Teuvo Teravainen scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night at United Center.
Chicago opened the scoring just 28 seconds into the game when Teravainen snapped in his first goal of the season off assists from Anton Frondell and Tyler Bertuzzi. Sidney Crosby responded for the Penguins with his first goal of the season at 6:57, beating the goaltender with a wrist shot set up by Erik Karlsson. Roman Kantserov regained the lead for Chicago at 17:50 of the opening frame, converting on the power play with help from Connor Bedard and Bowen Byram. Kantserov struck again at 10:32 of the second period with an even-strength snap shot, assisted by Artyom Levshunov and Patrick Kane, to stretch Chicago's advantage to 3-1.
Pittsburgh fought back before the end of the period when Nick Robertson scored his fourth goal of the season at 17:51 on a wrist shot. Crosby leveled the score at 3-3 at 9:17 of the third period with his second wrist-shot goal of the night, assisted by Connor Dewar and Samuel Girard. Teravainen broke the tie at 15:42 of the final period, scoring his second goal of the evening off assists from Ryan Greene and Cole Smith. Bertuzzi capped the scoring with an empty-net tip-in at 19:50, assisted by Frondell and Teravainen.
Spencer Knight earned the win in net for Chicago, stopping 24 of the 27 shots he faced. Sergei Murashov took the loss for Pittsburgh, turning aside 15 of 19 shots. The Blackhawks converted one of their two power-play opportunities, while the Penguins went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
The victory improved Chicago to a 2-5-0 record on the season. Pittsburgh saw its record move to 3-3-1 following the defeat.
The Penguins visit the Utah Mammoth on Monday, October 19. The Blackhawks host the Montreal Canadiens on Friday, October 23.
