Kirill Kaprizov scored 1:36 into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the host Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night.
Matt Boldy added one goal and two assists for Minnesota, which won its sixth game in a row. Brock Faber finished with a goal and an assist.
Connor Bedard tallied a goal and an assist for Chicago, which earned a point for forcing the game to overtime. Jason Dickinson and Artyom Levshunov also scored.
Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 34 of 37 shots to earn the victory.
Blackhawks goaltender Spencer Knight allowed four goals on 24 shots.
Kaprizov provided the winning goal early in the overtime session. He had the puck on his stick in the extra session and flicked a wrist shot through traffic from the left circle for his 14th goal before Knight could recover.
The Blackhawks opened the scoring with 14:19 remaining in the second period. Dickinson blasted a slap shot from the slot into the net for his first goal since Oct. 15.
Bedard gave Chicago a 2-0 lead with 7:52 left in the second period. He tipped in a pass from teammate Sam Rinzel for his 14th goal.
Faber scored in the final minute of the second period to pull the Wild within 2-1.
Nico Sturm evened the score at 2-all on a goal 2:17 into the third period. He redirected a shot from teammate Jonas Brodin for his first goal of the season.
The Blackhawks went back on top 3-2 on Levshunov’s goal with 14:29 remaining.
Minnesota fought back again to even the score at 3-all with 9:25 to play. Boldy notched his 14th goal when he swept in a loose puck in front of the crease.
The Blackhawks finished with 11 blocked shots, compared with five blocked shots for Minnesota.
–Field Level Media
