(SportsNetwork. Marcos Alonso Chelsea Jersey .com) - Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks will take aim at a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference second round series when they host the Minnesota Wild in Sundays clash at United Center. You can watch all the action LIVE on TSN and online with TSN GO beginning at 3pm et/Noon pt. The defending Stanley Cup champions recorded a 5-2 win in Game 1 on Friday to grab an early lead in the best-of-seven series. Despite the final margin, the game was deadlocked early in the third period before Kane and his teammates took control of the contest for good. Chicago carried a 2-0 lead into the third, but Clayton Stoner and Kyle Brodziak scored under five minutes apart early in the frame to even the score for Minnesota. Thats when Kane kicked his quest for a second straight Conn Smythe Trophy into high gear. Kane scored the first two of Chicagos three unanswered goals in the third period to help the Blackhawks win going away. The 25-year-old American now has five goals in this postseason, tying him for the most in the NHL during the 2014 playoffs. Los Angeles Kings forward Marian Gaborik also has five goals as does Paul Stastny of the Colorado Avalanche, who were eliminated in the first round by Minnesota. Kanes first goal on Friday was of the highlight variety. The Chicago winger carried the disc down the left side and into the Minnesota zone before cutting through the high slot, where he faked a drop pass. Given room to work, Kane held off his defender and worked into the low right circle before lifting a filthy backhand over the short-side shoulder of Wild goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov. "It was one of those plays where I was about to drop it to (Patrick Sharp) but I saw both defencemen kind of go to him," Kane said of his tie-breaking goal. "I just tried to get in on the backhand and made a good shot." Kane doubled Chicagos lead at 16:47 when Sharps shot from the right point deflected off Ben Smiths stick in the circle and ricocheted to the low left side, where Kane was waiting to send the puck home for a 4-2 lead. Bryan Bickell added an empty-netter with 2:41 remaining to arrive at the final margin. Bickell had opened the scoring with a power-play goal in the first. Corey Crawford registered 30 saves for the Blackhawks and Marian Hossa also scored. Bryzgalov started in net for the Wild in place of an injured Darcy Kuemper, who was forced to exit Minnesotas Game 7 victory over Colorado after sustaining an undisclosed injury late in the contest. Bryzgalov stopped the only shot he faced in relief against the Avalanche, but turned aside just 17-of-21 shots in Fridays setback. With Kuemper expected to miss another tilt, the situation in net will likely remain unchanged on Sunday. John Curry, a 30-year-old journeyman, suited up as Bryzgalovs backup on Friday and could do so again in Game 2. Curry has seen action in six career NHL games and none in the playoffs. The Wild, holders of the first of the Wests two wild card spots, are trying to avoid being eliminated by Chicago for the second time in as many years. Minnesota, which is in the second round of the postseason for the first time since 2003, lost to the Blackhawks in five games during the opening round last spring. Although the Wild appeared to be the better team at times in Game 1, Minnesota head coach Mike Yeo knows his team needs to play a more complete game to pull off an upset of the reigning champs. "There wasnt enough urgency in the details and the little things that add up to make the difference at this time of year," Yeo said. "We slipped a little bit from last game. We didnt bring the same level and so well rectify that." Minnesota was playing Game 1 in Chicago on the heels of winning a road Game 7 in Colorado on Wednesday. On Friday, tHe Wild fell to 1-7 all-time in the first contest of a series and havent won a Game 1 since their first-ever playoff game, a 4-2 win against Colorado on April 10, 2003. On the injury front for Chicago, forward Andrew Shaw left the game in the first period after absorbing a hit from Stoner and did not return. He is day- to-day with a lower-body injury and will not play Sunday. Game 3 of this series is scheduled for Tuesday in Minnesota, with the Wild also set to host the fourth meeting on Friday. Alvaro Morata Jersey . Asdrubal Cabrera had four hits and three RBIs, Michael Brantley also homered and the Indians beat the injury-riddled Minnesota Twins 9-4 Thursday for their first three-game winning streak this season. Ruben Loftus-Cheek Jersey .J. Hardy finally got in on the fun Saturday, against a likely opponent.OWEN SOUND, Ont. - Kyle Hope scored twice in the third period to lift the Owen Sound Attack over the Plymouth Whalers 2-1 in Ontario Hockey League action on Thursday. Hope tied the game with his 22nd of the season at 5:57 and scored the winner for Owen Sound (29-28-8) on a power play with less than six minutes to play. Matt Mistele was the lone scorer for Plymouth (27-31-7), finding the back of the net at 14:24 of the first period. Attack goaltender Brandon Hope stopped 25 shots for his 27th win of the season. Alex Nedeljkovic made 31 saves in the losing effort. --- ICEDOGS 5 STEELHEADS 4 (SO) ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Luke Mercer scored once in regulation, then netted the shootout winner to lift Niagara over Mississauga. Eric Ming scored three goals and Blake Sienbenaler added two assists for the IceDogs (23-35-8). Sam Babintsev scored a hat trick for the Steelheads (23-37-6) and Brett Foy also scored. Spencer Martin stopped 39 shots. Brent Moran started in net for Niagara but left the game after giving up four goals on 31 shots. Blake Richard was perfect on 11 shots in relief. --- BATTALION 3 GENERALS 0 NORTH BAY, Ont. — Barclay Goodrow scored twice, including a short-handed goal in the first period, to the lead the Battalion over the Generals. Zach Bratina also scored for North Bay (35-24-6), which has won three in a row. The Battalion outshot East division-leading Oshawa 31-20, and both teams were 0 for 5 on the power play. Jake Smith picked up the shutout after making 20 saves, while Generals (41-18-6) goaltender Ken Appleby stopped 28 shots in the loss. --- COLTS 5 67s 3 OTTAWA — Andreas Athanasiou and Mitchell TTheoret each had a goal and an assist apiece to lift the Colts over the 67s. Alvaro Morata Chelsea Jersey. Jake Dotchin, and Aaron Ekblad also scored for Barrie (36-28-3), and Brendan Lemieux added an empty-net goal at 19:49 as the Colts extended their win streak to three games. Nevin Guy scored twice for Ottawa (23-38-5) and Brendan Bell had a goal and an assist. Barries Mackenzie Blackwood made 21 saves while his 67s counterpart, Philippe Trudeau, stopped 29-of-33 shots. --- STING 7 RANGERS 6 (SO) SARNIA, Ont. — Nickolas Latta scored in the shootout, and Nikita Korostelev had two goals and two assists to lift league-worst Sarnia over Kitchener. Nikolay Goldobin scored two and helped on another, and Matteo Ciccarelli and Kevin Spinozzi also scored for the Sting (17-42-7), who snapped a six-game losing streak. Nick Magya had two goals and an assist for the Rangers (22-41-3), and Brent Pedersen, Mason Khon, Darby Llewellyn and Dominik Kubalik also scored. Logan Schmidt picked up four assists as Kitchener lost its 10th straight. Sarnias Taylor Dupuis made 31 saves. Jordan DeKort stopped 30 shots for Kitchener. --- OTTERS 3 SPITFIRES 2 WINDSOR, Ont. — Connor Brown scored twice, including the eventual winner at 11:08 of the third period, as Erie edged Windsor for its sixth straight win. Andre Burakovsky scored the other goal for the Otters (50-14-2), while Dane Fox and Connor McDavid each chipped in with two assists apiece. Ryan Foss and Josh Ho-Sang replied for the Spitfires (36-26-3), who have dropped their fifth straight. Erie netminder Oscar Dansk stopped 18 shots while Windsors Alex Fotinos shouldered the loss with 32 saves. 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