Chicago is making changes under outstanding coach Joel Quennville. They have star power with Patrick Kane (13 points), Jonathan Toews (nine points) and Artem Anisimov has gotten results moving to the second line. The balanced Blackhawks are sixth in the league in goals allowed, and ninth in penalty killing. They come into this one off a 3-0 win over the Flyers. Last-place Minnesota is plain inconsistent. These teams are also strong defensively, with Minnesota on a 7-3-1 run UNDER the total against the Western Conference, so take the UNDER in a defensive duel.
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