Zucker, Wild complete comeback against Blackhawks in OT

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Jason Zucker scored at 3:25 of overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 4-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday.

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Zucker, who had two goals and an assist, beat Cam Ward five-hole on a breakaway. Ryan Suter tied it 3-3 on a shorthanded goal with 23 seconds left in the third period after the Wild pulled Devan Dubnyk.
"I wasn't happy with how I played the first two games," Zucker said. "I thought I had some good spurts. It just wasn't good enough. I know the way I can play and tonight was much more like it. I think everybody would've said the same thing about the first two games. We all wanted to step up and play well."

Eric Staal and Suter each had a goal and two assists, Zach Parise had two assists, and Dubnyk made 27 saves for Minnesota (1-1-1).
"We needed that one," Parise said. "It was a little bit of a slow start for us and they capitalized on some good chances. [Dubnyk] made some really good saves to keep it 2-0 and I felt like once we started to play a little smarter in the neutral zone and continually get it behind them, we started to get the puck back a little more. That's where our offense started from and we got our legs. We got that rare short-hander at the end to tie it up. It was a good win."
Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist, Jonathan Toews had two assists, and Ward made 42 saves for Chicago (2-0-2), which is the second team in NHL history to open the season with four consecutive overtime games (New York Rangers, 1997-98).
"We should've been able to put it away," DeBrincat said. "We should've been able to keep it in their zone and maybe even get a few scoring chances. They're a good team and they played well all game and [Ward] played outstanding for us tonight. It could've been a different score at the end of the game and when we have that chance to win we can't let it slip away."
DeBrincat scored at 10:07 of the first period to give the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead on a one-timer after Toews split Wild defensemen Suter and Matt Dumba and passed to him in the left circle.
Dominik Kahun scored his first NHL goal on a one-timer low in the right circle to make it 2-0 at 12:50. Staal cut it to 2-1 at 13:19 of the second period with a tap-in at the left post after a cross-crease pass from Zucker.
Zucker tied it 2-2 with three seconds left in the second period on a shot from the slot that went under Ward's arm.
DeBrincat scored his second of the game 10 seconds into a power play at 2:29 of the third to make it 3-2. He has seven points (four goals, three assists) in a four-game point streak.
"The game was there for us," Ward said. "It was disappointing to let a point slip away against a divisional opponent, but they worked hard to fight back. There's chances obviously in overtime that could have gone either way. It's unfortunate we let it slip away."

They said it

"We should have kept [the puck] the whole time. They shouldn't have touched it. We had it. It's keep-away. But we made an indirect play and started chasing it." -- Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville on what led to the tying goal by the Wild
"If this is how the year is going to be, I won't have any hair at the end of it." -- Wild coach Bruce Boudreau

Need to know

Blackhawks forward Alexandre Fortin was minus-2 and had one shot in 8:49 during his NHL debut. … Toews had his third multipoint game of the season and has eight points (five goals, three assists) in four games. … Chicago forward Patrick Kane had an assist and has seven points (four goals, three assists) in four games. … Parise has three points (one goal, two assists) in three games.

What's next

Blackhawks: Host the St. Louis Blues on Saturday (8:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCH, FS-MW, NHL.TV)
Wild: Host the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday (6 p.m. ET; FS-N, FS-CR, NHL.TV)