In many ways, today is a day that the Chicago Blackhawks will want to forget ever happened. After Rocky Wirtz’ questionable comments at a town hall meeting earlier in the day grabbed the pre-game headlines, the Minnesota Wild embarrassed the team on the ice with a dominant 5-0 victory at the United Center in Chicago.
Kevin Fiala earned a goal and assist to tie the franchise mark for longest scoring streak, Mats Zuccarello and Freddy Gaudreau also had multi-point games and Matt Boldy continued the strong start to his NHL career with his 10th point in his first 10 appearances, while Cam Talbot had a strong performance stopping all 30 shots he faced to earn the shutout.