MIN 4–3 CHI Final / SO · W
Wild/Schedule/Recap Tue, Jan 27, 2026 · 2025-26 regular season
Minnesota Wild
MIN · 30-14-10
4–3
Final / SOW
Chicago Blackhawks
CHI · 21-23-9
1ST2ND3RDOTSOT MIN 081726021423 CHI 2141607050332 goals · shots on goal
Meeting 2 this season — the Wild lead the season series 2–0
MIN 30-14-10 · CHI 21-23-9 · Meeting 2 this season — the Wild lead the season series 2–0

Wild beat the Blackhawks

Down 0–3 in the 2nd period, the Wild erased the deficit with three unanswered goals — Spurgeon's equalizer with 2:02 left and the goalie pulled — and won it in a shootout. Jesper Wallstedt stopped 1.6 more goals than an average goalie would have.

Who had the better chances

The Blackhawks created the better chances: 4.6 expected goals to 2.7, on 32 and 23 shots on goal.

MIN 2.7 xG · 23 shots CHI 4.6 xG · 32 shots
0
1
2
3
4
5
1st · the swing 0.4 · 2.0
2nd 0.9 · 0.8
3rd 0.9 · 0.8
OT 0.5 · 0.9
Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.
Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Wild win 25.
MIN 25%CHI 75%

Goals and penalties

6 goals · 6 penalties
← Wild shoot this way Blackhawks shoot this way →
On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list
1st period
1
01:19 Teuvo Teravainen
Connor Bedard, Louis Crevier · backhand shot on a rebound, a great chance (76%)
0–1
2
15:14 Ryan Donato
Unassisted · slap shot, a good chance (17%)
0–2
PEN
16:01 Jake Middleton· Holding
Killed
2 min
Minor
2nd period
3
05:54 Ilya Mikheyev
Alex Vlasic, Jason Dickinson · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (10%) that found a way in
0–3
4
12:33 Yakov Trenin
Daemon Hunt · snap shot, a good chance (11%)
1–3
PEN
18:13 Jared Spurgeon· Holding
Killed
2 min
Minor
3rd period
PEN
03:04 Matt Boldy· Tripping
Killed
2 min
Minor
5
03:57 Joel Eriksson Ek
Marcus Johansson, Quinn Hughes · wrist shot, a good chance (25%)
2–3
PEN
05:06 Matt Grzelcyk· Tripping
Killed
2 min
Minor
PEN
08:37 Danila Yurov· Holding
Killed
2 min
Minor
PEN
14:11 Matt Boldy· Slashing
Killed
2 min
Minor
6
17:58 Jared Spurgeon EXTRA ATTACKER
Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy · backhand shot on a rebound, a good chance (19%)
3–3
Shootout
1 Mats Zuccarello Miss
2 Frank Nazar Miss
3 Kirill Kaprizov Goal
4 Connor Bedard Miss
5 Matt Boldy Save
6 Ryan Donato Save
Goaltending
+1.6
vs expected
29/32 saves · 3 GA · 4.6 xGA Stopped 1.6 more goals than an average goalie would have.
−0.3
vs expected
20/23 saves · 3 GA · 2.7 xGA Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.
Team MINCHI
Shots on goal
23
32
Expected goals
2.7
4.6
Hits
0
0
Blocks
0
0
Faceoffs
42%
58%
Power play
0/1
0/5
Penalty minutes
0
0
The Wild went 0-for-1 on the power play and killed all 5 Blackhawks power plays.