Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, the Chicago Blackhawks (26-12-2, 54 points) and Minnesota Wild (18-15-5, 41 points) face-off for the second of five meeting this season live from the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota. The game can be live streamed here. Chicago fans can hear all of the action on WGN 720 while Minnesota fans can do the same on KFAN 100.3.
Chicago has lost two of its last three contests and begins a two-match road swing while Minnesota has lost two straight games and closes out a three-match homestand.
The Blackhawks defeated the Wild in the first two meetings between these teams on Dec. 16 and the teams are set to meet again on Sunday.
Chicago owns the second spot in the Central Division while the Wild are six points out of the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference with plenty of teams to jump.
The Blackhawks are coming off of a 2-0 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday and will look to bounce back.
Patrick Kane has paced the Blackhawks with 42 points off of 13 goals and 29 assists while Jonathan Toews has 13 tallies and 20 helpers to rank second on the team with 33 points.
The Wild are coming off of a 4-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday and will be without Zach Parise as his father and former Minnesota North Stars forward J.P. Parise passed away from lung cancer Wednesday.
Parise has paced Minnesota with 30 points off of 14 goals and 16 assists this season.
Jason Pominville also has 30 points this season off of eight markers and 22 helpers while Thomas Vanek has found the back of the net seven times and added 17 assists for 24 points.
In net, Minnesota turns to Niklas Backstrom, who is 5-3-3 with a 2.71 goals-against average and a .896 save percentage.
Chicago will counter with Corey Crawford and he is 15-8-2 with a 2.20 GAA and a .919 save percentage.
The Blackhawks and Wild clash when the puck drops tonight at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota.
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