🌲 Away Wild 29-24-4
2–1
Final
🪶 Home Blackhawks 34-15-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌲 MIN 0112
🪶 CHI 0101

Wild at Blackhawks

Wild beat Blackhawks 2–1 at United Center on February 22, 2009.

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Wild lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Peter Olvecky
1 G
4 shots · 09:07 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Dan Fritsche
1 G
2 shots · 13:47 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Josh Harding
44 saves
0.978 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🪶 Jonathan Toews Go-ahead 2nd · 10:03
Assists: Martin Havlat, Patrick Kane · beat Josh Harding
0–1
🌲 Dan Fritsche PP Tying 2nd · 12:48
Assists: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Brent Burns · beat Cristobal Huet
1–1
3rd period
🌲 Peter Olvecky Go-ahead 3rd · 03:30
Assists: Martin Skoula, Eric Belanger · beat Cristobal Huet
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Belanger · Miettinen 20:18
L2 Veilleux · Bouchard · Clutterbuck 16:42
L3 Olvecky · Sheppard · Fritsche 13:47
L4 Boogaard · Weller · Nolan 5:46
D1 Burns · Johnsson 22:57
D2 Skoula · Schultz 21:00
D3 Zidlicky · Bergeron 14:44
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Toews · Kane · Havlat 19:29
L2 Bolland · Brouwer · Versteeg 16:56
L3 Ladd · Fraser · Burish 9:39
L4 Eager · Adams 7:52
D1 Keith · Campbell 26:20
D2 Seabrook · Walker 19:47
D3 Wisniewski · Byfuglien 15:49
D4 Barker 11:34

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN CHI🪶
24 Shots on goal 45
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/8
7 Hits 13
8 Blocked shots 15
1 Giveaways 3
16 Penalty minutes 12
MIN shooting 8.3% (2/24) CHI shooting 2.2% (1/45)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Josh Harding
44/45
.978 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Cristobal Huet
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 58:20 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 11-12-1 (46% win rate, 24 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 8-5-2 (53% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Wild
Wild — tied after 2nd: 7-7-1 (47% win rate, 15 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 4-4-3 (36% win rate, 11 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Wild lead the season series 3–1
Jan 192009 🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI 4–1 Dec 282008 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 4–1 Oct 272008 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 2–3 Mar 42008 🪶CHI @ 🌲MIN 4–2 Feb 202008 🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI 0–3
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❓ MIN vs CHI, answered

Who won Wild vs Blackhawks on February 22, 2009?

Wild won 2–1. The final score was Wild 2, Blackhawks 1.

Who scored for Wild?

Dan Fritsche, Peter Olvecky.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Jonathan Toews.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Josh Harding made 44 saves on 45 shots (.978 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 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.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeFeb 21 🐙DET @ 🌲MIN 2–5 AfterFeb 24 👑LAK @ 🌲MIN 2–1
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeFeb 21 🪶CHI @ ⭐DAL 3–1 AfterFeb 24 🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH 3–5
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