take a commanding 3-1 lead in this series. A victory tonight for Chicago would give the club a

The Minnesota Wild surprised the heavily-favored Chicago Blackhawks with a shutout victory in Game 3. Romelu Lukaku Jersey . The Wild hope to repeat that success and tie the Western Conference semifinals at two games apiece when they host the defending Stanley Cup champions in Fridays Game 4 from Xcel Energy Center. Watch the game on TSN and TSN GO at 9pm et/6pm pt. After losing the first two games of this best-of-seven set in Chicago by a combined 9-3 margin, Minnesota answered with Tuesdays 4-0 victory on home ice. Game 3 was scoreless after 40 minutes, but the Wild rode a strong third period to their first win of the series. Minnesota was able to get in the win column thanks to third-period goals from Mikael Granlund -- who scored twice -- Zach Parise and Erik Haula. Ilya Bryzgalov also made 19 saves for his first playoff shutout in eight years. "Happy to get the win and happy for a lot of our guys," said Minnesota head coach Mike Yeo. "Whether its Bryz, whether its our big guys, they all did well tonight and its good to see. Now we need to build on this and even the series." Minnesota is in the second round of the playoffs for only the second time in franchise history. The club made it to the Western Conference finals in 2003, then lost its next three postseason series before downing Colorado in seven games in this springs opening round. The Wild have won three straight home games and are 4-1 as the host this postseason. The Blackhawks, meanwhile, hope to bounce back in Game 4 and take a commanding 3-1 lead in this series. A victory tonight for Chicago would give the club a chance to close the set out Sunday on home ice. Corey Crawford gave up three goals on 17 shots for the Blackhawks, who had won six straight games before Tuesdays setback. Chicago had been perfect since falling behind 2-0 to St. Louis in the opening round. "I didnt mind our first 40 minutes, but when they got that goal to start the third it got the crowd electrified," said Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville. "We played the right way but theyre as tight a defensive team as were going to play here. Chances are going to be low and we have to work with that." The game was scoreless going into the third, but the Wild struck quickly to take a 1-0 lead. Haula scored off a nice saucer pass from Justin Fontaine at 1:41 of the third. Granlund scored his first goal less than three minutes later. The score stayed 2-0 until Parise tallied on the power play with 2:35 left. Granlund followed with an empty-netter with 1:17 remaining to seal the victory. "It was a tough game because were playing a really good team," said Granlund. "After the first goal things seemed to open up a bit. Its a new series again. Well enjoy this and come back ready for Friday." Bryzgalov only had to make four saves in the third for his fourth playoff shutout and first since May 7, 2006 with Anaheim. Minnesota expects to get Matt Cooke back for Game 4 as the controversial forward has completed a seven-game suspension for delivering a knee-on-knee hit against Colorado defenseman Tyson Barrie in Game 3 of the opening-round series. Cooke had one assists in three games before getting punished for the hit, which knocked Barrie out for the remainder of the playoffs. In injury news for Chicago, center Andrew Shaw has missed two straight contests after exiting Game 1 with a lower-body injury and will sit out Friday as well. Jeremy Morin replaced Shaw in the lineup for Game 2, but was a healthy scratch on Tuesday when Brandon Bollig skated in his place. Defenseman Nick Leddy was a healthy scratch in Game 3 when veteran Sheldon Brookbank took his place in the lineup, but Leddy will be back on the ice Friday. 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Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury reached 300 career wins in Mondays triumph in Boston, while captain Sidney Crosby recorded the 800th point of his career in Wednesdays 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Crosby had two assists in the game, the last coming on Blake Comeaus winner 2:53 into overtime. The goal was Comeaus third of the game and eighth of the season. He had just five goals in 61 games with Columbus last season. Im getting an opportunity to play with some really good players and it feels good to contribute, Comeau said. Crosby joined Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr as the only players in Penguins history to reach 800 points and Crosby, who leads the NHL with 31 points, became the sixth-fastest player in league history to reach the mark. He did so in 571 career games, trailing only Wayne Gretzky, Lemieux, Mike Bossy, Peter Stastny and Jari Kurri. Fleury made 24 saves in the win that moved the Penguins to 12-2-1 in their last 15 games, while Evgeni Malkin ended with a goal and two assists. Malkin has posted five goals and six assists over a six-game point streak while scoring a goal in three straight. The Penguins are 5-0-1 in their last six games at home and have won 10 of their past 14 against the Hurricanes as the hosting team. Generall manager Jim Rutherford knows that all too well as he served as the GM of the Hurricanes franchise from 1994-2014 before joining Pittsburgh this past offseason. Dries Mertens Belgium Jersey. . During his tenure with Carolina, Rutherfords teams made a Cup Finals appearance in 2002 and then won the Stanley Cup in 2006. Rutherford will look for his current Penguins squad to get a win tonight ahead of Saturdays return to Carolina that completes a home-and-home set. I havent thought about the games. I intensely try to block it out because it will be emotional for me, Rutherford told Pittsburghs website of the series. I think about Carolina a lot. I have a connection to a lot of those players and people that are still there. I was there a long time. I was treated well by Pete (Karmanos), the owner, the players, the management, the fans. I enjoyed it there for a long time. The Hurricanes, who have lost eight of their last 10 overall versus the Penguins, will try to avoid a third straight setback tonight. They have lost each game of their current skid by one goal, including Wednesdays 1-0 setback to Florida. Cam Ward gave up a goal 21 seconds into the game and made 27 saves, but got no offensive support in Carolinas sixth loss in seven games. The Hurricanes had 17 of their 33 shots in the third period, but went 0-for-3 on the power play. We had more than enough chances to get one, maybe two (goals), but couldnt execute, Hurricanes center Jeff Skinner said. Carolina dropped to 2-9-2 as the road club this season and concludes a five- game trip tonight. The Canes play the first of five in a row at home when they play the Pens on Saturday. 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