The Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild were meeting in tumultuous times. Both teams had lost their previous two games, with Minnesota losing 5-4 to the Calgary Flames the night before.

Foligno scored an empty-net goal, dished an assist, added two PIM and went plus-2 in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Blackhawks. Foligno set up a Frederick Gaudreau goal in the first period before adding the empty-netter to fend off the Blackhawks' comeback effort in the third.

The Chicago Blackhawks had their comeback against the Minnesota Wild come up just short despite a good third period.

CHICAGO -- Matt Boldy had three assists, and the Minnesota Wild held on for a 4-2 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Sunday. Boldy has 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in his past 11 games.

Jared Spurgeon, Joel Eriksson Ek and Frederick Gaudreau scored to help the Minnesota Wild top the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2.

The helper was Foligno's third over the last five contests. The veteran winger is seeing time on the third line at even strength and on the first power-play unit. For the season, he has contributed 22 points,

In the middle frame, Chicago’s Nick Foligno was whistled for holding Wild star forward Kirill Kaprizov, and complained a bit too forcefully about the call, drawing a second penalty. Minnesota made it 3-0 on the extended power play, as Eriksson Ek recorded his ninth goal of the season and second of the weekend.

The Minnesota Wild took down the Chicago Blackhawks in the Windy City yesterday, 4-2. The win improved the Wild record to 29-17 this season and dropped the Blackhawks to 15-29.

MONTREAL -- Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves for his 76th NHL shutout, and the Minnesota Wild won their third straight game, 4-0 against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Thursday.

Jared Spurgeon, Frederick Gaudreau and Joel Eriksson Ek scored to give the visiting Minnesota Wild a three-goal edge, and they held on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday.

It wasn't an overly convincing win, but the Wild got the job done against one of the worst teams in the NHL on Sunday evening. They started hot, then held on and were able to avoid blowing a 3-0 lead in a 4-2 road victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.