In Chicago, the visiting Carolina Hurricanes trailed the Blackhawks 2-3 after two periods of play on Wednesday night.
Jesper Fast and Martin Necas scored early in the final frame to take a 4-3 lead.
Frederik Andersen, who made 27 saves, made those two strikes stand up for the win, the Canes’ ninth straight to start the season.
“We weren’t great the first two periods, that’s for sure,” Carolina head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “I felt like were just kind of going along with the game. We certainly weren’t playing our game the way we needed to. It showed. We were down going into the third, but then we obviously got to it.”
Alex DeBrincat struck for two goals for Chicago.
“The way they kill, it really scrambles things,” Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton said. “You’re not going to be able to do everything you want to do out there. You’re not going to be able to control the play, and you have to kind of take what they give and find a way to win some loose pucks and battles.
“The fact that the power plays were kind of stacked up worked against us. If they’re spread throughout the game, maybe it’s a little bit easier. But that’s not why we lost the game, so I think let’s not get distracted by that.”
Patrick Kane added a single marker for the Blackhawks.
“We had good spots,” DeBrincat said. “We were up 3-1. We have to find a way to win that game. We just have to battle hard for the full 60 [minutes]. We let up for a couple of minutes there, and there were a couple in our net. [We] have to figure out how to hold a lead.”
Derek Stepan and Seth Jarvis (first NHL goal) also scored for the Hurricanes.
“Super excited,” Jarvis said, I came really close; I hit the D-man’s foot. So it’s nice to get one tonight, especially against Marc-Andre Fleury. I grew up watching him, idolizing him. To get one against him means a little bit more.”
Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves in the Hawks loss.
“It’s a terrible feeling when we put [ourselves] in a great position,” Colliton said. “Then we give them life. We give them momentum, give them their goals. Up 3-1 at home midway through the second period, that should be enough to close the game out.
“We gift-wrapped them an opportunity to get back in the game, and [it was] hard to watch it happen, hard to be a part of.”
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