The Blackhawks started strong, faded late, then lost 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Wild.

After a dominant first period, the Blackhawks were finally able to beat Minnesota goaltender Filip Gustavvson at 5:41 into the second period when a bad turnover by the Wild bounced to Jason Dickinson in the slot, and he fired it five hole:

GOAL: Yakov Trenin sets up Jason Dickinson who scores his second goal of the season pic.twitter.com/IKFldOW4Ky

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

The Hawks doubled up their lead seven minutes later thanks to a beautiful tic-tac-toe passing exchange between Tyler Bertuzzi, Sam Rinzel, and Connor Bedard:

GOAL: Connor Bedard finishes off a beautiful passing play. Wow pic.twitter.com/YcF2Q57Tf7

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

Bedard and Bertuzzi appeared to strike again two minutes later, but Minnesota challenged the goal and Bertuzzi was ruled offside:

Bertuzzi’s goal gets taken off the board as the play was offsides: pic.twitter.com/H4qBvpNbYa https://t.co/gXefvcLm9z

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

The Wild caught a fortunate bounce with just 13 seconds left in the second when a Brock Faber point shot redirected off Bertuzzi and fluttered by Spencer Knight to make it 2-1:

Tough break for the Blackhawks as Faber’s shot from the point gets blocked by Bertuzzi but still finds twine pic.twitter.com/qphT5uAIgl

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

Two minutes into the third period — and right after the Blackhawks successfully killed off a Minnesota power play — the Wild’s fourth line tied the game 2-2- on a double deflection:

Nico Sturm ties the game for Minnesota early in the period pic.twitter.com/GvhhoT0Z0Q

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

But the Minnesota lead didn’t last for long, three minutes later Bedard circled through the Wild zone then found a streaking Artyom Levshunov who scored his first NHL goal on a nifty backhand move to give the Hawks a 3-2 lead:

GOAL: Artyom Levshunov FIRST NHL GOAL! What a feed from Bedard! pic.twitter.com/CuJkXziKdI

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

With 9:25 left in the third, Matt Boldy was all alone in front of a wide open net and had plenty of time to slam the puck past a sprawling Knight to tie the game at three:

Matt Boldy ties the game for the Wild pic.twitter.com/qJvzJjTfjX

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

Sixty minutes wasn’t enough, but after the Wild were gifted a power play early in overtime, Kaprizov beat Knight over the shoulder for the 4-3 Minnesota win:

Kaprizov wins it for the Wild pic.twitter.com/bVdM8f6Pb5

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

Notes

The first period felt like a repeat of Sunday’s game against the Avs with the Blackhawks controlling the majority of the action and having a plethora of blue chip chances, but ultimately walking away without a goal thanks to some exceptional goaltending by Gustavsson. The Hawks put 20 shots on goal in the first, which is not only the most they’ve had in the opening period this season (and the most the Wild have allowed in a single period this season), but also the most shots they’ve accumulated in the first 20 since all the way back in 2018.

The Hawks dominated the metrics, carrying 75.68 percent share of the possession, 76.19 percent of the shots, creating 10 high-danger chances to Minnesota’s three, and earning 76.98 percent of expected goals.

Bedard’s puck possession in particular was outstanding, and he almost added another play to his ever expanding highlight reel with this no look feed to Mikheyev:

What a look from Connor Bedard who nearly connects with Mikheyev pic.twitter.com/5ZYLix67U7

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

And Levshunov came within an inch or so of his first goal:

Arty RIPPED this one off the pipe 😭 pic.twitter.com/Ejqsp34n1L

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

Despite the Blackhawks scoring three times in the second (but only getting to keep two), possession was essentially even. Minnesota did outshoot the Hawks 7-6, but the Hawks had more scoring chances (9-3), more high-danger chances (4-2), and carried 70.5 percent of the expected goals.

The Wild’s late goal certainly felt like a bit of luck, but they probably earned some after this Kaprizov shot somehow didn’t cross the line:

The puck leaks past Knight but doesn’t quite cross the goal line. Blackhawks catch a break… pic.twitter.com/LY0bLQ7R36

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

Minnesota had a slight edge in shots in the third period (9-8), but completely dominated in terms of possession, scoring chances (8-2), high-danger chances (6-1), and expected goals (83.99 percent). It was obvious there was going to be a push after their late goal in the second, but it was nice to see the Hawks remain aggressive offensively, even though they were overwhelmed for long stretches of play.

This was Levshunov’s best game of the season, and he was certainly feeling it tonight. He almost scored again a few minutes after his first goal:

Levshunov on his next shift rings another off the post. He could have three tonight pic.twitter.com/S6QUWfY5gR

— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 27, 2025

And this feels like a perfect summation of the Levshunov experience:

Artyom Levshunov is one of the most confidence-driven players I’ve ever seen.

He finally scores his first career NHL goal, and he follows it up with a shot off the crossbar and several great defensive plays.#Blackhawks

— The Rinkside General (@RinksideGeneral) November 27, 2025

The Wild are on some kind of heater at the moment (and against the Hawks the last few years as well). Minnesota is 8-0-1 in their last nine games overall, and have gotten at least a point against the Blackhawks in their last 17 meetings (for real). The first Hawks goal ended the Wild’s shutout streak at 151:47, and Chicago’s second marked the first time Minnesota had been down by two goals in a game in the entire month of November. SPOILER ALERT: None of it will matter after the Wild lose in the first round of the playoffs for the 4,987th consecutive time next spring.

This was Bedard’s 10th multipoint game of the season already.

This is a game the Blackhawks absolutely should have won, and it’s evident that for as surprising as this team has been so far, they still have a looooong way to go. The good news is it’s been fun as hell watching them try and get there so far this season, and there’s no reason to think it won’t be just as enjoyable from here on out. The pass from Rinzel. The backhand from Levshunov. Bedard’s game long bob and weave attack. There’s a lot to dream on, folks.

I had friends and family over tonight, and we were all watching and yelling the entire game. It’s been a minute since that’s happened, and I’m very thankful for it. Happy Thanksgiving, all!

Game Charts

Three Stars

Matt Boldy – 1 goal, 2 assists

Connor Bedard — 1 goal, 1 assist

Kirill Kaprizov – GWG

What’s Next

The Blackhawks home stand continues on Black Friday with a 7 p.m. matchup against the Nashville Predators.