#blackhawks top #mnwild 4-1 in Game 2. The #CHIvsMIN series shifts to #StateOfHockey on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/WSH9PxrGjn
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) May 4, 2015
The Minnesota Wild fell to 0-2 in their playoff series against the Chicago Blackhawks with a 4-1 loss Sunday night on the road.
The Blackhawks had the upper hand nearly the entire game, and they took advantage of the Wild’s carelessness with the puck. The Star Tribune notes the Wild turned over the puck before each of Chicago’s goals in the game.
Chicago got on the scoreboard first in the second period with a short-handed goal by Jonathan Towes. Then Patrick Kane put Chicago up 2-0 with just 19.9 seconds to go in the second period on this goal:
https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/595050526338916353
The Wild’s Matt Dumba closed the gap to 2-1 with this score, just seconds into the third period.
https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/595056038602235905
But it didn’t take long for Chicago to strike back, with a goal by Patrick Sharp that put the Blackhawks up 3-1 midway through the third.
An empty-netter by Patrick Kane with 2:07 left made the score 4-1 and put the game out of reach for the Wild.
Was said after Game 1, when it was true, and it's true again right now. Make a mistake vs. the Blackhawks and they will kill you.
— Judd Zulgad (@jzulgad) May 4, 2015
This the third year in a row the Wild is down 0-2 to the Blackhawks in the playoffs.
Yeo: "We have to treat [Game 3] like a Game 7 … we can draw from the past and last year we came down from 2-0." -> http://t.co/dWVGWEaLHs
— KFAN1003 (@KFAN1003) May 4, 2015
#mnwild will be facing its third consecutive 0-2 hold to the #blackhawks; Won Games 3 and 4 last year. Now 0-8 in Chicago last 3 playoffs
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) May 4, 2015
The series moves to St. Paul for Game 3 on Tuesday night, and the Wild clearly hope they’ll perform better on their home ice.
