the Sabres and Wild again.<\/p>\n Q: Who scored for the Wild? Q: Who scored for the Blackhawks? Q: Who was in goal for the Wild? Blackhawks Drop 2nd Straight on Road Trip in 4-3 Loss to Wild Game Summary The Chicago Blackhawks dropped their second straight road game on Monday night, losing 4-3 to the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center. The loss marks the end of a four-game road trip for the Blackhawks, who were looking to bounce back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/AP24359069787696.jpg?w=900&w=900&resize=900,600&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8992,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8990\/revisions\/8992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Key Stat<\/h2>\n
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\nA: Kirill Kaprizov, Jared Spurgeon, and Marcus Foligno scored for the Wild.<\/p>\n
\nA: Connor Bedard and Nick Foligno scored for the Blackhawks.<\/p>\n
\nA: Filip Gustavsson stopped 28 shots to earn the win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"