The Blackhawks wrapped up their final road preseason game on Thursday night with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Wild at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
In an otherwise quiet opening period of hockey, Joel Eriksson Ek put the Wild ahead 1-0 with a power play goal midway through the first frame.
Joel Eriksson Ek is loving life on the top line and top power play unit, cleans up out front for the PP goal 1-0 #mnwild, zuccarello and Fiala with the assists pic.twitter.com/VmZpde7ASY
— Alex Micheletti (@AlexMicheletti) October 8, 2021
Minnesota held their 1-0 lead through the second period.