A two-goal effort from Ilya Mikheyev, a shorthanded purpose from Frank Nazar and a 28-save efficiency from Spencer Knight helped the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Sunday, April 6.
The sport was scoreless till the 18:55 mark of the second interval, when the Blackhawks’ rookie centre Nazar scored his ninth purpose of the season to offer Chicago a 1-0 lead.
Halfway by way of the third interval, Mikheyev scored his nineteenth purpose to make it 2-0, with Connor Bedard recording his fortieth help of the season on the play.
5 minutes later, Penguins’ ahead Rickard Rakell scored on the ability play, tying his profession excessive with 34 targets on the season to chop the deficit to at least one.
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The Penguins would push within the dying minutes of the sport, however Mikheyev scored his second purpose of the sport off an empty-netter with 56 seconds to go to seal the 3-1 victory for the Blackhawks.
Alex Nedeljkovic, who was taking part in his first sport since March 27, stopped 28 pictures within the shedding effort.
The Blackhawks at the moment are 22-45-10 with 54 factors, final within the Central Division and the second-worst file in each the Western Convention and the whole league. Going into Sunday’s sport, Chicago had misplaced 5 straight and 12 of their final 13 video games.
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As for the Penguins, they’re now 31-35-12 with 74 factors, seventh within the Metropolitan Division and second final within the Jap Convention. Pittsburgh has now misplaced 5 of their final seven video games.
The 2 groups face one another once more on Tuesday, April 8, this time in Pittsburgh. After that, the Blackhawks journey to Massachusetts to face the Boston Bruins on April 10, then host the Winnipeg Jets on April 12. In the meantime, the Penguins return on the street to face the New Jersey Devils, then host the Bruins.
