Chicago Blackhawks at Vancouver Canucks

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Chicago Blackhawks

6-5-3

Final
5 - 2

Vancouver Canucks

7-8-0

Bertuzzi's third-period hat trick leads Blackhawks past Canucks 5-2

Tyler Bertuzzi fuels Blackhawks with a natural hat trick

Ilya Mikheyev also scored and Connor Bedard added an empty-net goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, while Ryan Donato contributed a pair of assists. Spencer Knight stopped 43 shots.

Aatu Raty and Evander Kane score the Canucks in a game in which all seven goals were scored in the third period. Kevin Lankinen made 23 saves for the Canucks, who outshot the Blackhawks 45-28.

Bertuzzi opened the scoring just over three minutes into the third period, deflecting a long shot from Matt Grzelcyk in with his skate at the side of the net.

The win snapped Chicago's three-game skid.

Bedard stretched his point streak to six games with five goals and six assists across the stretch.

Canucks winger Conor Garland returned to the lineup after missing three games with an undisclosed injury. Vancouver still has five players on its injured reserve list, but assistant coach Brett McLean said after Wednesday’s morning skate that forwards Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Teddy Blueger are expected to practice in noncontact jerseys “soon.”

Up next Blackhawks: Visit Calgary on Friday.

Canucks: Host Columbus on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	3rd Period 3:06	Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (4) Deflected, assists: Matthew Grzelcyk (3), Connor Murphy (3)
Goal	3rd Period 6:46	Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor Bedard (11), Artyom Levshunov (6)
Goal	3rd Period 7:39	Ilya Mikheyev Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Donato (3), Oliver Moore (1)
Goal	3rd Period 11:37	Tyler Bertuzzi Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Louis Crevier (3), Ryan Donato (4)
Goal	3rd Period 16:49	Aatu Raty Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Pierre-Olivier Joseph (1)
Goal	3rd Period 18:00	Evander Kane Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Quinn Hughes (7), Tom Willander (2)
Goal	3rd Period 19:00	Connor Bedard Goal (7) Backhand, assists: Spencer Knight (1)

Statistics

CHI		VAN
8	Blocked Shots	15
12	Hits	18
4	Takeaways	6
28	Shots	45
1	Power Play Goals	0
1	Power Play Opportunities	2
100.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
20	Faceoffs Won	25
44.4	Faceoff Win Percent	55.6
17	Giveaways	21
2	Total Penalties	1
4	Penalty Minutes	2

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Filip Chytil, C	Out	Feb 20
Nils Hoglander, LW	Day-To-Day	Feb 5
Marco Rossi, C	Injured Reserve	Jan 27
Zeev Buium, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 27
Brock Boeser, RW	Injured Reserve	Jan 27

Chicago Blackhawks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jason Dickinson, C	Day-To-Day	Feb 19
Wyatt Kaiser, D	Injured Reserve	Feb 18
Colton Dach, C	Day-To-Day	Feb 4
Ryan Ellis, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 8
Shea Weber, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 30