{"id":509683,"date":"2026-03-18T14:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/509683\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:46:27","slug":"zuccarello-scores-in-ot-as-the-wild-beat-the-blackhawks-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/509683\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuccarello scores in OT as the Wild beat the Blackhawks 4-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Mats Zuccarello scored 3:09 into overtime, and the Minnesota Wild stopped a three-game slide by topping the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Johansson had a goal and two assists as Minnesota improved to 3-0 against Chicago this season. Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan Hartman also scored, and Brock Faber had three assists.<\/p>\n<p>Filip Gustavsson made 21 saves for the Wild, and Jesper Wallstedt stopped two shots. Gustavsson departed for 3:27 in the third period because of an equipment issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Wild had a long stint in their offensive zone before Johansson found Zuccarello for his 13th goal.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota forward <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wild-nick-foligno-blackhawks-3baaa877590673ddc53a4638243c2c03\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Foligno<\/a> received a warm welcome in his first game against Chicago since he was acquired in a March 6 trade with the Blackhawks. Foligno held his stick in the air and waved to the cheering crowd after he was saluted with a tribute video during a timeout in the opening period.<\/p>\n<p>Louis Crevier had a goal and an assist for last-place Chicago, which dropped its second straight game. Frank Nazar and Ryan Greene also scored.<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks trailed 3-2 before Nazar finished a 2-on-1 with Connor Bedard with 1:40 left in regulation. Nazar has four goals and six assists in his last seven games.<\/p>\n<p>The Wild got off to a fast start, outshooting the Blackhawks 16-7 while scoring three times in the first period.<\/p>\n<p>Kirill Kaprizov set up Hartman\u2019s 16th goal at 6:17, and Johansson added his 14th at 7:58. Tarasenko made it 3-1 when he whistled a wrist shot past Spencer Knight for a power-play goal with 1:30 left in the first.<\/p>\n<p>Greene got one back for Chicago when he knocked in a loose puck from the low slot at 14:35 of the second. Bedard picked up his team-high 36th assist on Greene\u2019s ninth goal of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota played without Joel Eriksson Ek, who is day to day with a lower-body injury. He was replaced in the lineup by Robby Fabbri.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>The Wild and Blackhawks face each other again Thursday night in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NHL: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Mats Zuccarello scored 3:09 into overtime, and the Minnesota Wild stopped a three-game slide by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5118],"tags":[1502,96,508,535,800,5,3258,3445,795,499,537,1565,1118,8814,161,38,5280,1277,4,292,5851,4189,855,2029,488,43,3359,162],"class_list":["post-509683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-wild","tag-brock-faber","tag-chicago-blackhawks","tag-connor-bedard","tag-filip-gustavsson","tag-frank-nazar","tag-hockey","tag-il-state-wire","tag-illinois","tag-jesper-wallstedt","tag-joel-eriksson-ek","tag-kirill-kaprizov","tag-louis-crevier","tag-marcus-johansson","tag-mats-zuccarello-aasen","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-minnesotawild","tag-mn-state-wire","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-hockey","tag-nick-foligno","tag-robby-fabbri","tag-ryan-greene","tag-ryan-hartman","tag-spencer-knight","tag-sports","tag-vladimir-tarasenko","tag-wild"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116250724698557090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}