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Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks

United Center, Chicago Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 4–3 in overtime on Monday, September 21, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Minnesota Wild 3 5-2-1
at Chicago Blackhawks 4 3-5-0

Goals by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 1 0 2 0 3
Chicago Blackhawks 1 1 1 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Minnesota Wild 7 5 10 0 22
Chicago Blackhawks 6 5 8 1 20

Three stars

  1. B. Byram, Chicago Blackhawks (3 goals)
  2. N. Lardis, Chicago Blackhawks (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. S. Rinzel, Chicago Blackhawks (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:15 Minnesota Wild Bobby Brink (1) David Spacek (1) Even strength MIN 1, CHI 0
1st 08:40 Chicago Blackhawks Nick Lardis (1) Unassisted Even strength MIN 1, CHI 1
2nd 02:48 Chicago Blackhawks Bowen Byram (1) Ryan Greene (1), Sam Rinzel (1) Even strength MIN 1, CHI 2
3rd 00:24 Chicago Blackhawks Bowen Byram (2) Alex Vlasic (1), Roman Kantserov (1) Even strength MIN 1, CHI 3
3rd 04:07 Minnesota Wild Maxim Shabanov (1) Yakov Trenin (1), Viking Gustafsson Nyberg (1) Even strength MIN 2, CHI 3
3rd 11:29 Minnesota Wild Bobby Brink (2) Unassisted Even strength MIN 3, CHI 3
OT 00:29 Chicago Blackhawks Bowen Byram (3) Nick Lardis (1), Anton Frondell (1) Even strength MIN 3, CHI 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Minnesota Wild Chicago Blackhawks
Shots on goal 22 20
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 7 9
Hits 25 24
Blocked shots 15 11
Giveaways 13 14
Takeaways 5 3
Faceoffs won 22/45 (48.9%) 23/45 (51.1%)

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player
10 B. Brink R 2 0 2 +1 5 3 0 0 16:15
13 Y. Trenin C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 17:56
15 C. Stramel C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 1 50% 13:25
18 M. Shaw C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 2 15:15
22 D. Yurov R 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 0 68.8% 14:49
28 J. Kirkland C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 1 13:59
37 H. Haight C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 33.3% 15:25
47 M. McCarron C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 1 44.4% 18:07
49 M. Shabanov R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 18:08
58 R. Heidt C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 13:29
61 R. Lorenz L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 14:48
68 R. Kumpulainen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:22
6 V. Gustafsson Nyberg D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 1 1 18:57
8 B. Dexheimer D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 18:25
26 M. Kiersted D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 18:31
48 D. Hunt D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 20:59
55 C. Lambos D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 3 18:16
82 D. Spacek D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 21:21
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie
31 C. Pickard 20 16 4 .800 60:29 OT loss

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters
Player
8 R. Donato C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:43
11 O. Moore C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 57.1% 15:31
12 J. Greenway L 0 0 0 +1 2 1 2 0 11:58
16 A. Frondell C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 36.4% 17:20
20 R. Greene C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 0 50% 13:09
22 C. Smith R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 11:26
26 A. Mangiapane L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:37
59 T. Bertuzzi L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 16:26
76 N. Lardis L 1 1 2 +2 0 1 1 1 15:58
80 R. Kantserov R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 4 0 50% 14:42
86 T. Teravainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 16:00
91 F. Nazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 57.1% 16:09
6 S. Rinzel D 0 1 1 +2 0 4 0 3 16:59
24 B. Byram D 3 0 3 +2 0 5 2 1 23:31
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:46
44 W. Kaiser D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 1 19:53
55 A. Levshunov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 19:13
72 A. Vlasic D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 22:17
Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie
30 S. Knight 22 19 3 .864 60:18 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:29 Chicago Blackhawks Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 12:36 Minnesota Wild Charlie Stramel Interference 2
2nd 15:11 Chicago Blackhawks Jordan Greenway Roughing 2
2nd 19:19 Minnesota Wild Bobby Brink Fighting (major) 5
2nd 19:19 Chicago Blackhawks Wyatt Kaiser Fighting (major) 5

Game information

Minnesota Wild head coach
John Hynes
Chicago Blackhawks head coach
Jeff Blashill
Referees
Wes McCauley, Furman South
Linesmen
Dylan Blujus, Ryan Jackson
Minnesota Wild scratches
Nick Foligno, Zach Bogosian, Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Foligno, Tyler Pitlick, Blake Coleman, Jonas Brodin, Olli Maatta, Ryan Hartman, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, Filip Gustavsson, Dylan Gambrell, Quinn Hughes, Nico Sturm, Matt Boldy, Michael Koster, Matvey Guskov, Brock Faber, Jesper Wallstedt, Jack Peart, Roman Schmidt, Nate Benoit, Caedan Bankier, Riley Mercer, Aaron Pionk, Jagger Joshua, Justin Kipkie, James Clark, Ryder Ritchie, Aron Kiviharju, Sebastian Soini, Chase Wutzke, Stevie Leskovar, Adam Benak, Theodor Hallquisth, Carter Klippenstein, Lirim Amidovski, Adam Andersson, Kayden Lemire, Filip Ruzicka
Chicago Blackhawks scratches
Patrick Kane, Ryan Ellis, Derrick Pouliot, Dominic Toninato, Brett Seney, Cavan Fitzgerald, Artur Kayumov, Connor Mackey, Landon Slaggert, Ethan Del Mastro, Arvid Soderblom, Dave Nozzolillo, Kevin Korchinski, Connor Bedard, Martin Misiak, Jiri Felcman, Janne Peltonen, Julius Sumpf, Marek Vanacker, John Mustard, Sacha Boisvert, Anthony (AJ) Spellacy, Dylan Anhorn, Joel Svensson, Ty Henry, Connor Mylymok, Mason West, Nathan Behm, Vaclav Nestrasil, Dillon Boucher, Parker Holmes, Ashton Cumby, Ilya Kanarsky, Brayden Hislop, Samu Alalauri, Chase Dafoe, Ryan Roobroeck, Xavier Villeneuve, Alexander Ivanov, William Sorbrand, Marcus Joughin

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Minnesota Wild 3 Final/OT Preseason Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 4 Final/OT Preseason Game page

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Matchup Status Details
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