Mikheyev, Nazar and Knight lead the Blackhawks to a 3-1 win over the Penguins

6 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ skid-ending win: ‘Everyone stuck to the script and battled’

The Chicago Blackhawks needed a win like Sunday’s 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins at the United Center. Correction: The young Hawks needed a win like this. The Hawks made mistakes, but small ones. They engaged in a bit of a track meet with the Pens, but nothing too risky in what had been a scoreless stalemate through the better part of two periods. They played bend-but-don’t-break hockey — until they could break through. That breakthrou…

Nazar and Knight lead Blackhawks in 3-1 win over the Penguins

CHICAGO — Ilya Mikheyev scored twice, Frank Nazar added a goal and Spencer Knight stopped 28 shots as the Chicago Blackhawks snapped a five-game skid with a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night.

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The Blackhawks finally held on to a lead Sunday, snapping a streak of four games in which they led past the halfway point but wound up losing.Frank Nazar scored his first short-handed goal in the NHL, Sam Rinzel notched his first point and Ilya Mikheyev tallied twice in the third period as the Hawks beat the Penguins 3-1 at the United Center.‘‘The last three weeks [or] month maybe, we’ve played good,’’ Mikheyev said. ‘‘Not [always] win, but we h…

Mikheyev, Nazar and Knight lead the Blackhawks to a 3-1 win over the Penguins

Ilya Mikheyev scored twice, Frank Nazar added a goal and Spencer Knight stopped 28 shots as the Chicago Blackhawks snapped a five-game skid with a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Ilya Mikheyev scores twice to lead Penguins past Blackhawks

Ilya Mikheyev had two goals and Frank Nazar also scored to back a 28-save effort from Spencer Knight as the host Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Sunday to stop a five-game losing streak.