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CHICAGO (AP) -Rookie Dave Bolland scored two power-play goals and the Chicago Blackhawks remained unbeaten in the preseason with a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night.
Jeff Hamilton, Michael Blunden and Craig MacDonald also connected for Chicago (5-0), which scored three power-play goals for the third straight game.
Kurtis Foster and Pavol Demitra had power-play goals for Minnesota (2-1). Marian Gaborik assisted on both.
Nikolai Khabibulin played the full game and stopped 25 shots.
Minnesota's Manny Fernandez made 39 saves.
Hamilton's power-play goal opened the scoring 3:31 into the first period. He connected from the slot after taking a cross-ice feed from Patrick Sharp. Blunden made it 2-0 with 6:29 left in the first, beating Fernandez from the left circle following a Minnesota turnover.
Foster cut the deficit to 2-1 with 23 seconds remaining in the period. He was set up by Gaborik's cross-ice, one-touch pass.
MacDonald made it 3-1 at 6:01 of the second when his shot from the right circle deflected in off the stick of Minnesota's defenseman Brent Burns.
Bolland deflected in a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 9:18 to extend Chicago's lead to 4-1.
Demitra's power-play tip-in with 5:24 left in the second cut it to 4-2.
Bolland completed the scoring with a goalmouth tip-in with 4:11 left in the third.
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