Wild Warmup: Minnesota vs. Chicago

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Coming on the heels of a 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday at the United Center, the Wild will look for the back-to-back sweep of its division rival when the series shifts to St. Paul to cap Hockey Day Minnesota on Saturday.
With all-day events taking place 90 minutes south of Xcel Energy Center in Mankato, Minnesota will try and capture the same energy it had in its decisive road victory in the Windy City.
The Wild scored twice in the first four minutes of the game and three times in the first period, chasing Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury from the game after Calen Addison's second-period goal 12:05 into the period.
Fleury allowed four goals on just 13 shots.

The goal for Addison was part of a two-point night, the first multi-point game of his NHL career. Ryan Hartman, a former Blackhawk, scored twice in the first period and now has a team-high 18 goals on the season.
The Wild led 5-0 after two periods behind a strong effort between the posts by Kaapo Kahkonen, who finished with 35 saves and was denied a shutout bid when Dylan Strome scored with 5:03 remaining in regulation.
Brandon Duhaime and Marcus Foligno also scored for the Wild while Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello each tallied a pair of assists.

The victory for Minnesota extended its points streak to five games, while snapping Chicago's point streak at five games. During that stretch, the Blackhawks hadn't allowed more than two goals in any game.
In the losing effort, Patrick Kane pushed his point streak to nine games. During that span, Kane has two goals and nine assists.
Kahkonen is expected to get the start for the Wild in game two of the back-to-back. Kahkonen is 8-2-2 with a 2.76 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage.