Teuvo Teravainen celebrates his 10th goal of the season with his new linemates Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar in the Chicago Blackhawks’ 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of the Chicago Blackhawks)

The Chicago Blackhawks began a brief two-game road trip on Tuesday night against their Central Division rivals, the Minnesota Wild, at Grand Casino Arena. The Hawks were coming off a 5-1 loss at home against the Florida Panthers in a game that was closer than the score indicated as the game was tied 1-1 after two periods before the Hawks gave up four goals in the final frame. Tuesday night’s game in St. Paul marked the return of Teuvo Teravainen to the lineup after missing the last six contests with an injury. Spencer Knight started in net for the Hawks while Jesper Wallstedt was between the pipes for the Wild.

First period

Teravainen wasted no time as he gave the Hawks a 1-0 lead with his 10th of the season on the first shift of the game. A shot from the point by Louis Crevier was stopped but Teravainen was there to pounce on the rebound at the 1:19 mark.

first shift back? make it a goal 🫡 pic.twitter.com/DImXSG3Idt

— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) January 28, 2026

Ryan Donato gave the Blackhawks a 2-0 lead with his 11th of the season with an unassisted goal at 15:14. Off a board battle in the corner, the puck rolled out in front of the net and to the right of Wallstedt thanks to a Brock Faber turnover, and Donato fired a one-timer into the back of the net.

Ryan Donato snaps an 11-game goal drought for his 11th of the season. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/4aOfp8EZKE

— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) January 28, 2026

The Hawks would take a two-goal lead to the locker room after one.

Second period

Ilya Mikheyev made it 3-0 with his 10th of the season. After a save by Knight and a scramble in front of the Hawks’ goal, Alex Vlasic retrieved the puck, skated out of the zone and made a nice pass to Mikheyev, who picked up speed along the boards and went in 1-on-1 with the defensemen and fired a wrist shot top shelf at the 5:54 mark.

another one, 𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘒 𝘠𝘖𝘜 🛎️ pic.twitter.com/UCs2HVGzbz

— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) January 28, 2026

The Wild got on the board when Yakov Trenin scored his fourth of the season. Matt Grzelcyk attempted to keep the puck in the zone but stumbled, which created a 2-on-1 for the Wild. Trenin’ tally made it 3-1 at 12:33. The Hawks would take a two-goal lead after two periods.

Third period

Joel Eriksson Ek made it 3-2 with his 13th of the season. Quinn Hughes showed off his skating ability near the blue line and fired a puck to the net that was stopped, but Knight left a rebound for Eriksson Ek to tap in at 3:57 to make it a one-goal game.

Jared Spurgeon tied the game at 3-3 with his fifth of the season. With the net empty, the Wild put the puck on net, and with traffic in front, Spurgeon buried a rebound past Knight to tie the game at 17:58. The game would remain tied at the end of regulation.

Overtime

Despite the Hawks getting a power play that covered nearly the entire final two minutes of overtime, the game remained tied heading into a shootout.

Shootout

Mats Zuccarello opened the shootout with a backhand shot that slipped off his stick and went behind the net.

Frank Nazar followed with some nifty stickhandling moves but couldn’t finish.

Kirill Kaprizov scored by firing a wrist shot to the blocker side to give Minnesota a 1-0 advantage.

Connor Bedard skated in and after several stickhandling moves, he lost control of the puck.

Matt Boldy could not convert on the next opportunity as he was stopped in close.

Ryan Donato was the Hawks’ final hope but he was stopped by Wallstadt and the Wild get the extra point.

Analysis

The Blackhawks saw their four-game road winning streak end in disappointing fashion as they played well through the first two periods and built a 3-0 lead on the road but failed to hold on thanks to another third-period collapse. The Hawks had chances but the power play came up empty with an 0-5 night including one in overtime. On the positive side, while the Hawks did get a point, the Blackhawks may have found a new first line (for now), as head coach Jeff Blashill shuffled the lines and put Teravainen and Nazar with Bedard, and that line was tremendous, as they generated 14 shots on goal. The Hawks’ mini road trip concludes on Thursday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Puck drop is at 6 p.m. CST on CHSN with the radio call on 720 WGN.

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