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Corey Crawford made 39 saves, helping Chicago
win for just the second time in its last 11 games.
The defeat was Minnesota's second in two days. The Wild were
coming off a 3-2 home loss to Buffalo on Saturday.
Toews opened the scoring by beating Wild goalie Alex Stalock on
the power play, notching his 10th goal of the year. Patrick Kane
and Henri Jokiharju provided the assists on the score at 8:26.
Saad made it 2-0 nine minutes later, scoring his sixth of the
season at 17:29, off assists from Alexandre Fortin and Gustav
Forsling.
The Blackhawks, whose only previous win since Oct. 25 was a 1-0
victory on Wednesday over the St. Louis Blues, didn't score
again until the final minute, but Crawford made sure it didn't
matter.
Minnesota's only goal also came on a power play, with Zach
Parise netting his ninth of the season at the 7:56 mark of the
second period. Matt Dumba and Mikko Koivu assisted.
Despite a 14-5 dominance in shots in the third period, the Wild
could not score again, even after pulling Stalock for an extra
skater in the final two minutes.
Chicago eventually sealed it when Toews and Kane assisted on
Dominik Kahun's empty-netter, his second goal of the season,
with 59 seconds remaining for a two-goal lead.
Stalock finished with 25 saves.
Minnesota outshot Chicago 40-28.
The Wild had beaten the Blackhawks 4-3 in overtime in their only
previous meeting this season. Minnesota entered the match in
second place in the Central Division with 26 points, while
Chicago was sixth with 19.
--Field Level Media
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