The Hawks drop the 2nd of a road back-to-back with an uneven effort.
Still searching for the right mix, Blackhawks’ Coach Joel Quenneville sent out a lineup featuring the NHL debut of defenseman Erik Gustafsson and the season debut of forward Ryan Hartman. The Hawks had only scored 3 goals in the last 3 games, and with plenty of new faces to develop in his system, Coach Q hoped some of the changes would do the trick.
18 seconds in though, Wild winger Jason Zucker scored on a turnaround shot from below the right circle, putting the Hawks behind early.