Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild face-off for Game 3 of their Round 2 best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series live from the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota.
As the series shifts to St. Paul, Chicago looks to take a commanding 3-0 lead while Minnesota hopes that a return to home ice will help it get into this series after dropping Games 1 and 2.
The Blackhawks defeated the Wild 4-3 in Game 1 and then followed it up with a 4-1 victory in Game 2.
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After their Game 1 win, Chicago's big guns were all on display on Sunday in Game 2.
Patrick Kane had two goals in the victory, including an empty-netter, while captain Jonathan Toews found the back of the net for a shorthanded goal and Patrick Sharp also lit the lamp.
Matt Dumba was the lone goal-scorer for Minnesota in the loss, with his second tally of the playoffs.
The Blackhawks are getting contributions all across the board this postseason as five players have more than five points and six members of the team have multiple goals.
"I think we're getting the goals that we need from different guys," Toews said per NHL.com. "I always tell guys: Last year [Sharp] maybe, the year before it was myself. Guys always expect to produce and score goals. You've just got to keep reminding yourself that they're going to come at the right time."
Kane (five goals, five assists) and Duncan Keith (two tallies, eight helpers) each have 10 points to pace the team while Toews has nine points off of four markers and five helpers and Sharp has found the twine four times and added four assists for eight points.
The Wild is behind 2-0 against the Blackhawks for the third straight year and though they were eliminated in the last two meetings, the team hopes to draw off the experience of climbing out of the same hole against the Colorado Avalanche in Round 1 last year and winning the series in seven games.
"I think the experience is always good when you've been through that and you know from the experience. A lot of guys have been here for that," captain Mikko Koivu told NHL.com. "But at the same time, you need to create those experiences again. It's a new year, a new series, so we can't just think that it's going to happen."
Zach Parise leads the team with nine points off of four goals and five assists this postseason while Mikael Granlund has six points off of two markers and four helpers and Jason Pominville has found the back of the net twice and added three assists for five points.
In the crease, Minnesota turns to Devan Dubnyk and he is 4-4 this postseason with a 2.64 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage.
Chicago counters with Corey Crawford in the blue paint and he is 3-1 in the playoffs with a 3.13 GAA and a .815 save percentage.
The Blackhawks look for a huge 3-0 series lead while the Wild hopes to get its first win of the set when the puck drops on Game 3 live tonight from the Xcel Energy Center as part of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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