Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks

Mikheyev, Nazar and Knight lead the Blackhawks to a 3-1 win over the Penguins

Rickard Rakell scored on a power play and Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 saves for the Penguins, who have lost five of their last seven games.

After a scoreless first period, Nazar gave Chicago the lead with a short-handed goal at 18:55 of the second. It was Nazar's ninth of the season and came off Teuvo Teravainen's 42nd assist.

Mikheyev stretched the Blackhawks' lead to 2-0, scoring on a wrist shot at 9:40 of the third. Connor Bedard and Sam Rinzel assisted. He added an empty-netter with 56 seconds remaining.

Rakell pulled Pittsburgh within a goal at 14:36 of the third, matching his career high with his 34th goal of the season. Bryan Rust and Ville Koivunen picked up assists.

Blackhawks: Entered the game having lost 12 of their last 13 games. Chicago won for the first time since beating Philadelphia 7-4 on March 23.

Key moment A key save by Knight with a minute remaining set Mikheyev's second goal of the game, an empty netter, in motion and spoiled Pittsburgh's comeback bid.

Key stat Nazar's short-handed goal was just the fifth allowed by the Penguins this season.

Up next The teams play again on Tuesday at Pittsburgh.

CHI leads series 1-0