Wild-Chicago game preview: Marcus Foligno, Matt Dumba sidelined for Chicago game

The Central Division meeting will be nationally televised Wednesday on TNT.

February 2, 2022 at 2:52AM
Wild winger Connor Dewar and Blackhawks winger MacKenzie Entwistle battled during a game Jan. 21 in Chicago, a 5-1 Minnesota victory. (Nam Y. Huh, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

WILD GAMEDAY

8:30 p.m. at Chicago, United Center, TNT, 100.3-FM

Wild update: Riding a nine-game point streak (8-0-1), the Wild (27-10-3, 57 points) closes the first half of the season in Chicago. The Wild beat the Blackhawks 5-1 in Chicago on Jan. 21 and a night later rallied for a 4-3 overtime win in St. Paul on Marcus Foligno's goal. Foligno and D Matt Dumba won't play because of upper-body injuries. Brandon Duhaime took Foligno's spot on the line with Joel Eriksson Ek and Jordan Greenway during practice. Cam Talbot will start in goal.

Blackhawks update: Chicago (16-22-7, 39 points) sits in seventh place in the Central Division and has one victory in its past seven games. W Patrick Kane (11-31-42) leads Chicago in scoring, while W Alex DeBrincat (26-10-36) paces the team in goals. G Marc-Andre Fleury (14-15-3, 2.85 goals-against average, .910 save percentage) gave up four goals in the Jan. 21 loss to the Wild. C Jonathan Toews (concussion) missed Monday's game vs. the Canucks and his status is uncertain. W Jujhar Khaira (back), C Reese Johnson (collarbone), D Riley Stillman (shoulder) and G Kevin Lankinen (hand) are on injured reserve.

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Randy Johnson covers University of Minnesota football and college football for the Minnesota Star Tribune, along with Gophers hockey and the Wild.

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