RECAP: Blackhawks Fall 3-1 to Wild in Final Meeting This Season

Chicago managed to hold the NHL's third-best scoring team to only two goals Saturday afternoon before an empty-netter sealed the Blackhawks' 3-1 loss. Goaltender Kevin Lankinen made 31 saves and Seth Jones scored his fourth goal of the season in the fourth and final meeting between the Blackhawks and Wild.

POSTGAME LINKS
GAMECENTER: CHI at MIN
HIGHLIGHTS: Blackhawks vs. Wild
GALLERY: Blackhawks vs. Wild
BLACKHAWK OF THE GAME: Goaltender Kevin Lankinen stopped 31 of Minnesota's 33 shots, as he faced the third-best scoring team in the NHL.
STAT OF THE DAY: Three players made their Blackhawks debut in St. Paul Saturday afternoon: forwards Boris Katchouk and Taylor Raddysh - acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade Friday afternoon - and defenseman Alex Vlasic - a 2019 Blackhawks draftee who signed an entry level contract Tuesday.
UP NEXT: Chicago returns to the United Center Sunday and welcomes the Winnipeg Jets for a 6 p.m. puck drop.

GAME RECAP

CHI: 0, MIN: 1

1st - 16:36 - Frederick Gaudreau (Kevin Fiala, Jon Merrill)

The Wild struck first late in the first period after a Blackhawks turnover in Minnesota's end. Jon Merrill fed Kevin Fiala up the left-side boards, and Fiala found Frederick Gaudreau skating into the slot. Gaudreau whipped one high, glove-side to beat Kevin Lankinen and score his ninth goal of the season.

CHI: 1, MIN: 1

3rd - 8:57 - Seth Jones (Patrick Kane, Dylan Strome)

Following a scoreless second period, Seth Jones found the equalizer to end his 35-game scoreless streak. Patrick Kane began the sequence by deftly keeping the puck in Minnesota's zone, allowing Erik Gustafsson to chip the puck to Dylan Strome inside the right faceoff circle. Strome passed back to Kane at the right point, and Kane tapped the puck to Jones who wristed one from the left circle past Wild goaltender Cam Talbot.
Jones' goal was his fourth of the season, while Kane's helper pushed his season-assist total to 50.

CHI: 1, MIN: 2

3rd - 16:47 - Ryan Hartman (Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov)

Ryan Hartman completed a tic-tac-toe sequence and caught Lankinen on the wrong side of his crease to score what would be the game-winner Saturday. Kirill Kaprizov won a board battle in the right corner, fed Mats Zuccarello in the slot and Zuccarello tapped the puck to a waiting Hartman on the left side of the net.
Hartman's goal was his 25th of the season, and Zuccarello and Kaprizov tallied their 43rd and 44th assists, respectively.

CHI: 1, MIN: 3

3rd - 19:53 - Jordan Greenway (Jon Merrill): EN

The Blackhawks played with an extra attacker for two-and-a-half minutes, avoiding the empty-net dagger before Minnesota's Jordan Greenway sealed his team's victory with just seven seconds left to play.