Game Preview: Wild at Blackhawks

CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Minnesota Wild hits the road again, heading to Chicago for a weeknight contest against the Blackhawks in the final game of the 2025-26 Wild pre-season.

Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Friday, October 3rd at 7:00 p.m. CT
• Where: United Center (Chicago, Illinois)
• Watch: FanDuel Sports North
• Listen: KFAN 100.3 FM
• Gamecenter: Wild vs. Jets

2024-25 Series Record: 2-0-1

All-Time Wild Record: 57-29-6 (26-17-3 at Chicago)

Last Season on Wild vs. Blackhawks

Chicago earned a 2-1 overtime victory in the series opening game at United Center (11/10) before the Wild posted a 3-2 win in the second game in St. Paul (11/29), a 4-3 win at Grand Casino Arena in the third game (12/23), and a 4-2 victory in Chicago in the fourth meeting (1/26).

LW Matt Boldy (1-4=5) led Minnesota with five points in the season series. D Jared Spurgeon (4-0=4), LW Kirill Kaprizov (1-3=4) and LW Marcus Foligno (2-2=4) registered four points each in the season series. G Filip Gustavsson went 2-0-1 with a 2.31 GAA and a .904 SV% after starting the first, third and fourth games. G Marc-André Fleury saved 21-of-23 shots faced to earn the win for the Wild in the second game.

C Ryan Donato (2- 1=3) and C Connor Bedard (1-2=3) led Chicago with three points each in the season series. G Petr Mrazek went 1-2-0 with a 2.35 GAA and a .921 SV% while making three starts for Chicago. G Arvid Soderblom 23-of-26 shots faced in the third contest for the Blackhawks

Wild Leaders Against Hawks

• RW Vladimir Tarasenko leads the Wild with 33 points (20- 13=33) in 36 career games against Chicago
• RW Mats Zuccarello owns 25 points (8-17=25) in 27 career matches
• Spurgeon owns 21 points (7- 14=21) in 45 games
• Kaprizov owns 16 points (6-10=16) in 13 games

Blackhawks Leaders Against Wild

• LW Andre Burakovsky leads Chicago with 18 career points (4-14=18) in 30 games against the Wild
• LW Teuvo Teravainen (4- 10=14 in 25 games) and LW Nick Foligno (8-6=14 in 30 games) each own 14 points

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Connections

• C Ryan Hartman was selected by Chicago in the first round (30th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft and collected 57 points (27-30=57) in 141 games during four seasons (2014-18) with the Blackhawks
• C Vinnie Hinostroza is a Chicago native and was selected by Chicago in the sixth round (No. 169 overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft and collected 51 points (17- 34=51) in 123 games
• RW Ryan Donato tallied 39 points (18-21=39) in 84 games in parts of two seasons with Minnesota (2018-20)
• D Wyatt Kaiser is from Andover and played three seasons at the University of Minnesota - Duluth (2020-23)
• D Sam Rinzel is from Chanhassen and played collegiately at the University of Minnesota
• C Oliver Moore is from Mounds View and played collegiately at the University of Minnesota
• RW Joey Anderson is from Roseville and played collegiately for the University of Minnesota - Duluth
• Chicago LW Nick Foligno is the older brother of Wild LW Marcus Foligno

Fast Facts

• Minnesota’s 57 all-time wins against Chicago are its third most against an opponent
• The Wild has earned points in 16 consecutive meetings (15-0-1) against the Blackhawks dating back to 2/4/20
• Minnesota has earned a point in 11 consecutive games played at Grand Casino Arena (10-0-1) dating back to 2/10/18
• The Wild has earned points in eight consecutive games played at United Center (6-0-1) since 1/21/22
• In 2015-16, the Wild became the first team to win every game in a season series of at least five contests against Chicago since the Boston Bruins went 8-0-0 in 1938-39

For more information on today's matchup, check out the game notes below.