Teuvo Teravainen helps the Blackhawks beat the Penguins 5-3 in Connor
Bedard's season debut
[October 14, 2026]
By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Teuvo Teravainen and Roman Kantserov
scored two goals apiece, and the Chicago Blackhawks topped the
Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Tuesday night in Connor Bedard's first game
of the season.
Spencer Knight made 24 saves as Chicago improved to 1-1 on a seven-game
homestand. Patrick Kane picked up his 894th career assist, matching Phil
Housley for the most by a U.S.-born player in NHL history. |
Chicago Blackhawks right wing Roman Kantserov (80) celebrates his second
goal of the night with teammates during the second period of an NHL
hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in
Chicago. (AP Photo/Harry Figiel) |
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Bedard also had an assist. The captain had surgery on his left
shoulder on July 8.
Sidney Crosby scored his first two goals of the season for
Pittsburgh in the opener of a four-game trip. Nick Robertson
also scored, and Sergei Murashov made 15 stops.
Crosby tied it at 3-all when he swept in a rebound with 10:43
left. It was his 656th career goal, tying Brendan Shanahan for
14th on the NHL list.
But Teravainen scored from a tough angle with 4:18 remaining,
and Tyler Bertuzzi closed it out with an empty-netter in the
final seconds.
Chicago jumped in front 28 seconds into the game. Pittsburgh
turned the puck over behind its net and Anton Frondell fed
Teravainen in the low slot for his first goal of the season.
After Crosby tied it for the Penguins, the Blackhawks finished a
pretty passing sequence with their second power-play goal of the
season. Bedard played the puck into the middle to Kantserov, who
beat Murashov with a one-timer with 2:10 left in the first.
Kantserov scored again 10:32 into the second, tipping home a
pass from Artyom Levshunov. The 22-year-old rookie scored his
first career goal during Saturday night's 5-2 loss to Carolina.
Pittsburgh closed to 3-2 on Robertson's fourth goal of the
season. A streaking Robertson knocked in a loose puck with 2:09
left in the second.
The Blackhawks played without forward Frank Nazar, who finished
his two-game suspension for an illegal check against the New
York Islanders on Thursday night.
Up next
Penguins: At Colorado on Friday night.
Blackhawks: Host Winnipeg on Thursday night.
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