Blackhawks 4
Wild 5
The Minnesota Wild won another one-goal game Friday night, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 at the Xcel Energy Center.
While it was an important victory against the rival Blackhawks, it did come with a pretty big price. Minnesota lost Justin Fontaine early in the second period, on a hit from Chicago’s Andrew Desjardins.
Source says the league "definitely" will be taking a good look at that Andrew Desjardins knee-on-knee hit on Justin Fontaine. #Blackhawks
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) October 31, 2015
1. Captain Koivu
Wild captain Mikko Koivu stepped up in a big game for Minnesota. He tallied three points with three assists in the game, it was his eighth straight game with a point.
With an assist on Zucker's #mnwild goal, Mikko Koivu now has new career-high point streak: 8 games, totaling 3 goals, 5 assists. #CHIvsMIN
— Minnesota Wild PR (@mnwildPR) October 31, 2015
He added two more after that.
2. Coyle on a roll
Wild forward Charlie Coyle had his second goal in as many games on Friday night.
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Coyle now has four goals on the year.
3. Setting the tone early
The game was destined to be a track meet from the first few moments. It didn’t take Jason Zucker 20 seconds to put the Wild on top with his second goal of the season.
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Zucker finished with a goal and an assist in the Wild victory.
Tweet of the night:
A spooky thought: A Wild fan in Colorado?
@Russostrib Happy Halloween from Colorado! Go Wild! pic.twitter.com/M8rVmaND5K
— Aleya (@k_aleya) October 31, 2015
Next up:
The Wild remain unbeaten at home, they travel to St. Louis Saturday night.
