CHICAGO — Jaroslav Halak made 20 saves, Brock Boeser scored and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Monday evening.
Alex Chiasson and Luke Schenn additionally scored for Vancouver, which had dropped 4 of 5. The Canucks controlled simply 15 photographs on function in a 1-0 time beyond regulation loss at Calgary on Saturday evening.
Connor Murphy scored for the Blackhawks, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 stops.
Taking part in with out captain Jonathan Toews, who ignored his 2d directly sport as a result of a concussion, Chicago misplaced for the 6th time in seven video games. It dropped to 5-7-5 in its remaining 17 video games general.
The Blackhawks trailed 2-0 prior to Murphy drove a protracted slap shot previous Halak with 6:59 left. It used to be the defenseman’s fourth function of the season and simply his fourth level in his remaining 18 video games.
Chicago driven for the tying function, however it used to be whistled for too many males at the ice at 16:53. Schenn then put it away with an empty-netter with 21 seconds left.
Chiasson put Vancouver in entrance 12:21 into the primary. Making the most of a turnover via Blackhawks defenseman Jake McCabe, Chiasson were given a cross from Justin Dowling and beat Fleury at the glove aspect.
It used to be Chiasson’s 5th function of the season and No. 106 in his 600th occupation regular-season sport.
Sam Lafferty had a possibility to reply for Chicago, however he used to be not able to transform an open glance proper in entrance of the online with about 3 mins left within the first.
Boeser then gave the Canucks a 2-0 lead when he redirected Quinn Hughes’ shot previous Fleury 4:28 into the second one. It used to be Boeser’s twelfth function and Hughes’ team-high thirty second help of the season.
HE’S HERE
New Canucks normal supervisor Patrick Allvin joined the group in Chicago. He used to be employed on Wednesday, changing into the twelfth GM in franchise historical past.
HELPING OUT
Former Blackhawks forwards Eddie Olczyk, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp have agreed to assist the group in its seek for a normal supervisor. Blackhawks CEO Danny Wirtz stated Olczyk, Hossa and Sharp “are revered hockey minds who’ve nice wisdom of the sport.” Mike Forde, the chief chairman of Sportsology and a former government with Chelsea F.C., is also advising the group at the opening.
UP NEXT
Canucks: On the Nashville Predators on Tuesday evening.
Blackhawks: Host the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday evening.
