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 Captain Jonathan Toews scored the tiebreaking goal and rookie Teuvo
Teravainen also tallied as the Blackhawks remained one point behind
St. Louis and closed within three of Central Division-leading
Nashville. Corey Crawford made 35 saves as Chicago extended its
winning streak to three games.
Derek Dorsett scored the lone goal for Vancouver, which suffered its
seventh loss in eight visits to the Windy City (1-4-3). Eddie Lack
turned aside 35 shots for the Canucks, who remained four points
ahead of Calgary for second place in the Pacific Division.
After Marian Hossa deflected defenseman Johnny Oduya's blast off the
crossbar, Toews reached in with the blade of his stick and tapped in
the puck at 8:04 of the third period to snap a 1-1 deadlock. Kruger
added an insurance tally 2:27 later, breaking in alone and tucking a
backhander past Lack.
Kruger set up the opening goal at 6:51 of the first session, sliding
a pass back to Teravainen for a wrister from the right faceoff
circle. Dorsett pounced on a giveaway by Chicago defenseman Michal
Rozsival and fired the puck into the top left corner of the net for
the equalizer with 1:14 left in the period.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Toews scored for the third time during his four-game
point streak. ... Dorsett ended a nine-game goalless drought for the
Canucks, who were bidding for their first six-game road winning
streak since a nine-game run in March 2011. ... The Blackhawks
snuffed out all three power-play chances after yielding five goals
in 12 short-handed situations over their previous six games.
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