Mikko Koivu scored his third goal of the game with 5.3 left in overtime to give the Wild the victory in Chicago on Friday night. Marian Gaborik and Wes Walz had Minnesota's other two goals in the 5-4 win. James Wisniewski, Adam Burish, Patrick Kane, and Sergei Samsonov scored the Blackhawks goals.
Niklas Backstrom stopped 37 of 41 shots for the win, while Patrick Lalime stopped 21 of 26 for the loss.
From a personal standpoint, I can't even begin to fathom how the media could not pick Koivu as any one of the three stars, let alone #1 after scoring the hat trick and winning the game for his team. Instead, Patrick Kane was the #1 star, and the other two were Blackhawks. I guess it just goes to show that the 3 star selection really IS a popularity contest, unfortunately.
3 Stars:
3. James Wisniewski
2. Adam Burish
1. Patrick Kane
Attendance: 8,454
Blackhawks record: 1-2-1
Wild record: 2-1-0
Blackhawks next opponent: Sun, Sep 23 vs. Blues
Wild next opponent: Mon, Sep 24 vs. Sabres
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