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Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota Wild

Preseason · Tuesday, October 1, 2024 · Xcel Energy Center

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2–7

Final

21–42

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Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7–2 on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blackhawks 42–21.

Jared Spurgeon scored twice. Jason Dickinson, Frederick Gaudreau, Jakub Lauko, Joel Eriksson Ek, Marco Rossi, Kirill Kaprizov and Connor Bedard also scored.

Filip Gustavsson made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Drew Commesso stopped 35 of 42.

Goals
Chicago BlackhawksCHI110221
Minnesota WildMIN151742

Three stars

  1. ★1st starKirill KaprizovMIN · 1 goal, 3 assists
  2. ★2nd starMats ZuccarelloMIN · 3 assists
  3. ★3rd starJared SpurgeonMIN · 2 goals

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2024–25 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:34

2–6 · 2nd 19:59 · Bedard. Spurgeon had been on the ice for 1:34 when it went in.

GoalCHI MIN

1–0 CHI

1st 6:23 · Dickinson

Kaprizov 0:35

1–1 MIN

1st 17:35 · Gaudreau

Hall 0:16

1–2 MIN

2nd 4:16 · Lauko

Maroon 0:41

1–3 MIN

2nd 4:45 · Spurgeon

Foligno 0:29

1–4 MIN

2nd 10:50 · · Eriksson Ek

Jones 0:49

1–5 MIN

2nd 11:11 · Rossi

Long shift: Jones 1:10

1–6 MIN

2nd 17:21 · · Kaprizov

Jones 0:08

2–6 CHI

2nd 19:59 · · Bedard

Stuck out there: Spurgeon 1:34

2–7 MIN

3rd 11:33 · Spurgeon

Dickinson 0:39

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2024–25. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.6 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 15 against about 1 in 24.

29%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

CHIMIN
2142
42%58%
1/42/4
88
2514
154
2420
68

Penalties

  • 18:57 into the first periodPhilipp Kurashev · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 6:36 into the second periodTyler Bertuzzi · slashing2 min
  • 10:43 into the second periodTyler Bertuzzi · tripping2 min
  • 14:21 into the second periodMats Zuccarello · tripping2 min
  • 17:13 into the second periodIlya Mikheyev · holding2 min
  • 18:53 into the second periodBrock Faber · slashing2 min
  • 12:52 into the third periodRyan Hartman · tripping2 min
  • 14:35 into the third periodJoel Eriksson Ek · tripping2 min