🌲 Away Wild 8-15-4 before this game
4–2
Final
🪶 Home Blackhawks 12-13-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MIN 1214
CHI 0112

Wild at Blackhawks

Wild beat Blackhawks 4–2 at United Center on December 7, 2000.

🗓 Thu, Dec 7, 2000 · 18:30 CST 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Wild lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Steve Sullivan
2 G
5 shots · 21:56 TOI · +1
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Wes Walz
1 G
4 shots · 19:21 TOI · +2
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Filip Kuba
1 G
3 shots · 23:18 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Antti Laaksonen Go-ahead 1st · 14:31
Unassisted · beat Jocelyn Thibault
1–0
2nd period
🌲 Aaron Gavey 2nd · 03:19
Assists: Sergei Krivokrasov · beat Jocelyn Thibault
2–0
🌲 Filip Kuba 2nd · 08:51
Assists: Marian Gaborik, Scott Pellerin · beat Jocelyn Thibault
3–0
🪶 Steve Sullivan SH 2nd · 15:12
Assists: Jaroslav Spacek · beat Manny Fernandez
3–1
3rd period
🪶 Steve Sullivan 3rd · 18:11
Assists: Stephane Quintal · beat Manny Fernandez
3–2
🌲 Wes Walz Empty net 3rd · 19:17
Unassisted
4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN CHI🪶
23 Shots on goal 29
13 Hits 25
7 Blocked shots 4
5 Takeaways 2
4 Giveaways 7
26 Penalty minutes 28
MIN shooting 17.4% (4/23) CHI shooting 6.9% (2/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Manny Fernandez
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Jocelyn Thibault
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 59:31 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.
Blackhawks
Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–1
Wild
Wild: no games found in this situation this year.
Blackhawks
Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Laaksonen · Pellerin · Walz 19:21
L2 Roest · Dowd · Gaborik 17:52
L3 Nielsen · Sushinsky · Krivokrasov 12:58
L4 McKenna · Blouin · Gavey 4:07
D1 Bombardir · Kuba 23:20
D2 O'Donnell · Sekeras 22:09
D3 Benysek · Sutton 14:55
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sullivan · Nylander · Amonte 22:09
L2 Daze · Zhamnov · McAmmond 18:48
L3 Herperger · Zelepukin · Atcheynum 14:18
L4 Probert · Vandenbussche · Dubinsky 1:48
D1 Quintal · Dean 23:08
D2 Mironov · Spacek 19:06
D3 Mcalpine · Allison 15:14

⚔️ Last meetings

Wild lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 24, 2000
🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN
0–2 · Wild won
Nov 10, 2000
🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI
5–2 · Wild won
Oct 29, 2000
🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN
3–2 · Blackhawks won

❓ MIN vs CHI, answered

Who won Wild vs Blackhawks on December 7, 2000?

Wild won 4–2.

What was the final score of Wild vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Wild 4, Blackhawks 2.

Who scored for Wild?

Aaron Gavey, Antti Laaksonen, Filip Kuba, Wes Walz.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Steve Sullivan (2).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Manny Fernandez made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Wild vs Blackhawks season series?

Wild lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🌲Wild
Previous game · Dec 2
🌲MIN @ 👑LAK
2–3 · LAK won
Next game · Dec 8
🦆ANA @ 🌲MIN
1–0 · ANA won
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Dec 3
🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI
0–5 · CHI won
Next game · Dec 9
🪶CHI @ 🎵STL
4–6 · STL won
Also on December 7, 2000
⭐DAL @ 👑LAK
2–5 final
😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF
2–5 final
🐯NSH @ 🔥CGY
0–3 final
Wild season page Blackhawks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule