PREVIEW: Blackhawks Meet Wild for Second Time in as Many Nights

TIME: 8 p.m. CT
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The Blackhawks look to bounce back in a second straight meeting with the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota took a 5-1 victory on Friday night in Chicago in the first half of a home-and-home set.

TEAM RECORDS

• CHI: 15-17-6, 36 PTS
• MIN: 23-10-3, 49 PTS

HOW TO WATCH

Pat Foley and Eddie Olczyk have the call tonight on NBC Sports Chicago+ with pregame coverage beginning at 7:30 p.m. John Wiedeman and Nick Olczyk have the radio broadcast of the game on WGN Radio as well.

VS. MINNESOTA

Chicago and Minnesota complete a home-and-home set in St. Paul, the second of three meetings between the two teams in 12-day span.
Patrick Kane
has five multi-point outings, including two-three point games, vs. Minnesota over his last 13 games against the club. He registered an assist on Friday night in Chicago.
The Blackhawks had registered a point (4-0-2) in six straight games against the Wild before Friday night's loss.

STREAK SNAPPED

Friday's loss snapped a five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) for the Blackhawks, a season-best mark. During the five-game run, Chicago had not yielded more than two goals in a single contest, but allowed five goals against the Wild on Friday night.

INDIVIDUAL RUNS

Patrick Kane set a personal and team mark for point streaks on the season on Friday night with a point in his ninth straight contest (2G, 9A). The previous mark was held by
Seth Jones
, who recorded a career-long eight-game point streak (2G, 6A) from Nov. 1-20. The eight-game run shares the longest by a defenseman in the NHL this season.
Dominik Kubalik
saw his three-game goal streak come to an end on Friday night. The mark matched
Alex DeBrincat
and
Brandon Hagel
for the longest goal streaks by a Chicago skater this year.