Cam Talbot makes 30 saves, Wild beat Blackhawks

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Cam Talbot made 30 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Minnesota Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Wednesday night to extended their points streak to 10 games.

Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Fiala and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and an assist for surging Minnesota. The Wild head into the NHL’s All-Star break on a 9-0-1 roll.

The 34-year-old Talbot, named an All-Star for the first time, had his 25th career shutout.

"It's been a lot of fun this year playing behind this group and being part of this group," said Talbot, who improved to 18-8-1 and lowered his goals-against average to 2.81. "Shutouts are team stat, but wins are what's most important.

"It's certainly nice to throw one of those (shutouts) in every once in a while."

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Minnesota Wild goaltender Cam Talbot (33) celebrates with teammates after the Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 in an NHL hockey game in Chicago, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Fiala extended his career-high points streak to 12 games, matching Mikael Granlund’s Wild record set in 2017.

Fiala is enjoying his roll, along with the Wild's.

"It's very fun," the Swiss forward said. ‘We’re winning, it feels like all the time, you know. We're confident we're going to win every game no matter who we play.

"It's still early to say because we've got 40 games to go, but I have big confidence in this group that we can go all the way, for sure."

Kirill Kaprizov scored his team-leading 19th goal to stretch his career-best points streak to eight games. Nico Sturm also connected to help Minnesota improve to 3-0-0 against fading Chicago.

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