In Chicago, the Blackhawks posted a solid win over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night, 5-2.
Chicago improved to 4-7-3 and Corey Crawford made 36 saves in the win.
“I think we had a pretty solid game all around,” Dylan Strome (three assists) said. “When you’re playing with the lead, you’re not really chasing it. You’re kind of comfortable. I thought [Crawford] did a good job of making some big saves when it was 1-0. It was a good game all around.”
J.T. Miller and Jake Virtanen scored for the Canucks.
Vancouver dropped to 94-3.
“No, we weren’t ready to start the game,” Miller said. “We weren’t moving our feet, weren’t executing. Got behind the eight ball early. It’s hard to come back in the League. They’ve got a lot of talent over there. I don’t think we had the start we were looking for.”
Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists for Chicago.
Alex DeBrincat and Andrew Shaw also scored for the Blackhawks.
“Kind of saw the guy coming there so tried to put it through his stick, and I was going to try to go on a breakaway, but I started falling so just tried to get a puck on net,” DeBrincat said. “I think I surprised [Markstrom]. Pretty lucky it went in, but I guess that’s what you get when you shoot the puck.”
David Kampf and Brandon Saad scored late empty net goals to break away from the Canucks and seal the win.
“We just need to get some energy,” Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton said. “Got to have some fun. These guys — all players — play better when they’re happy and they have some joy in their game. We’re back at home and everyone’s comfortable here and playing, as I said, a difficult opponent that’s had a very good start. I think they had that energy and the game’s easier.”
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Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves in the loss.
“I just don’t think we were very good,” Canucks coach Travis Green said. “We didn’t look sharp, we didn’t handle the puck very well. I thought we’ve had some players who just didn’t … We just weren’t very good tonight, some players. And we’ve talked a lot about that, our consistency in our game. If 100 percent is your best game, you can’t play a 60 percent game. You have to find a way to play at least 80. We just weren’t very good tonight.”
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