ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Wild scored goals 13 seconds apart in a 4-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday.
Marco Rossi, Mats Zuccarello and Sam Steel each had a goal and an assist for the Wild. Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves. Jack Johnson scored, and Alex Stalock made 19 saves for the Blackhawks, who were 0-for-6 on the power play. Rossi put Minnesota ahead 1-0 at 10:39 of the first period with a one-timer after Zuccarello fed him from behind the net. Frederick Gaudreau then made it 2-0 at 10:52 when he converted a rebound on the rush. Johnson pulled Chicago to within 2-1 at 14:19 of the second period when his shot from the left point went in off the right post. Zuccarello made it 3-1 at 17:01 after he took a pass from Kirill Kaprizov and skated in alone on Stalock. Steel pushed the lead to 4-1 at 6:16 of the third period with a tap-in at the left post after starting the sequence with a takeaway in the offensive zone.
