Blackhawks 4, Blue Jackets 1
CHICAGO -- Artem Anisimov and Teuvo Teravainen scored 65 seconds apart and Marian Hossa chipped in his first goal of the season to propel the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-1 victory over the winless Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night at the United Center.
After scoring just one goal in their previous seven periods on the ice, the Blackhawks broke through while peppering the net with 15 shots in the second period.
Left winger Artemi Panarin set up the Blackhawks' first goal, skating across the center of the ice before dishing to Anisimov beside the net. Anisimov turned around and backhanded the puck past goaltender Curtis McElhinney with 4:25 remaining in the second period.
The goal was Anisimov's second of the season.
Teravainen, whose goal came on a power play, fired a wrist shot 65 seconds later. The puck bounced off a Columbus skate and ricocheted past McElhinney. Defenseman Trevor Daley and Hossa were credited with assists.
Hossa's unassisted goal during a five-on-three power play provided the dagger. He stole the puck at center ice midway through the third period and took it in by himself, scoring his 19th career goal against the Blue Jackets (0-6-0).
Until the two goals late in the second period, the loudest cheers in the United Center came for Blue Jackets forward Brandon Saad and the Chicago Cubs, who scored their first run of the National League Championship Series between the first and second periods.
Saad, who was playing in Chicago for the first time since his offseason trade from the Blackhawks to the Blue Jackets, was honored during the first television timeout. The home fans gave him a standing ovation for helping the Blackhawks win their third Stanley Cup in six seasons.
Jack Johnson scored an unassisted goal in the third period for Columbus (0-6-0), which has been outscored 30-13 this season.
Right winger Patrick Kane added a goal during the final two minutes into an empty net. It was his team-high fourth goal of the season.
Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford had 22 saves.
NOTES: The Columbus Blue Jackets scratched RW Jared Boll, RW Rene Bourque and D Kevin Connauton. ... The Chicago Blackhawks scratched D David Rundblad and RW Viktor Tikhonov. ... Blue Jackets LW Brandon Saad and Blackhawks C Artem Anisimov faced their former teams for the first time Saturday. The Hawks and Blue Jackets swapped the forwards in one of the biggest and most surprising trades of the offseason. ... The Blackhawks recalled C Vincent Hinostroza from the Rockford IceHogs on Friday and assigned RW Kyle Baun to Rockford. Hinostroza, a 21-year-old native of Bartlett, Ill., has two assists for the IceHogs this season. Baun, 23, appeared in two games for the Hawks and registered one shot on goal.