In Chicago, three goals in the first and third periods were enough to send the Blackhawks toa 6-4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, 6-4, on Thursday night.
The win ended the Canes’ five-game win streak.
Alex DeBrincat struck for two goals in the win. Both of his goals came after the Hurricanes had tied the game4-4 in the third period.
“We kind of took the first few games and threw them out, obviously,” DeBrincat said. “We knew we had better than that. I don’t think we’re a team that’s going to beat other teams by skill, but we’ve been working hard, buying into the system and it’s been working out well.”
Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves to get the win as the Hawks improved to 4-4-4.
Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho had a goal and two points each in the loss.
“We gave up a lot of breakaways, our power play was very bad (0-for-4), our [penalty kill] was very bad (2-for-5), and it’s hard to win when you have those things,” the Hurricanes’ Dougie Hamilton said. “I mean, we played them two days ago, we should know what to expect from them and should be able to know how to play against them. We didn’t adjust to their game and we didn’t get to our game.”
Patrick Kane had four points with a goal, and Dominik Kubalik potted one goal and had three points on the night.
“To be honest, just trying to get a shot there and maybe there’s a rebound and something squirts free,” Kane said. “I got lucky where it hit [Slavin’s] skate and went in. Every now and then you need those lucky breaks, and it’s a good feeling.”
Brock McGinn and Nino Niederreiter s also scored for the Canes who had the game tied 4-4 before the Blackhawks replied with two goals.
“We gave away the game in the first period,” Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “You can’t kill penalties, you’re not going to win. To me, it was a special team’s loss for us. We gave up two goals, really, but gave up three in the first period on the penalty kill. You’re not going to win when you do that.”
Mattias Janmark, and Andrew Shaw also scored for Chicago.
“The best part of today’s game was the resiliency we showed to stick with it and get the game back under control after they tied it 3-3,” Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton said. “The back half of the second period, we were good again, we had another push. Again, in the third, we were solid. … Really pleased with the response from the team.”
James Reimer made 29 saves in the loss.
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