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Noah Hanifin had a goal and an assist for the
Flames (36-27-15, 87 points), who missed a chance to tie the
Winnipeg Jets for the second wild card spot in the Western
Conference. Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves.
Athanasiou gave Chicago a 1-0 lead at 5:09 of the first period.
Reichel took a pass from Jonathan Toews and quickly fed
Athanasiou, who took it to the slot before beating Markstrom
glove side.
Tyler Toffoli tied it 1-1 at 11:52. Chicago defenseman Seth
Jones intercepted Andrew Mangiapane's pass attempt and tried to
send it over to his brother, Caleb Jones, but Toffoli got his
stick on the floating puck to put it in the back of the net.
Jujhar Khaira put the Blackhawks back in front 2-1 at 19:22.
Boris Katchouk intercepted a soft rim behind the net by Nazem
Kadri and quickly dished to Khaira streaking toward the net.
Hanifin finished off a passing play from the slot to tie it 2-2
at 11:44 of the second period.
The Flames outshot the Blackhawks 19-4 in the middle frame,
holding the visitors without a shot on goal for the final 11
minutes of the period.
Athanasiou stole the puck in the neutral zone and converted on a
give-and-go on a 2-on-1 with Reichel for a 3-2 Chicago lead at
1:42 of the third period, depositing it into a wide-open net
after Markstrom overcommitted to Reichel.
Austin Wagner pushed it to 4-2 at 3:11 when he scored from the
left circle on a 2-on-1.
Mikael Backlund banked one off the skate of Blackhawks
defenseman Ian Mitchell from the bottom of the right circle to
narrow it to 4-3 at 13:09.
--Field Level Media
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