Zach Parise and the Wild need a victory over St. Louis to get back in the series.Jim Mone/Associated Press
The Chicago Blackhawks may have come into the playoffs as the favorites to win the Stanley Cup, but the Nashville Predators had other ideas.
Peter Laviolette's team came into the United Center and won back-to-back games, and the Preds will take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series when it resumes in Nashville, Tennessee, Monday night.
After edging the Blackhawks 1-0 in the series opener, the Preds systematically took them apart with a 5-0 victory Saturday night.