nhl Game Recap
Chicago Skates Past Columbus 5-2 - Recap
The Blue Jackets came up short Friday against the Blackhawks, falling 5-2.
Chicago was favored by -106 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Jonathan Toews, Taylor Raddysh, Andreas Athanasiou, Patrick Kane, and Max Domi each scored for the Blackhawks in the victory. Kane opened the scoring for Chicago.
Alex Stalock turned in a 27-save effort for the Blackhawks.
Kirill Marchenko, and Marcus Bjork scored for the Blue Jackets, finding the net behind Alex Stalock.
Columbus got a 16-stop effort from Daniil Tarasov in the loss.
On the power play, Chicago went 1-for-5, while the Blue Jackets were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Columbus lost the shots on goal battle to Chicago by a margin of 37-29.
Chicago heads into a battle against the Hurricanes. Columbus, meanwhile, will have their next action against Buffalo.