Schedule and 2013-14 Results
Regular Season Records: Chicago 46-21-15=107pts, Minnesota 43-27-12=98pts
Game 1 on Friday, 02 May: Minnesota loses at Chicago, 5-goals-2
Game 2 on Sunday, 04 May: Minnesota loses at Chicago, 4-goals-1
Game 3 on Tuesday, 06 May: Chicago loses at Minnesota, 4-goals-nil
Game 4 on Friday, 09 May: Chicago loses at Minnesota, 4-goals-2
Game 5 on Sunday, 11 May: Minnesota loses at Chicago, 2-goals-1
Game 6 on Tuesday, 13 May: Chicago wins at Minnesota, 2-goals-1 (OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: With the winning goal 9:42 into overtime, the Chicago Blackhawks visited and bested the Minnesota Wild 2-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1231 victory. With the series 1231 win, the Chicago Blackhawks improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 38-40 overall (with an active six-series winning streak befitting a defending NHL champion) and 17-6 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1231 loss, the Minnesota Wild see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 3-5 overall and 1-1 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Chicago Blackhawks in series 1231 was WWLLWW: Series 1231 thus becomes the seventh NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 37th NHL series (all rounds), and the 70th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. In the last 18 best-of-7 NHL playoff series in which the Chicago Blackhawks were tied 2-games-all after the first four games (as they were in series 1231), a Game 5 win has led to a series win and a Game 5 loss has led to a series loss.

After Game 5: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and defeated the Minnesota Wild 2-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1231 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 19-3 (with an active 14-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 15-7 (with an active seven-Game 6 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 6 record of 3-1 (in those four series, Minnesota won all three in which they won Game 6). Series 1231 Game 5 was very similar to series 558 Game 3, in which the Edmonton Oilers visited and fell to the old Winnipeg Jets 2-goals-1 in their 1990 Preliminary-round series: Visiting Edmonton scored the game’s first goal at 16:35 into the first period just as visiting Minnesota scored at 16:33 into the first; host Winnipeg tied the game 9:35 into the second just as host Chicago tied its game 9:18 into the second; each home team then sealed the 2-goals-1 win with a third period goal.

After Game 4: The Minnesota Wild hosted and defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-goals-2 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1231 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 16-16 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 18-14 (with an active six-Game 5 winning streak), while the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 5 record of 0-2. In the last 17 best-of-7 NHL playoff series in which the Chicago Blackhawks were tied 2-games-all after the first four games, a Game 5 win led to a series win and a Game 5 loss led to a series loss.

After Game 3: The Minnesota Wild hosted and shut out the Chicago Blackhawks 4-goals-nil to reduce the Chicago Blackhawks best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1231 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 15-7 (with an active five-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 10-12. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 4 record of 1-3.

After Game 2: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1231 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 15-2 (with an active 13-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 10-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 1-3 and a Game 3 record of 2-2.

After Game 1: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and bested the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1231 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 22-8 (with an active seven-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 17-13. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-4 and a Game 2 record of 2-4. After series 1231 Game 1, the Minnesota Wild now have an active seven-Game 1 losing streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2013-14 NHL regular season, the Chicago Blackhawks finished nine points ahead of the Minnesota Wild. From 1939 through the 2014 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season points, they have posted a 14-15 (.483) best-of-7 playoff series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1231 is the 78th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Chicago Blackhawks, and the eighth for the Minnesota Wild. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Chicago Blackhawks have an all-rounds series record of 37-40, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 16-6, and a Game 1 record of 30-47, while the Minnesota Wild have an all-rounds series record of 3-4, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 1-0, and a Game 1 record of 1-6 (with an active six-Game 1 losing streak). Series 1231 is the second best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild. Chicago won the previous meeting between the two teams, in the 2013 NHL Preliminary round.