The Blackhawks did just about everything you would want in the first period: they out-shot the Wild 20-5, won 11 of 16 faceoffs, drew two penalties and blocked four shots. They did not score, however. And, as was the case against Colorado on Sunday evening, a really good (dominant) first period from the Blackhawks saw both teams remain at zero for 20 minutes.
For the most part, the Blackhawks also dominated the second period. They scored the first two goals of the game (and, briefly, had a third). But a Brock Faber shot somehow found the back of the net inside the final 14 seconds of the period to cut the lead in half — and then Louis Crevier sent the puck in to the stands inside the final four seconds to give Minnesota a power play to start the third period. Not ideal.
And the Wild tied the game at 2:15 into the third period. Because of course. This time — against one of the hottest teams in the NHL — the Blackhawks dusted themselves off, came back and scored the next goal. And it was a special one. Unfortunately, that didn’t hold up as the game-winner; Minnesota tied the game five minutes later. And, of course, 60 minutes wasn’t enough to settle this one. We needed overtime.
Star 1: Jason Dickinson
After getting shutout by the Avalanche on Sunday evening and dominating the first period without a goal to show for it, the Blackhawks needed to score the first goal of the night. They got it, thanks in large part to a beautiful pass from… Yakov Trenin of the Wild. More than that, however, Dickinson spent most of his night skating against the Wild’s top line of Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov. Dickinson had a 0.99 expected Goals For to 0.07 expected Goals Against while on the ice against Eriksson Ek and Boldy thru two periods, and won eight of a team-leading 12 faceoffs. Dickinson was tied for the team lead with five shot attempts thru two periods. At the end of regulation, Dickinson had won 12 of a team-high 19 faceoffs.
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— BlackhawksFocus (@FocusBlackhawks) November 27, 2025Star 2: Artyom Levshunov
After hitting another post earlier in the game, the Arty Part we had all been waiting for finally arrived. Levshunov scored his first career NHL goal in the third period a little more than three minutes after the Wild tied the game at two. A beautiful pass from our No. 3 star started the play, but Levshunov’s hands through traffic made this a special first goal.
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— BlackhawksFocus (@FocusBlackhawks) November 27, 2025Star 3: Connor Bedard
Second periods have not been kind to the Blackhawks this season, so scoring the second goal of the game felt important. The Blackhawks did that, with Bedard finishing a gorgeous pass from Sam Rinzel on the doorstep. Thru two periods, Bedard was tied for the team lead with five shot attempts and he had won six of nine faceoffs. Bedard also had the pretty setup for Levshunov’s first career NHL goal.
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— BlackhawksFocus (@FocusBlackhawks) November 27, 2025Key Takeaways
Wyatt Kaiser was fantastic in the first period. He was personally credited with one hit, one blocked shot and a team-leading four shots on net. He was on the ice for 13 of the Blackhawks’ 18 shots on net at 5-on-5 and had a ridiculous 1.55 expected Goals For (0.6 more than anyone else on the roster). Thru two periods, Kaiser’s 2.29 expected Goals For at 5-on-5 was still the highest on the roster (by 0.64), and he was on the ice for 16 of the Blackhawks’ 29 total shots (to only six by Minnesota in 12:55). A few more 5-on-5 numbers from the first period: the Blackhawks had a 2.04 expected goals for to just 0.68 for the Wild. The Blackhawks had a 10-3 advantage in high danger chances and 16-5 advantage in scoring chances. The shot attempts, at 5-on-5 (only 13:46) in the first period, was 28-9 in favor of the Blackhawks. It really was a dominant first period by the Hawks. At 5-on-5, every Blackhawks skater had a Corsi For percentage of at least 60 except Rinzel, the lowest on the team at 50 percent. With 5:44 left in the second and a puck got thru Spencer Knight and settled on the goal line. It didn’t cross it, Knight was able to cover and the game remained a two-goal lead for Chicago. Knight stopped 19 of 22 in regulation. The Blackhawks appeared to score a third goal in the second period, but Minnesota successfully challenged that the Blackhawks were offside on the play. Tyler Bertuzzi would have scored off a perfectly placed rebound off a Bedard shot. Ryan Greene won all six of his faceoffs thru two periods. The Blackhawks as a team were still at 66 percent (23 of 35) at the dot thru two periods. A few more numbers thru two periods for those in the back that want to see more offensive numbers: the Blackhawks had a 53-29 shot attempt advantage after two periods. They had a 29-11 scoring chances advantage. And they had a 16-6 high danger chances advantage. Colton Dach accepted Jake Middleton’s invitation to dance in the middle of the second period …pic.twitter.com/35QY7gelqz
— BlackhawksFocus (@FocusBlackhawks) November 27, 2025 … and they both received five minutes for chuckin’ knucks.pic.twitter.com/xpzZpyO557
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