CHICAGO — Connor Bedard scored his nineteenth purpose, Spencer Knight made 21 saves for his second shutout this season, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the New York Rangers 3-0 on Wednesday evening.
Bedard scored within the second interval off a centering go from Andre Burakovsky to make it 2-0 and assisted on Tyler Betuzzi’s third-period purpose. The 20-year-old, third-year star has 42 factors this season, together with 17 in his final 11 residence video games.
Louis Crevier opened the scoring with a short-handed purpose for the Blackhawks, who bounced again after consecutive blowout losses at Los Angeles and Anaheim.
Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves for the Rangers, who have been coming off back-to-back additional time losses. New York misplaced in regulation for the second time in its previous 9 video games.
The Blackhawks have scored first in 12 of 15 residence video games, which leads the NHL. Chicago has additionally allowed simply 4 first-period objectives, the fewest within the league.
Knight’s shutout was the seventh of his profession. He’s by no means had greater than two in a season.
Rangers middle Mika Zibanejad’s seven-game factors streak ended.
UP NEXT
Rangers: Host Montreal on Saturday evening.
Blackhawks: At St. Louis on Friday evening.
