Wild Lose At Home To Chicago
The Minnesota Wild lost 4-2 at home to the Chicago Blackhawks Monday night. Chicago went out to a 3-0 lead entering the 3rd period before Minnesota got goals from Martin Havlat and Brent Burns. Chicago added an insurance goal after the scored was 3-2. Niklas Backstrom had 30 saves for the Wild and Minnesota was outshot 34-26. The Wild are 33-24-6 and with 72 points are tied for 8th place in the Western Conference. Minnesota will play at the New York Islanders at 6pm Wednesday, pregame on WJON at 5:35.