Blackhawks outlast Flyers after coughing up big lead
CHICAGO -- Marian Hossa scored his 500th career goal and Artemi Panarin and Artem Anisimov each scored twice as the Chicago Blackhawks rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-4 on Tuesday night at the United Center.
Panarin's second goal came with less than four minutes to play after Anisimov snapped a 4-4 tie with a wrist shot at the 10:24 mark of the third period. Anisimov added an empty-netter to cap the scoring.
The three goals came after the Blackhawks (2-2) had allowed four straight goals.
Hossa, who became the 44th player in NHL history to reach the 500-goal plateau, left the game in the third period after being hit by a puck.
The Flyers erased a four-goal deficit after Wayne Simmonds pounded a power-play rebound past Corey Crawford with 3:49 gone in the third period. Philadelphia (1-1-1) got to within 4-3 with a pair of goals in a span of 1 minute, 17 seconds after entering the period trailing by three goals.
Matt Read scored his second goal of the night just 37 seconds into the third period before Sean Couturier followed with a backhand that got past Crawford, who hadn't allowed an even-strength goal before Tuesday night.
Crawford finished with 23 saves.
Hossa's milestone goal gave Chicago a 4-0 lead after the veteran right-winger came with only three seconds remaining on a power play at 5:04 of the second period. Hossa received a standing ovation after the score, which chased Flyers' starting goalie Michal Neuvirth in favor of Steve Mason. Neuvirth gave up the four goals on 16 shots.
Philadelphia got to within 4-1 with 1:37 remaining in the period when Matt Read scored on a power-play goal as the Blackhawks' penalty-killing unit's season-long struggles continued.
The Blackhawks used a first-period scoring flurry to build a 3-0 advantage. After being held without a goal for the first three games of the season, Patrick Kane used a wraparound goal off a rebound 56 seconds in to give Chicago a 1-0 lead.
Dennis Rasmussen extended the lead later in the period after he took advantage of defenseman Ivan Provorov losing his footing in the Blackhawks zone. That gave Rasmussen a 1-on-1 chance against Neuvirth, who allowed Rasmussen's back-handed shot to slide underneath him.
Panarin finished off the first-period scoring 13 seconds into a power play when he took a pass from Brent Seabrook and fired a one-timer past Neuvirth.
NOTES: Flyers F Roman Lyubimov made his NHL debut Tuesday night. The Russian, who signed out of the Kontinental Hockey League during the offseason, was a healthy scratch in the Flyers' first two games and debuted on coach Dave Hakstol's fourth line. ... C Nick Cousins was a healthy scratch for the Flyers while D Radko Gudas and C Brayden Schenn (suspensions) were also scratched. ... Blackhawks rookie F Ryan Hartman missed his second straight game with a lower body injury. Hartman said at Tuesday's morning skate that he hoped to return to the lineup Friday against Columbus. "We've got a really good medical staff here," Hartman told reporters Tuesday morning. "They did everything they needed to do, and luckily found out it wasn't too serious. (I'm) looking forward to getting back to being game-ready."... D Michal Rozsival and D Trevor van Riemsdyk were scratches for Chicago.