The Minnesota Wild are in a tail spin and the Chicago Blackhawks are picking up points even when they aren’t putting up their best efforts which makes for a huge 8 point lead in the Central Division with 8 games left to play. Yes, the Wild have a game in hand, but at this moment it doesn’t seem like a big deal anymore.
The biggest difference between the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild right now has to be the play of their goalies. Devan Dubnyk has gone into a bit of a funk while outside of the Vancouver Canucks game, Corey Crawford and Scott Darling have been rocks in between the pipes.