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Blackhawks Beat Blues in Shootout

Jonathan Toews scored the lone goal in the shootout after connecting for his career-high 35th in regulation, and the Blackhawks beat St. Louis 4-3 on Wednesday night.

 

Tyler Bozak stuffed a rebound with 38.9 seconds left to tie the game at 3 and send it to overtime as St. Louis rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period.

 

Cam Ward stopped Bozak's point-blank first deflection of Patrick Maroon's pass from left wing, but Bozak jammed in a second attempt. The goal withstood a video review for goaltender interference.

 

Vladimir Tarasenko and David Perron also scored for St. Louis, which improved to 95 points, but missed an opportunity to pull into a first-place tie in the Central with idle Winnipeg and Nashville, both of which have 96. The three teams have all clinched playoff spots and each has two games remaining.

 

St. Louis entered having won six of seven. The Blues were last in the NHL at the start of January, but have gone on a 28-10-5 run since the start of 2019, including 11 straight wins from Jan. 23 through Feb. 19.

 

Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist to set a career high for points at 107. Ward stopped 37 shots through overtime and all three Blues shooters in the tiebreaker.

 

Artem Anisimov also connected for Chicago.

 

Ward was strong in his first start in a month. Corey Crawford had started 13 straight games for the Blackhawks, who were eliminated from playoff contention for the second straight season on Tuesday night when Colorado beat Edmonton.

 

Jake Allen stopped 35 shots in his second start in eight games for St. Louis. Even though the Blackhawks are out of the playoffs, Chicago's marquee stars tested him as Kane took six shots and Toews had three.

 

The Blues host Philadelphia on tonight. The Blackhawks host Dallas on Friday in home finale.

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