ST. PAUL, Minn. — Patrick Kane scored on a backhand at 9:42 of overtime to lift Chicago over Minnesota, 2-1, in Game 6 to clinch their second-round Western Conference series.

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.

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.