The Blackhawks took a 2-1 time past regulation capture over the Nashville Predators on Sunday evening within the first recreation below intervening time head coach Derek King.
The recreation’s lone regulation targets got right here 1: 50 apart within the 2nd duration, with Brandon Hagel finding twine for the third time on the week. Alex DeBrincat stumbled on the winner in time past regulation to preserve shut the stout two factors for the personnel’s 2nd victory of the twelve months.
Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves on the evening with some particularly huge ones within the third duration to take hang of the recreation deadlocked for time past regulation. The netminder even notched an attend on the recreation-winner.
STAT OF THE NIGHT: Seth Jones tied a season-high four-recreation level droop with a foremost attend on Hagel’s tally, his fourth straight recreation with an attend. He leads NHL defenseman and the Blackhawks total with 11 helpers on the twelve months.
BLACKHAWK OF THE GAME: As a replace of scoring the regulation map, Hagel used to be an offensive possibility all evening with four shots on targets and tying for the personnel lead in scoring possibilities at 13, six of which had been high-hazard threats.
UP NEXT: Chicago continues a three-recreation homestand on Tuesday evening as the Pittsburgh Penguins search recommendation from the United Center.
GAME RECAP
CHI: 1, NSH: 0
2nd – 7: 15 – Brandon Hagel (Seth Jones, Jonathan Toews)
After a scoreless and defensively sound opening body permitting upright 5 shots on map, the Blackhawks obtained the recreation’s opening ruin on the other end for a 1-0 lead. Seth Jones save a one-time feed from Jonathan Toews in opposition to map, missing upright huge with a low, onerous shot. Brandon Hagel worked his well beyond his man Mattias Ekholm within the slot and stumbled on the rebound off the tip boards, tucking a shot short side past Juuse Saros.
Video: NSH@CHI: Hagel cleans up Jones’ rebound
CHI: 1, NSH: 1
2nd – 9: 05 – Alexandre Provider
The Predators answered a temporary time later as Alexandre Provider used to be given time and scream within the attend of the map line. The defenseman proceeded to droop into the slot and tuck a shot in tight between the legs of Kevin Lankinen for his first map of the season and a 1-1 ranking.
CHI: 1, NSH: 1
OT – 0: 37 – Alex DeBrincat (Patrick Kane, Kevin Lankinen)
After a scoreless the relaxation of regulation, Alex DeBrincat conducted give-and-trail with Patrick Kane on a 2-on-1 ruin less than a minute into time past regulation for the recreation-winner as DeBrincat buried a shot past Juuse Saros.
