Artyom Levshunov scored his first goal of the season at 1:37 of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 victory against the Winnipeg Jets at United Center on Thursday.
Chicago built a 3-1 lead during the opening period. Connor Bedard opened the scoring on a power play at 8:11 with a wrist shot for his first goal of the season, assisted by Patrick Kane and Tyler Bertuzzi. Frank Nazar made it 2-0 with an unassisted wrist shot at 15:10. Neal Pionk answered for Winnipeg at 16:57 with a slap shot for his first of the year, but Ryan Donato restored Chicago's two-goal cushion only 14 seconds later with a wrist shot set up by Oliver Moore and Wyatt Kaiser.
The Jets fought back over the next two periods to pull even. Kyle Connor cut the deficit to 3-2 at 4:44 of the second period with a power-play wrist shot assisted by Mark Scheifele and Pionk. Alex Iafallo then tied the score 3-3 at 5:39 of the third period on a tip-in from Pionk and Isak Rosen. In overtime, Levshunov secured the victory for the Blackhawks with a wrist shot off passes from Bedard and Kane.
Spencer Knight made 31 saves on 34 shots to earn the win for Chicago, which went 1-for-4 on the power play. Stuart Skinner stopped 24 of 28 shots in the overtime loss for Winnipeg, which scored on one of its three power-play opportunities. Pionk led all Winnipeg skaters with a three-point outing on a goal and two assists.
The Blackhawks improved to 3-5-0 and won their second consecutive game. Winnipeg moved to 4-1-2 following the overtime loss.
Winnipeg visits the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, October 20. Chicago hosts the Montreal Canadiens on Friday, October 23.
