In Chicago, Friday, the visiting Los Angeles Kings managed to get a win over the Blackhawks.
Calvin Petersen, who was called up from the Ontario Reign in the AHL, made 34 saves to get his first NHL win.
It took both teams going to the skills competition but the Kings prevailed, 2-1.
“It was a moment that I’ve thought about in my head for a really long time,” Petersen said. “I’m just really glad and honored it came while I was wearing a Kings uniform. The guys battled incredibly hard in front of me, so I was just a recipient of a lot of very good plays. Big team win, but it was obviously fun to get the first one.”
Tyler Toffoli scored in the middle frame of regulation to give the Kings a 1-0 lead.
“I think somebody fell and the puck kind of came to me in the neutral zone, and I made a move at the blue line and [Kovalchuk] went through, and I think it hit somebody and went in,” Toffoli said.
Chicago tied early in the third on a goal from Brandon Saad.
“Whether it’s getting to the net and getting a great pass like I did, or getting it low to high and just getting there for the action, when our D get it through, we create chances and rebounds and we can battle back to regain some life and keep more puck possession,” Saad said. “When we don’t get shots through, we’re just getting stuck on the backcheck and it’s killing our offense.”
Chicago has lost nine of ten and is 1-6-3 over those games.
“We could’ve won it,” Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said. “It’s still only one point out of two, which is disappointing at home. But we still have some things to clean up, for sure. I liked that we showed character to come back. I thought the overtime was fairly well played too. We kept the puck for a lot of it, generated a couple of things. Obviously would’ve loved to get the extra one, but a little mixed tonight.”
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Corey Crawford made 31 saves in the loss.
“You get three (power plays) in the second, it would be nice to get one (goal). Even if you’re not getting anything on it, it’s nice to get momentum off of it,” Patrick Kane said. “I thought we did a decent job of getting momentum, getting some chances and some looks. Sometimes you’ve just got to converge on the net and hopefully get those rebounds and try to find a way to get one a little bit dirtier sometimes.”
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