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Chicago is 6-2-0 this season against Columbus,
which has lost three straight amid a 2-8-2 rut.
Off a 200-foot rush of his own, Patrik Laine tied the game at
3-3 on his second goal of the contest with 8:28 in regulation.
Laine's scored half of his 12 goals this season against Chicago,
and the latest came after the Blackhawks erased a 2-1 deficit
earlier in the third period.
Following a neutral-zone turnover by the Blue Jackets, Patrick
Kane (40 assists in 2020-21) corralled the puck and found rookie
Philipp Kurashev, whose drive made its way past Korpisalo (30
saves) for a 2-2 tie at the 6:15 mark of the third. A little
over two minutes later, and after another Columbus turnover,
this time in its own zone, Brett Connolly -- in his first game
since being acquired from Florida in a five-player trade on
April 8 -- picked up the puck and beat Korpisalo to give Chicago
a 3-2 lead.
Columbus opened the scoring with 5:59 left in the first period
when Stefan Matteau got behind the Chicago defense and went
top-shelf off a breakaway for his first goal of the season.
However, Chicago leveled the score via Duncan Keith's slapshot
on the power play with 3:35 left in the opening frame.
The Blue Jackets regained the lead 6:11 into the second on
Laine's drive from just inside the blue line.
Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves for the Blackhawks.
Chicago and Columbus were each busy dealing some prominent
players prior to Monday's trade deadline. The Blue Jackets dealt
captain Nick Foligno, defenseman David Savard and Riley Nash.
The Blackhawks' more notable moves included separate trades of
forwards Carl Soderberg, Mattias Janmark and Lucas Wallmark.
--Field Level Media
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