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CHICAGO - The Minnesota Wild entered this Western Conference second round battle as considerable underdogs to the Chicago Blackhawks, but they have a chance to grab a series lead over the defending Stanley Cup champions in tonights Game 5 showdown in the Windy City. You can watch all the action on TSN and TSN GO beginning at 8:30pm et/5:30pm pt. Minnesota dropped the first two tests of this best-of-seven set at Chicagos United Center and was outscored by a combined 9-3 margin in those setbacks. However, the Wild righted themselves at home by taking Game 3 by a 4-0 count before knotting the series at two games apiece with Fridays 4-2 triumph at Xcel Energy Center. In order to grab their first lead of the series, however, the Wild will have to be the first team to beat Chicago on home ice in this postseason. The Blackhawks, winners of two Cup titles in the previous four years, are 5-0 at the United Center in the 2014 playoffs and boast a 16-2 record at home since the start of last springs postseason. Chicago will aim for a seventh consecutive home playoff victory on Sunday night. Minnesota is just 1-5 as the road team in the 2014 playoffs, with its lone away victory coming in Game 7 of the opening round against Colorado. The Wild are 2-15 over their past 17 road tilts in the postseason. On Friday, Matt Cooke provided an immediate spark in his return from a suspension to help the Wild remained undefeated at home in these playoffs. Cooke received a seven-game ban for kneeing Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie in Game 3 of the opening round, and he didnt take long to make his presence felt, helping give Minnesota an early lead. The antagonizing forward stole the puck from Chicago defenseman Michal Rozsival on the forecheck and dished to Justin Fontaine, who went top shelf to beat Crawford from the right circle 7:24 into the game. It was the first career playoff goal for Fontaine. "Its fun to contribute and its fun to chip in. Its just fun to be back out there again," Cooke said. "I should have fresh legs. Ive got to go out there and lead the way and hopefully my energy is contagious." In addition to the assist, Cooke also registered two shots on goal and delivered five hits in nearly 16 minutes of ice time. Jason Pominville, Nino Niederreiter and Jared Spurgeon supplied the other goals for the Wild, who have outscored the opposition 16-5 while winning all five games at Xcel Energy Center. Ilya Bryzgalov made 18 saves to help the Wild even the series. Patrick Sharp and Michal Handzus each had goals for Chicago, while Corey Crawford stopped 27 shots in the setback. "They worked for everything they got and we got to do the same," said Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. While Cooke returned from a suspension to make in impact in Game 4, the Blackhawks lost forward Brandon Bollig for two games due to a boarding incident in Fridays contest. The NHL handed Bollig a two-game suspension for his hit from behind on Minnesota defenseman Keith Ballard late in the second period. Bollig was assessed with a minor penalty on the play, while Ballard was injured an did not return to the game. Ballard has endured a history of concussions, the latest of which cost him seven games early in the regular season. He had returned to the lineup in Game 3 after missing the final 14 games of the regular season and nine postseason tilts with a pulled groin muscle. Both Ballard and forward Matt Moulson, who sat out Game 4 due to a lower-body injury, did not make the trip to Chicago for tonights game. In addition to Bollig, Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw missed a third straight game with a lower-body injury he suffered in the series opener and expects to sit out again on Sunday. The winner of tonights contest will get a chance to end the series when the clubs meet in Minnesota for Game 6 on Tuesday. Cincinnati Bengals Jerseys . A groundswell for raising the number of playoff qualifiers to seven in each conference figures to get plenty of support from the 32 owners. Most notably, Arizonas Bill Bidwill, who saw his Cardinals go 10-6 and not get in, while Green Bay (8-7-1) qualified by winning the NFC North. Custom Cincinnati Bengals Jerseys . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont. http://www.nflbengalsgearofficial.com/jessie-bates-iii-jersey/ . 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Chinnaswamy Stadium.Kohlis men looked well in control when Pathan (60no from 29) and Russell (39 from 24) joined forces in the 11th over of the run chase with the score on 69-4, but the Kolkata pair lashed 96 in 44 balls as the visitors triumphed with five deliveries to spare. Virat Kohli (433) has scored the most runs in IPL 2016 to date Pathan and Russells pyrotechnics - they bashed three and four sixes respectively - lifted Knight Riders level on 10 points with second-placed Mumbai Indians, with Bangalore stuck on four after a third straight loss - and another failure for Chris Gayle. Marcus North and Dominic Cork urge Royal Challengers Bangalore to pick England seamer Chris Jordan after another IPL defeat.dddddddddddd Gayle (7), who had missed his teams previous four games following the birth of his daughter, was caught out in the second over, a ball after clubbing Morne Morkel (2-28) for a maximum.The Jamaican has made just 21 runs in six innings since smoking an unbeaten 100 against England during the group stages of the World T20, form in complete contrast to Kohlis, with his patient fifty against Kolkata his eighth in 11 T20 knocks.Rahuls half-century was his third in a row, following on from totals of 51 against Gujarat Lions and Sunrisers Hyderabad, though he bettered his previous efforts by just one run after splicing Piyush Chawla (2-32) to deep cover in the 12th over. Chawla then trapped AB de Villiers (4) lbw in his next over and Kohli was finally pouched by Russell - Kolkatas most economical bowler after shipping only 24 runs from his four overs - in the 17th having been dropped by visiting skipper Gautam Gambhir from Morkels previous delivery.Shane Watson (34 from 21), Sachin Baby (16 from 8) and Stuart Binny (16 from 4) peppered the boundary towards the death, though, with medium-pacer Binny then striking with the ball in Kolkatas opening over after having Robin Uthappa (1) caught by Kohli at point.Bangalore tightened their grip on the game when ousting the reliable Gambhir (37) in the ninth over but Russell - who was caught in the middle of the 18th over - and Pathans brutal display of hitting consigned the hosts to another defeat and secured Kolkata a first win in three.Catch more IPL action on Tuesday as Delhi Daredevils - victorious over Kolkata on Saturday due in large part to Sam Billings debut half-century - take on table toppers Gujarat Lions. 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