Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota Wild live stream: Watch online free game 4 Friday 9:30 ET for what is such an important game both teams, with the Hawks up 2-1 right now.

The Wild came home to Minnesota for game 3 in what was a scoreless game for two periods until they exploded for four goals in the third period vs the Blackhawks. Watch the free live stream online to see if they can tie the series up after game 5 before it shifts back to Chicago for game 6.

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Minnesota lost the first two games against the Blackhawks in the first round last year and won Game 3, but lost Game 4 at home and then the series in Game 5.

"This is a different team than we faced last year. They're much improved," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "They got hot at the right time at the end of the year. They're much quicker. They're faster. They're hard to play against. There's not a lot of scoring chances. If we get out of ourselves and get ahead, whether it's a shift ahead, you're looking past this team. I think we're respectful for them."

Minnesota expects to play Game 4 without forward Matt Moulson, who Yeo said has been battling a lower-body injury during much of the playoffs. Matt Cooke returns from a seven-game suspension just in time to take his place. He gives the Wild a potential shutdown option with Cooke, Erik Haula and Justin Fontaine, according to NHL.com.

"We haven't made any decisions yet, but obviously what he brings is a specific role to our group," Yeo said. "There's no question that we want him to create offense and that he has that ability. But there's a certain way that he's going to do it, and there's certain things that he has to bring to our lineup and adds to our group. And in a lot of ways, things that we're missing right now."

Chicago will still be without Andrew Shaw. The 20-goal scorer forward will likely be out for the entire series as he sits out with a lower-body injury.

"We'll see," Coach Yeo told NHL.com. "Every guy's different and, you know, I think he's a very competitive guy and probably he would've done anything he could to play. I think we've got to tame him a little bit in that regard, so I think that was maybe what we were talking about at the time."