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Eric Robinson also scored for the Blue Jackets,
who received a 31-save outing from Korpisalo en route to their
second consecutive win. Possibly Korpisalo's biggest save came
against Patrick Kane with three minutes remaining.
Columbus, which is on a 4-0-3 run, will meet the Blackhawks
again in Chicago on Sunday.
Dylan Strome scored for the Blackhawks, and Kevin Lankinen made
25 saves.
Bjorkstrand opened the scoring with a power-play tally 8:53 into
the first period. While the Blue Jackets worked the puck around
the offensive zone, Cam Atkinson spied Bjorkstrand alone at the
left faceoff dot and feathered a perfect pass that was blasted
into the top shelf for Bjorkstrand's third goal of the season.
Robinson doubled the Columbus edge at 3:39 of the second period.
Sprung for a breakaway by Bjorkstrand, Robinson sped down the
wing before ripping a top-corner, glove-side wrist shot into the
net for his second goal of the season.
With the Blackhawks needing a surge of life, Strome provided it
with a power-play goal just past the midway point of the second
period. The hosts were buzzing all around the zone generating
chances and were finally rewarded when Strome found the mark
from the slot for his third goal of the campaign.
Columbus also received some good news off the ice. Patrik Laine,
the sniper acquired on Jan. 23 in a trade with the Winnipeg
Jets, finally received his visa and arrived in Columbus on
Friday. After a 48-hour quarantine, Laine is expected to suit up
on Tuesday when the Blue Jackets play host to the Dallas Stars.
Lankinen made several stops to keep his club in the hunt. The
rebuilding and short-handed Blackhawks -- who have a handful of
key offensive players out of action due to injury or illness --
have won only two of nine games to start the season.
--Field Level Media
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