Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Wednesday, March 31, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center
VERSUS (HD) · CSN-CH (HD) · KSTC (HD)
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 4-0 on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Xcel Energy Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Wild 35-21.
Tomas Kopecky scored twice. Ben Eager and Jonathan Toews also scored.
Antti Niemi made 21 saves on 21 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Kopecky (1)Ben Eager (1), Niklas Hjalmarsson (1)1–018:20 CHI
2nd period
Ben Eager (1)Unassisted2–009:51 CHI
3rd period
- Tomas Kopecky (2)Ben Eager (2), Colin Fraser (1)3–005:55 CHI
Jonathan Toews (1)Marian Hossa (1), Niklas Hjalmarsson (2)4–014:02 CHI
Team stats
CHIMIN
35Shots on goal21
48%Faceoff %52%
0/1Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes2
16Hits22
19Blocked shots13
3Giveaways11
7Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 15:00
Jonathan Toews · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:40
Antti Miettinen · slashing2 min - 2nd 15:32Dave Bolland · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 16:01Brent Seabrook · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 55Ben EagerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 11:41 |
| 82Tomas KopeckyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 11:36 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 22:04 |
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:29 |
| 46Colin FraserC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 09:26 |
| 81Marian HossaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:44 |
| 10Patrick SharpR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:09 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 16Andrew LaddL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 22Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 32Kris VersteegR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 33Dustin ByfuglienR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:22 |
| 36Dave BollandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 2Duncan KeithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:24 |
| 5Brent SopelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 6Jordan HendryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 20:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti NiemiG | W | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| 39Cristobal HuetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:18 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 14Martin HavlatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:19 |
| 17Casey WellmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 20Antti MiettinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:51 |
| 22Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 23Cody AlmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:18 |
| 24Derek BoogaardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:09 |
| 48Guillaume LatendresseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 51James SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 3Marek ZidlickyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:34 |
| 6Greg ZanonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:55 |
| 8Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26:04 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 36John ScottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 55Nick SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 60:00 |
| 35Anton KhudobinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |