ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) \u2014 Connor Bedard scored a goal and defenseman Alex Vlasic made a game-saving stop as time ran out on Thursday night as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 to snap the NHL’s longest active point streak for one team against another.<\/p>\n
Ilya Mikheyev also scored and Spencer Knight made 28 saves for the Blackhawks, who were 0-18-1 in their last 19 games against Minnesota. Chicago’s last victory over the Wild was on Dec. 15, 2019.<\/p>\n
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Nico Sturm scored for the Wild and Jesper Wallstedt stopped 24 of 26 shots he faced.<\/p>\n
With Wallstedt pulled for an extra attacker, the Wild nearly tied it in the final seconds. Knight got a piece of Quinn Hughes’ shot, but the puck trickled behind him in the crease. Before a Minnesota player could get to it, the 6-foot-6 Vlasic swept his stick into the crease and tucked the puck beneath his goalie.<\/p>\n
The Wild played without leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov, who was scratched with a lower-body injury. He\u2019s listed as day to day.<\/p>\n
Chicago took a 1-0 lead late in the first when Andrew Mangiapane found Mikheyev at the goal mouth for an easy tap-in.<\/p>\n
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Bedard doubled the lead midway through the second when he intercepted a pass at the Wild blue line, skated in alone and beat Wallstedt with a backhander.<\/p>\n
Sturm got the Wild on the board with a wrist shot that beat Knight between his skates with 4:13 to play in the second.<\/p>\n
Minnesota was unable to score during a five-on-three power play early in the third, as Matt Boldy and Vladimir Tarasenko each hit the left post behind Knight.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Blackhawks: Host Colorado on Friday.<\/p>\n
Wild: Host Dallas on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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