VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Blackhawks did not have a good trip to the Pacific Northwest.
After losing in Seattle to the Kraken on Thursday night, Chicago allowed three unanswered third-period goals — two short-handed — on Saturday night to the Canucks in Vancouver, as a 1-1 game after two periods ended in a 4-1 loss and an 0-2 road trip. The Blackhawks have lost three straight on the road overall and are 4-7-1 away from home.
Making matters worse, on Saturday the Blackhawks also placed defenseman Seth Jones on injured reserve with a right foot injury.
Erik Brannstrom scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period on Saturday to break the 1-1 tie. Elias Pettersson scored in the second period for the Canucks, and J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes both put the puck into an empty net. Arturs Silovs made 28 saves.
Former Canuck Ilya Mikheyev scored against his old team to give Chicago an early lead, but star forward Connor Bedard was held off the scoresheet in his first NHL game in his hometown.
Arvid Soderblom stopped 29 shots for the Blackhawks.
Mikheyev opened the scoring at 6:50 of the first period, flipping a rebound past a sprawling Silovs.
The Canucks evened the score on their first power play of the game in the second period, when Pettersson deflected a no-look feed from Miller past Soderblom off the skate of Chicago’s Connor Murphy.
Brannstrom one-timed a long deflection along the left boards toward the front of the net and through Soderblom’s legs.
Takeaways
Canucks: After a disappointing 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday, the Canucks got better against Chicago as the game went on.
Blackhawks: Skating on Chicago’s top line with Ryan Donato and Philipp Kurashev, Bedard was held off the scoresheet for a third straight game.
Key moment
With 5:45 remaining in the second period and the score tied 1-1, Silovs squeezed his pads together to thwart an in-tight breakaway chance by Nick Foligno.
Key stat
Pettersson’s power-play goal was his fifth of the year, but the fourth in his last six games.
Up next
Canucks: Will play their first set of back-to-back games this season when the Nashville Predators visits on Sunday.
Blackhawks: Open a two-game homestand against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.
The puck drops at the United Center at 7:30 p.m.