"I still say again, there's always room for improvement," Toews said. "You've got to give a team like that credit. When they play well, they're good at holding on to the puck and creating chances and you're going to give up some. But I think our penalty kill, our power play, everything is starting to really fall into place. We're finding our confidence."
Zach Parise scored and Alex Stalock made 25 saves for the Wild (12-7-2), who were perfect on their second of back-to-backs (4-0-0) and 11-3-0 in their previous 14 games.
"It's a good thing if we're not accustomed to losing two in a row," Parise said. "Now you make sure it's not three in a row. Maybe we can get better screens in front of the net. Maybe that's why we're not scoring the [last] couple of games, who knows? But make sure [the skid] stops at two."
Toews gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead at 8:26 of the first period on a power-play goal after Kane sent a pass across the crease.
"I'm getting opportunities, finding pucks around the net," Toews said. "At the end of the day, going into every game it's wanting the puck in every scenario and trying to get sticks on pucks and just be dangerous around the net. It's nice to see them go in."
Brandon Saad made it 2-0 at 17:29 of the first after he drove past Wild defenseman Matt Dumba and scored on a backhand.
