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Meanwhile, Bedard posted his third game with at
least three points and Seth Jones had four assists for the
Blackhawks, who rode a four-goal, 22-shot second period to beat
the Coyotes for the second time in six days -- hours after
becoming the first team officially eliminated from this season's
playoffs.
Coyotes star Clayton Keller scored twice and ex-Blackhawks
player Nick Schmaltz had a goal and two assists. Arizona has
allowed 17 goals while losing three of four.
Arizona struck 6:09 into the game when Keller sent a wrister
past partially screened Chicago netminder Arvid Soderblom (32
saves). Keller put the Coyotes up 2-0 just 11 seconds into the
second period off a nifty pass from Schmaltz.
However, the Blackhawks soon woke up.
Bedard put the puck in off the body of Arizona's J.J. Moser at
5:28 of the second. Chicago tied it less than two minutes later
when Blackwell flipped in the deflected shot of teammate Alex
Vlasic.
On a five-on-three power play, Bedard eluded the stick of
Arizona's Josh Brown, then found an opening to beat goaltender
Connor Ingram (34 saves) for the tiebreaker with 9:55 left in
the second.
However, the Coyotes made it 3-3 with 6:03 left in the middle
period when Dylan Guenther converted after the puck took a
friendly carrom off the end board.
On the two-man advantage, though, Chicago regained the lead when
Bedard sent a pass toward the side of the net for Tyler Johnson
to one-time with 2:10 remaining in the second.
Again in the right spot, Blackwell extended Chicago's lead 33
seconds into the third when he pushed in the rebound of Jones'
shot.
Arizona got within a goal 6:51 into the third when Schmaltz
scored on a clearing attempt of his own shot.
However, Ryan Donato restored Chicago's two-goal lead with 12
minutes left.
--Field Level Media
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