Mikko Koivu

As midnight approached in a giddy Blackhawks locker room Tuesday, Duncan Keith was in the middle of his first night as a father and his second straight without sleep, all smiles but also not nearly certain about what day of the week it was. He was a man...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — It's all over now, the painstaking search for scoring rhythm and relief from the frustrations that missing nearly half a season to injury heap on a player. Patrick Sharp is scoring goals again for the Blackhawks, a bunch of them,...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Blackhawks 5, Wild 1 Blackhawks 5, Wild 1: Marian Hossa scored twice and added an assist as host Chicago cruised into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Marcus Kruger recorded a goal and an assist while Patrick Sharp...

Blackhawks 5, Wild 1: Marian Hossa scored twice and added an assist as host Chicago cruised into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Marcus Kruger recorded a goal and an assist while Patrick Sharp and Andrew Shaw also scored for the top-seeded...

Blackhawks close out Wild with 5-1 win CHICAGO -- It's likely no one could have predicted that the Chicago Blackhawks would win their NHL Western Conference quarterfinals series against the Minnesota Wild and their top two goal scorers would fail to net...

The Minnesota Wild might run out of goaltenders before they run out of opportunities to stay alive in their Western Conference first-round series. The eighth-seeded Wild will likely start netminder Darcy Kuemper when they visit the top-seeded Chicago...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Josh Harding stood in the crease and flexed his left leg while play continued moments after the Wild goaltender collided with Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews. Harding, starting in place of the injured Niklas Backstrom, made it...

Offense The Hawks roll four lines and finished second in the NHL with an average of 3.10 goals per game. Center Dave Bolland is battling a groin injury, but if he's at full strength, a shift back to the third line could be in order as Michal Handzus has...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Blackhawks at Wild The Minnesota Wild looked like a different team at home in Game 3, outshooting the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks for the first time in their Western Conference first-round series to win their first...

At one point Tuesday night, the Blackhawks' fourth line skated against the Wild's first line. In the context of most postseason series, this matchup might prompt concussion protocol tests for the coaching staff or questions about whether everyone else...

Josh Harding is on medication for multiple sclerosis and had played in two games since January before he received about as little warning as imaginable Tuesday night that he would start a Stanley Cup playoff game against the league's best team. A couple...

DETROIT (AP) — Prince Fielder hit a three-run home run last night to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3. Andy Dirks added a solo homer for the Tigers. Max Scherzer improved to 3-0 on the year after allowing three runs and...