GOOD NEWS:What a brace from marco rossi against minnesota

December 3 – Marco Rossi scored twice as the Minnesota Wild defeated the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Sunday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn.

The Wild improved to 3-0 since ex-coach Dean Evason and replacing him with John Hynes. Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists. Matt Boldy scored as well, and Brock Faber had two assists.

Taylor Raddysh scored the lone goal for Chicago, which dropped its third straight game.

Marc-Andre Fleury of the Wild stopped 28 of 29 shots to earn the victory. It was his 548th career victory, bringing him within three victories of tying Patrick Roy (551) for second place on the all-time list.

Petr Mrazek, the Blackhawks’ goaltender, allowed four goals on 34 shots.

The Wild took a 3-0 lead early in the first period and never looked back.

Rossi’s first goal came only 2:11 after the opening faceoff. He redirected a shot from behind the blue line.

With 7:52 left in the first period, Rossi scored again, this time on the power play, to make it 2-0. On a pass from Frederick Gaudreau, he blasted a one-timer from the slot.

Zuccarello capped off the first-period scoring, putting the Wild up by three goals. He stood on the right side of the crease, waited for a pass from Kirill Kaprizov, and slid a one-timer past Mrazek.

On the power play in the second period, Minnesota increased its lead to 4-0. Boldy scored his third goal of the season on a tip-in.

The Blackhawks scored with 7:05 remaining in the third period. Raddysh scored on the power play from near the front of the crease.

On the play, Connor Bedard received an assist, extending his road point streak to nine games. In his first 23 games, the 18-year-old rookie has 11 goals and nine assists.

–Media at the Field Level

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December 4 – Juuse Saros made 34 saves and the visiting Nashville Predators defeated the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Sunday night.

Filip Forsberg and Yakov Trenin scored for the Predators, who had lost two straight games after winning six in a row. Saros made 12 saves in the third period as Nashville protected its 2-1 lead.

Victor Olofsson scored for the Sabres, who have lost three straight games to match their longest losing streak of the season. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 27 saves.

Both teams were in the middle of a back-to-back.

Nashville’s power play went 0 for 1. Although Buffalo did not have a power play, Olofsson’s goal was scored on a penalty shot.

At 9:40 of the first period, Forsberg gave the Predators a 1-0 lead. He got to the puck immediately after Nashville won a faceoff in the left circle and fired a wrist shot that deflected in off the post for his 13th goal of the season.

Trenin made it 2-0 just over a minute later, redirecting Colton Sissons’ shot past Luukkonen after the Sabres turned the puck over in their own end.

At 10:02 of the second period, Olofsson pulled the Sabres within 2-1. Olofsson was awarded a penalty shot after Jeremy Lauzon tripped him during a breakaway and beat Saros. It was Olofsson’s second penalty-shot goal of the season.