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01/29 20:40 CST Penguins have 4-goal 2nd period to rout Blackhawks 6-2 for 5th
straight win
Penguins have 4-goal 2nd period to rout Blackhawks 6-2 for 5th straight win
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- Egor Chinakhov and Anthony Mantha scored on rushes in a
31-second span in Pittsburgh's four-goal second period, helping the Penguins
beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2 on Thursday night for their fifth straight
victory.
Connor Dewar scored twice, Ben Kindel and Ryan Shea added goals, and Arturs
Silovs made 17 saves. Mantha, Shea and Noel Acciari each had two assists.
The Penguins had been off since sweeping a four-game trip with a victory over
Vancouver on Sunday, with forward Bryan Rust starting a three-game suspension
for a check to Canucks forward Brock Boeser's head.
Connor Murphy and Connor Bedard scored for Chicago, and Soderblom stopped 38
shots in the first game of a back-to-back. The Blackhawks have lost four
straight, falling 4-3 in a shootout in Minnesota on Tuesday night.
Kindel gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead at 5:54 of the second period. He came down
the left side and beat Soderblom to the far side with a wrister.
Chinakhov slipped a shots between Arvid Soderblom's leg pads with 4:30 left in
the period, and Mantha also beat Soderblom through the legs with 3:59 to go.
Shea capped the spree with 30 seconds left in the period, and Dewar added his
second of the night with 6:01 left in the third.
Bedard fired a wrist shot past Silovs with 5:21 to go for his 21st of the
season.
Murphy opened the scoring for Chicago at 9:32 of the first. Dewar tied it 1:52
later.
Penguins forward Rutger McGroarty was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of
the American Hockey League for his NHL game since sustaining a concussion in
practice Jan. 6. He had five shots, three hits and a block in 10:36.
Up next
Blackhawks: Host Columbus on Friday night.
Penguins: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday.
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