Schedule and 2014-15 Results
Regular Season Records: Chicago 48-28-6=102pts, Minnesota 46-28-8=100pts
Game 1 on Friday, 01 May: Minnesota loses at Chicago, 4-goals-3
Game 2 on Sunday, 03 May: Minnesota loses at Chicago, 4-goals-1
Game 3 on Tuesday, 05 May: Chicago wins at Minnesota, 1-goal-nil
Game 4 on Thursday, 07 May: Chicago wins at Minnesota, 4-goals-3

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Chicago Blackhawks visited and defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-3 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1264 victory. With the series 1264 win, the Chicago Blackhawks improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 40-41 overall and 18-6 in the Quarterfinals round (with an active five-Quarterfinals series winning streak). With the series 1264 loss, the Minnesota Wild see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 4-6 overall and 1-2 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Chicago Blackhawks in series 1264 was WWWW: Series 1264 thus becomes the 40th NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 113th NHL series (all rounds), and the 210th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to end in a four-game sweep. The series 1264 victory by the Chicago Blackhawks was the 19th "annihilation" in best-of-7 NHL playoff series history: Not for a single second in the four games of series 1264 did the vanquished Minnesota Wild hold a lead.

After Game 3: The Chicago Blackhawks visited and shut out the Minnesota Wild 1-goal-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1264 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 10-0 and a Game 4 record of 8-2 (with an active five-Game 4 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 4 record of 1-1.

After Game 2: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and topped the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1264 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 16-2 (with an active 14-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 10-8 (with an active four-Game 3 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 1-4 and a Game 3 record of 3-2 (with an active three-Game 3 winning streak).

After Game 1: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and topped the Minnesota Wild 4-goals-3 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1264 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 24-9 and a Game 2 record of 18-15. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-5 and a Game 2 record of 2-5. With the series 1264 Game 1 victory, Chicago extends its Game 1 winning streak to four. In series 1264 Game 1, the host Chicago Blackhawks tallied the first three goals of the game, then allowed the visitors to tie the game 3-goals-all, then scored the seventh and final goal of the game for the eventual 4-goals-3 victory. In best-of-7 format NHL playoff games between 1939 and 2014, inclusive, seven times before had 1) the home team taken a 3-goals-nil lead, 2) the visitors tied the game 3-goals-all, and 3) the hosts scored the final goal of the game for the eventual 4-goals-3 victory: In one of those seven games (series 1069 Game 3, in the 2009 NHL Semifinals against the Detroit Red Wings), the home team was also the Chicago Blackhawks.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2014-15 NHL regular season, the Chicago Blackhawks finished two points ahead of the Minnesota Wild. From 1939 through the 2015 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by two regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 16-15 (.516) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1264 is the 81st best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Chicago Blackhawks, and the tenth for the Minnesota Wild. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Chicago Blackhawks have an all-rounds series record of 39-41, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 17-6 (with an active four-Quarterfinals series winning streak), and a Game 1 record of 33-47, while the Minnesota Wild have an all-rounds series record of 4-5, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 1-1, and a Game 1 record of 2-7. Series 1264 is the third best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild. Chicago prevailed in the first two best-of-7 NHL playoff series meetings between the two teams, in both 2013 and 2014.