"Asked on Thursday if he counted the nifty stick-handles Patrick Kane amassed before punching in his shootout winner the night before, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville sounded willing to be astounded and leave it at that.

"I didn't count, no," Quenneville said, laughing. "Did anybody count?"

Trying might have been a futile effort, anyway, given the multiple dekes and fakes that Kane threw at a dizzied Wild goalie Nicklas Backstrom before notching the goal to seal a win over the Western Conference leaders.

Reflecting on the move Thursday, Kane said he was merely looking to "change it up" in his approach to shootouts."