Schedule and 2012-13 Results
Regular Season Records: Chicago 36-7-5=77pts, Minnesota 26-19-3=55pts
Game 1 on Tuesday, 30 April: Minnesota loses at Chicago, 2-goals-1 (OT)
Game 2 on Friday, 03 May: Minnesota loses at Chicago, 5-goals-2
Game 3 on Sunday, 05 May: Chicago loses at Minnesota, 3-goals-2 (OT)
Game 4 on Tuesday, 07 May: Chicago wins at Minnesota, 3-goals-nil
Game 5 on Thursday, 09 May: Minnesota loses at Chicago, 5-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-1 to achieve a 4-games-1 win of MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1192. With the series 1192 win, the Chicago Blackhawks improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 33-40 overall and 8-9 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1192 loss, the Minnesota Wild see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 2-4 overall (with an active four-series losing streak) and 1-3 in the Preliminary round (with an active three-series losing streak). The win order for the victorious Chicago Blackhawks in series 1192 was WWLWW: Series 1192 thus becomes the 13th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 40th NHL series (all rounds), and the 106th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Chicago Blackhawks visited and shut out the Minnesota Wild 3-goals-nil to take a 3-games-1 lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1192. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 10-0 and a Game 5 record of 6-4. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 5 record of 2-1.

After Game 3: Scoring the game-winning goal 2:15 into the first overtime period, the Minnesota Wild hosted and defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-goals-2 to cut the Chicago lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1192 to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Chicago Blackhawks have a 13-7 series record (with an active three-series winning streak) and an 8-12 Game 4 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Minnesota Wild have a 2-0 series record and a 0-2 Game 4 record.

After Game 2: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-goals-2 to take a 2-games-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1192. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 13-2 (with an active 11-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 10-5. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 3 record of 0-2.

After Game 1: The Chicago Blackhawks hosted and defeated the Minnesota Wild 2-goals-1 in the first overtime to take a 1-game-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1192. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Chicago Blackhawks have a series record of 18-8 (with an active three-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 15-11 (with an active three-Game 2 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Minnesota Wild have a series record of 1-3 and a Game 2 record of 2-2. With the series 1192 Game 1 loss, the Minnesota Wild see their best-of-7 NHL playoff Game 1 losing streak reach five games.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2012-13 NHL regular season, Chicago finished 22 points ahead of Minnesota. From 1939 through the 2012 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 22 regular-season points, they have posted a 6-1 (.857) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1192 is the sixth best-of-7 playoff series for Minnesota, and the 73rd for Chicago. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, Minnesota has a 2-3 series record (with an active three-series losing streak), a 1-2 Preliminary-round series record, and a 1-4 Game 1 record (with an active four-Game 1 losing streak), while Chicago has a 32-40 series record, a 7-9 Preliminary-round series record, and a 26-46 Game 1 record. Series 1192 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between Minnesota and Chicago.