Penguins have 4-goal 2nd period to rout Blackhawks 6-2 for 5th straight
win
[January 30, 2026]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Egor Chinakhov and Anthony Mantha scored on rushes in
a 31-second span in Pittsburgh's four-goal second period, helping the
Penguins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Thursday night for their
fifth straight victory.
Connor Dewar scored twice, Ben Kindel and Ryan Shea added goals, and
Arturs Silovs made 17 saves. Mantha, Shea and Noel Acciari each had two
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Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Shea (5) celebrates his goal during
the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Chicago Blackhawks
in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) |
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The Penguins had been off since sweeping a four-game trip with a
victory over Vancouver on Sunday, with forward Bryan Rust
starting a three-game suspension for a check to Canucks forward
Brock Boeser’s head.
Connor Murphy and Connor Bedard scored for Chicago, and
Soderblom stopped 38 shots in the first game of a back-to-back.
The Blackhawks have lost four straight, falling 4-3 in a
shootout in Minnesota on Tuesday night.
Kindel gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead at 5:54 of the second period.
He came down the left side and beat Soderblom to the far side
with a wrister.
Chinakhov slipped a shots between Arvid Soderblom’s leg pads
with 4:30 left in the period, and Mantha also beat Soderblom
through the legs with 3:59 to go. Shea capped the spree with 30
seconds left in the period, and Dewar added his second of the
night with 6:01 left in the third.
Bedard fired a wrist shot past Silovs with 5:21 to go for his
21st of the season.
Murphy opened the scoring for Chicago at 9:32 of the first.
Dewar tied it 1:52 later.
Penguins forward Rutger McGroarty was recalled from
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League for his NHL
game since sustaining a concussion in practice Jan. 6. He had
five shots, three hits and a block in 10:36.
Up next
Blackhawks: Host Columbus on Friday night.
Penguins: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday.
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