Blackhawks edge Senators to halt eight-game skid

Jason Dickinson scored the game-winning goal with 1:52 left, Connor Bedard had a goal and assist and Petr Mrazek made 40 saves as the host Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Saturday.

Chicago snapped an eight-game losing streak while withstanding the Senators' 42-22 advantage in shots on goal.

Bedard had a would-be, go-ahead goal disallowed at 12:20 of the third after a replay review determined the play was offside, but Chicago kept pushing — and relying on Mrazek.

Dickinson scored on a rebound in front and Chicago held on for its first victory since Jan. 19. The Blackhawks have won 11 straight against the Senators.

Bedard notched his first multi-point game since Dec. 27 at Winnipeg, which also marked the last time he scored before Saturday.

The top pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and the Blackhawks' leading scorer, Bedard returned to the lineup Thursday after missing 14 games with a fractured jaw he suffered Jan. 5 at New Jersey.

Nick Foligno netted the game's first goal at 13:29 of the first period, deflecting the puck past Senators goaltender Joonas Korpisalo off a cross-crease feed from Philipp Kurashev, who had two assists.

Ottawa tied the game just 2:28 later when Tim Stutzle finished a long 2-on-1 with Claude Giroux that started inside the Senators' blue line.

The Senators grabbed a 2-1 lead on Jakob Chychrun's power-play goal at 8:13 of the second period. Stutzle dropped a pass to Vladimir Tarasenko, who sent the puck to a waiting Chychrun at the bottom of the left circle. Chicago had killed 10 successive penalties before the goal.

That advantage was short lived, too, as the Blackhawks scored the equalizer 2:41 later. Kurashev corralled a rebound of a long Bedard shot before finding Bedard in the right circle, where he wristed the puck past Korpisalo.

Chicago didn't get a power-play opportunity until early in the third period and was unable to score on two shots. Korpisalo made 19 saves.

Ottawa defensemen Jake Sanderson (lower-body injury) and Artem Zub (undisclosed) were back in the lineup after missing the past three and two games, respectively.

Referee Furman South took a Boris Katchouk shot to the side of the head in the first period and was taken to the locker room, holding a towel to his head. He returned for the second period.

—Field Level Media