Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET, the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild hit the ice at Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota for Game 6 of their Round 2 best-of-seven series as part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The game can be live streamed for free here. Chicago fans can hear all of the action on WGN 720 while Minnesota fans can do the same on WCCO 830.
Minnesota looks to force a Game 7 back in Chicago while Chicago hopes to hand the Wild their first loss on home ice and to wrap the series up while stamping its second consecutive trip to the Western Conference Finals.
Each team is perfect on ice not only in this series but in the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the Blackhawks took Games 1, 2 and 5 and the Wild walked triumphantly out of Games 3 and 4.
The Blackhawks are 11-2 in the last 13 games they've played with a chance to clinch a series, but the team doesn't look too far ahead and isn't worrying about a potential Game 7 until the Wild force one.
"I don't think we ever think further than the next game," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville told NHL.com "[Game 7] is not even in the back of our mind. We're going to Minnesota excited about the challenge and the opportunity that's in front of us."
The Wild are 5-0 at home this postseason and the team is excited for the challenge that lies in front of it. Minnesota bounced back from a 2-0 and 3-2 hole in Round 1 against the Colorado Avalanche, eventually ousting them in seven games.
"This is just the challenge," coach Mike Yeo said Monday. "It is what it is. That's playoffs. That's what makes it great. I said this last time. It's the 'hard' that makes it great."
Zach Parise has paced the Wild in scoring in the postseason with 14 points off of four goals and 10 assists while Jason Pominville ranks second on the team with nine points off of two tallies and seven helpers. Rookie Erik Haula (3-3--6) had a goal in Game 5 and has four points in his last five games in this series off of two goals and two assists.
Marian Hossa has led Chicago in the playoffs with 11 points off of two goals and nine assists while Jonathan Toews (five markers, five helpers) and Brent Seabrook (two goals, eight assists) have each notched 10 points. Bryan Bickell (six) leads the team in goals this postseason and has nine points.
Corey Crawford will man the crease for Chicago and he is 7-4 this postseason with a 2.08 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage while Ilya Bryzgalov will likely suit up between the pipes for Minnesota and is 3-5 with a 2.78 GAA and a .877 save percentage. Darcy Kuemper (upper-body) skated for Minnesota but it's unknown if he'll play.
The Blackhawks and Wild faceoff for Game 6 tonight when the puck drops at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota as part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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