Minnesota Wild vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 2014 · United Center
CSN-CH · FS-N · FS-WI
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Wild 39-29.
Goals came from Thomas Vanek, Brent Seabrook, Marian Hossa, Jonathan Toews, Nino Niederreiter, Marco Scandella, Patrick Kane and Ben Smith.
Antti Raanta made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Niklas Backstrom stopped 34 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Vanek (4)Mikael Granlund (10)1–012:49 MIN
2nd period
Brent Seabrook (6)Kris Versteeg (16), Patrick Kane (16)1–108:10 CHI
Marian Hossa (6)Jonathan Toews (15), Brent Seabrook (11)1–212:19 CHI
Jonathan Toews (12)Ben Smith (3)1–316:21 CHI
3rd period
Nino Niederreiter (14)Unassisted2–307:13 MIN
Marco Scandella (6)Christian Folin (2), Mikko Koivu (10)3–310:03 MIN
Patrick Kane (15)Jonathan Toews (16), Brent Seabrook (12)3–416:32 CHI · PPG
Ben Smith (4)Patrick Kane (17), Marcus Kruger (7)3–519:46 CHI · EN
Team stats
MINCHI
29Shots on goal39
44%Faceoff %56%
0/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
29Hits23
17Blocked shots18
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 18:24
Patrick Sharp · interference2 min - 2nd 03:43
Nate Prosser · roughing2 min - 2nd 08:45Tim Erixon · slashing2 min
- 3rd 00:27Marcus Kruger · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:13Marian Hossa · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 3rd 11:33Brett Sutter · hooking2 min
- 3rd 15:25Erik Haula · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota Wild
| 9Mikko KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 |
| 22Nino NiederreiterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:50 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:02 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 5Christian FolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:47 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 14Justin FontaineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:17 |
| 21Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 27Brett SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:22 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:44 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:58 |
| 20Ryan SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 29:56 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:24 |
| 39Nate ProsserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 44Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Niklas BackstromG | L | 38 | 34 | 4 | .895 | 58:34 |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Jonathan ToewsC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 19:47 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 19:48 |
| 7Brent SeabrookD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 23:06 |
| 28Ben SmithR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:55 |
| 16Marcus KrugerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 23Kris VersteegR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 81Marian HossaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:05 |
| 10Patrick SharpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:31 |
| 13Daniel CarcilloL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:05 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 29Bryan BickellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:12 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:39 |
| 91Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:50 |
| 4Niklas HjalmarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:48 |
| 5David RundbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 27Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:43 |
| 32Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 34Tim ErixonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 10:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Antti RaantaG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 59:39 |
| 33Scott DarlingG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |