Anisimov nets late winner to lift Blackhawks past Coyotes
CHICAGO -- Artem Anisimov scored the go-ahead goal with 4:47 left in the third period, and the Chicago Blackhawks pulled away for a 3-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday night at the United Center.
Tommy Wingels and Nick Schmaltz also scored as the Blackhawks earned their second consecutive win. Chicago (14-11-5) improved to 8-5-2 on home ice and beat Arizona for the eighth straight meeting.
Anthony Duclair scored the Coyotes' lone goal. Arizona (7-21-5) is winless in its past four games.
Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford made 31 saves to improve to 13-7-2. Arizona goaltender Scott Wedgewood dropped to 3-6-3 despite turning aside 34 shots.
Anisimov scored the go-ahead goal on a wrist shot from the top of the right circle. Right winger Patrick Kane carried the puck into the offensive zone and snapped a pass to Anisimov, who netted his team-leading 13th goal.
Kane set up Schmaltz's goal less than two minutes later to increase Chicago's lead to 3-1.
Chicago opened the scoring with 12:24 to play in the third period. Right winger John Hayden slid a backhand pass to Wingels, who punched in a one-timer for his fourth goal of the season and his second in as many games.
Arizona evened the score at 1 with 5:58 to go in the third period. Duclair crashed toward the net and tapped in his seventh goal.
Neither team scored in the first two periods.
The Blackhawks had a prime scoring opportunity midway through the first period when right winger Alex DeBrincat had a shot from point-blank range. Wedgewood recovered just in time to slide from left to right to make the save.
During a power play in the second period, Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski fired a slap shot from near the blue line. The puck clanked off the crossbar and away from Crawford to preserve the scoreless tie.
NOTES: Blackhawks D Jordan Oesterle returned to the ice after sitting out the previous 11 games as a healthy scratch. He played with Duncan Keith on Chicago's top defensive pairing. ... Coyotes G Antti Raanta received the night off after stopping 33 of 34 shots one day earlier against the Columbus Blue Jackets. ... Blackhawks RW Ryan Hartman was a healthy scratch for the second game in a row. Hartman, 23, has four goals and 10 assists in 27 games. ... The Coyotes' healthy scratches were C Nick Cousins, D Kyle Capobianco and G Michael Leighton. ... Blackhawks D Cody Franson (upper-body injury) and D Michal Kempny did not play.