CHICAGO (AP) — Connor Bedard scored his 19th goal and Spencer Knight made 21 saves for his second shutout of the season and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the New York Rangers 3-0 on Wednesday night.
Bedard scored on a center pass from Andre Burakovsky in the second period to make it 2-0 and assisted on Tyler Bertuzzi’s goal in the third period. The 20-year-old third-year star has 42 points this season, including 17 points in the past 11 home games.
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Louis Crevier opened the scoring shorthanded for the Blackhawks, who bounced back from consecutive losses to Los Angeles and Anaheim.
Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves for the Rangers, who escaped back-to-back overtime losses. New York lost the regular season for the second time in its past nine games.
The Blackhawks have led the NHL in scoring in 12 of 15 home games. Chicago only allowed four goals in the first quarter, the fewest in the league.
Knight’s buzzer-beater was the seventh of his career. He never had more than two in a season.
Rangers center Mika Zibanejad’s seven-game winning streak was snapped.
Next
Rangers: Host Montreal on Saturday night.
Blackhawks: At St. Louis on Friday night.
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