Senators Beat Blackhawks, Blues Edge Stars

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Published on December 21 2016 6:21 am
Last Updated on December 21 2016 6:21 am

By ESPN

Mike Condon was 10 years old the last time Ottawa got a win in Chicago. Yup, it had been that long.

Condon made 23 saves, Derick Brassard and Tom Pyatt scored 10 seconds apart during Ottawa's three-goal second period, and the Senators beat the Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday night for their third consecutive victory.

Bobby Ryan added a goal and an assist as Ottawa held on for its first win at the United Center since March 28, 2001, stopping a seven-game road losing streak against Chicago. Dion Phaneuf scored a power-play goal, and Kyle Turris had two assists.

"The organization hadn't won here in 15 years," coach Guy Boucher said. "So I think it's something good to celebrate, but we don't want to celebrate too long. Stay humble and keep working hard and battling."

Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte and Richard Panik scored for the Blackhawks, who had won five in a row and six of seven. Scott Darling made 26 saves while dropping to 6-3-1 in 10 starts since Corey Crawford had an emergency appendectomy on Dec. 3.

"They worked hard," said captain Jonathan Toews, who had a good look in the closing seconds but was unable to get his stick on the puck. "They kept us in our zone more than we wanted to. I think we were too focused on getting on our rush. I think we're getting ahead of ourselves."

Chicago played without center Artem Anisimov for the second straight game due to an upper-body injury, and forward Marian Hossa left in the first period with an upper-body injury. Coach Joel Quenneville said Hossa is questionable for Friday's game against Colorado.

Panik's ninth of the season on a delayed penalty made it 4-3 just 1:42 into the third, but the Blackhawks couldn't come up with the tying score despite putting heavy pressure on Condon in the final minutes of the goaltender's first career game in Chicago. Panik had a shot go off the left post, and the 26-year-old Condon stopped a penalty shot by Marcus Kruger with 4:52 left.

 

Blues 3, Stars 2

David Perron took advantage of one of St. Louis' rare opportunities on Tuesday night, and got the Blues a big win.

Perron put in a wraparound goal at 1:55 of overtime, lifting the Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.

On a delayed penalty, Jaden Schwartz left the puck to Perron to the left of the net, skated behind it and scored from the right side before Dallas goalie Antti Niemi could recover.

"(Schwartz) really battled his butt off to get the puck loose," Perron said. "I'm glad he realized I was behind him, too, I kind of got around Niemi there and I'm thinking I might be able to wrap it short side, and then to leave and go to the other side -- it was a little bit risky."

St. Louis' Patrik Berglund had tied the game 2-2 with 31 seconds left in the second period as he shot from the slot through a tight group of Niemi, defenseman Johnny Oduya and Perron. Dallas challenged the goal, claiming goaltender interference, but it was upheld.

"He's just battling," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. "This is the best (Berglund has) played all year, but he's really got a bead on his game right now."

Schwartz scored in the first period for the Blues and Jake Allen had 36 saves.

Dallas' Jason Spezza scored for a 2-1 lead less than a minute before Berglund tied the game, and assisted on Patrick Eaves' power-play goal in the first period.

Niemi finished with 19 saves.

The Blues were playing on back-to-back nights, coming off an overtime loss at home to Edmonton on Monday that left them 1-3-1 in their previous five games.

"I thought for the game we had yesterday and the emotional content that we've gone through, this is an impressive win," Hitchcock said.

St. Louis improved to 5-5 in overtime. The Stars dropped to 1-7 this season, and 4-14 since Dec. 4 of last year.


Tuesday, December 20 Scoreboard

New York Islanders 4, Boston 2

Nashville 5, New Jersey 1

Pittsburgh 7, New York Rangers 2

Columbus 3, Los Angeles 2 (SO)

Montreal 5, Anaheim 1

Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 1

Florida 4, Buffalo 3 (SO)

Minnesota 2, Colorado 0

Ottawa 4, Chicago 3

St. Louis 3, Dallas 2 (OT)

Vancouver 4, Winnipeg 1

San Jose 4, Calgary 1


Wednesday, December 21 Schedule (All Times Central)

Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.