Chicago Blackhawks at Wild, Xcel Energy Center, 1 p.m. Friday
TV; radio: FanDuel Sports Network North; 107.9 FM
Blackhawks update: The Blackhawks have upset contenders in their recent victories. They rolled by Dallas 6-2 on Wednesday. LW Taylor Hall scored a hat trick after being a healthy scratch earlier this month, and C Connor Bedard ended a 12-game goalless drought. Before that game, the Blackhawks' last victory was 3-1 over the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers on Nov. 21. Overall, Chicago is 2-3-1 since outlasting the Wild 2-1 in overtime on Nov. 10.
Injuries: Wild D Jonas Brodin (upper body) did not play on Wednesday at Buffalo. C Marat Khusnutdinov (lower body) and LW Jakub Lauko (lower body) are day to day. RW Mats Zuccarello (lower body) is out. Blackhawks G Laurent Brossoit (knee) and D Seth Jones (foot) are out.
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