Matt Boldy scores twice, Wild beat Blackhawks in shootout
Matt Boldy scored a pair of goals including the game-tying goal that helped the Minnesota Wild (4-4-1) forced overtime and eventually beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in a shootout.
Boldy scored in the first and then netted the game-tying goal in the third period, just 17 seconds after the Blackhawks took a 3-2 lead with 9:58 to play. In the shooting, it was Freddy Gaudreau scoring the winner in the third round. Shootout summary:
- MN Mats Zuccarello: blocked by Stalock
- CHI Jonathan Toews: blocked by Fleury
- MN Kirill Kaprizov: scores
- CHI Patrick Kane: blocked by Fleury
- MN Freddy Gaudreau: scores
Mason Shaw, called up from Iowa after Jordan Greenway was placed on injured reserve, scored Minnesota's second goal of the night.
Minnesota lost Ryan Hartman midway through the second period when he appeared to injure his arm or shoulder during a fight with Chicago's Jarred Tinordi. Hartman did not return to the game, with the Wild saying he suffered an upper-body injury.
The Wild also played without forward Marcus Foligno, who was ruled out with an upper-body injury. Head coach Dean Evason said Foligno will be evaluated in Minnesota, as Sunday's game in Chicago wrapped up a five-game road trip.
Minnesota went 3-1-1 and secured seven of a possible ten points on the road trip.
Up next: Wild vs. Montreal on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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