Chicago Blackhawks

The Minnesota Wild have turned their home ice into a deafening, discouraging place for opponents to play in the playoffs. For the second straight game, they dominated the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks.

Mikael Granlund scored twice, Zach Parise had a goal and an assist, and Erik Haula jump-started the Minnesota Wild by scoring early in the third period in a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series.

Bryan Bickell had a goal and two assists, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1 on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

Right about the time the Chicago Blackhawks got into trouble Friday night, it was showtime for Patrick Kane. Kane scored two goals in the third period and the Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.

NHL on NBC analyst Brian Engblom joined Jeff Thurn on Monday's edition of Overtime.

Marian Hossa scored the lone goal in the shootout, and the banged-up Chicago Blackhawks stopped a three-game slide with a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.

Jason Pominville and Matt Cooke scored first-period goals, Darcy Kuemper made 33 saves and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Thursday night.

UNDATED (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks inched a little closer to the NHL's Western Conference lead on Tuesday, but they also suffered their league-leading 11th non-regulation loss of the season.

Marco Scandella's slap shot with 1:48 left, the defenseman's first goal this season, lifted the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. The Wild have won two of three meetings with the Stanley Cup champions this season.

Patrick Sharp finally scored, Nick Leddy jump-started the stagnant special teams units with a power-play goal and the Blackhawks beat the Wild 5-1 on Monday night.