Florida Panthers at Chicago Blackhawks
· National Hockey LeagueMrazek makes 32 saves as the Blackhawks beat the Panthers 3-1
Craig Smith and Nick Foligno also scored as Chicago stopped a three-game slide. The Blackhawks also improved to 3-5-0 at home this season.
Mrazek returned to Chicago's lineup after he missed Tuesday's 3-2 loss to Florida because of a personal matter.
Sam Reinhart scored his 15th goal for Florida, which lost for the fourth time in five games. Spencer Knight stopped 17 shots for the Stanley Cup champions.
Teravainen put Chicago in front with a power-play goal 2:46 into the first period. It was his second goal in his last 17 games.
Smith made it 2-0 when he got a pass from Pat Maroon and went to his backhand to convert a breakaway 10:07 into the second. It was his fifth goal of the season.
Reinhart responded 34 seconds later, beating a screened Mrazek for his fourth goal in his last five games.
Florida pressed for the tying goal in the final minutes, but Foligno put it away with an empty-netter with 1:00 left.
Blackhawks: Coach Luke Richardson was looking for more fight from his team after it blew a 2-1 lead in the third period of the loss to the Ducks. The Blackhawks responded, especially in the last part of the game.
CHI leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
Goal | 1st Period 2:46 | Teuvo Teravainen Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Tyler Bertuzzi (2), Alex Vlasic (8) | |
Goal | 2nd Period 10:07 | Craig Smith Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Patrick Maroon (4), Nick Foligno (3) | |
Goal | 2nd Period 10:41 | Sam Reinhart Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Aaron Ekblad (8), Gustav Forsling (8) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 19:00 | Nick Foligno Goal (6) Poke, assists: none |
Statistics
FLA | CHI | |
---|---|---|
8 | Blocked Shots | 19 |
18 | Hits | 19 |
8 | Takeaways | 5 |
33 | Shots | 20 |
0 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
2 | Power Play Opportunities | 1 |
0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 100.0 |
0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
33 | Faceoffs Won | 25 |
56.9 | Faceoff Win Percent | 43.1 |
11 | Giveaways | 20 |
1 | Total Penalties | 2 |
2 | Penalty Minutes | 4 |