Patrick Kane's overtime winner lifts Blackhawks past Wild 2-1 to end series in Game 6

Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford (50) deflects a shot in front of Blackhawks defenseman Sheldon Brookbank (17) and Minnesota Wild left wing Zach Parise (11) during the first period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) (The Associated Press)

Chicago Blackhawks right wing Kris Versteeg (23) reacts in front of Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad (20) after scoring on Minnesota Wild goalie Ilya Bryzgalov during the first period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey second-round playoff series in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) (The Associated Press)

Patrick Kane scored on a backhand at 9:40 of overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 6 to clinch their second-round Western Conference series on Tuesday night.

Kris Versteeg scored at 1:58 of the first and Corey Crawford came up with tough save after tough save among his 34 stops for the Blackhawks, who advanced to the Western Conference finals to meet either Anaheim or Los Angeles. Anaheim leads that series 3-2 and Game 6 is Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

Erik Haula scored and Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots for the Wild, who pushed a frenetic pace for much of the night but missed prime chances to score.

They paid for it in the extra period, when a simple dump-in by Brent Seabrook took an unusual bounce back toward the slot. The puck slid past Peter Regin but not Kane, who deked once and flipped it into the net.

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