Showtime!

After Chicago built a 2-0 lead early on the power plays, the Wild came back to tie it in the 3rd period.

Patrick Kane responded:

The flashy wing carried the puck into the Minnesota zone, hesitated as teammate Patrick Sharp skated behind him, and then split Brodziak and Brodin on his way to the net.

He finished the play by roofing a backhand over goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov’s left shoulder at 8:22.  Kane then yelled “Showtime!” twice and pumped his right arm as the delirious crowd cheered wildly.

But he was only getting started...

Mama always said,

it's only cocky if you can't back it up, boys...
(I love that picture at the link.) No denying, they're a good team.

Bickell tipped in Brent Seabrook’s slap shot at 14:48 of the first, and then had some fancy footwork on the Blackhawks’ second goal in the second period. Nick Leddy made a nice pass to Brandon Saad streaking through the middle of the Minnesota zone.  Saad then sent a backhand pass toward the left side of the net that Bickell stepped over, leaving it for Hossa to flip into the open side of the goal at 11:21.

The rest of the period belonged to Minnesota, which outshot Chicago 17-3 in the second. Mikael Granlund had a shot go high off the left post, and Corey Crawford made nice glove saves on Wild captain Mikko Koivu and Zach Parise.

Crawford finished with 30 saves...