Toews scores late to lead Blackhawks in 4-3 win over Winnipeg Jets

WINNIPEG - Jonathan Toews deflected in the winning goal with 31 seconds left in regulation as the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Sunday.

Andrew Shaw, Brad Richards and Patrick Sharp also scored for Chicago (45-24-6).

Dustin Byfuglien scored twice on the power play and Blake Wheeler recorded his fourth short-handed goal of the season for Winnipeg (39-25-12). Andrew Ladd picked up two assists.

Corey Crawford made 31 saves for the Blackhawks, who snapped a two-game losing skid.

Ondrej Pavelec stopped 20 shots in the loss, which snapped his six-game winning streak.

The loss also ended Winnipeg's four-game winning streak at home. It was the second game of a four-game homestand. Winnipeg hosts the New York Rangers on Tuesday.

Sharp got an unexpected pass to tie the game 3-3 early in the third period.

Jets defenceman Toby Enstrom lost his stick going past a linesman along the boards and then batted the puck. Sharp picked it up and beat Pavelec at 6:27.

Chicago had scored the only goal in the first period and then the teams combined for four goals in the second.

After more than 10 minutes without a shot on goal in the first, the Blackhawks got on the board during a power play with Byfuglien in the penalty box for elbowing.

Shaw spun around in front the net and used a rebound off a Brandon Saad shot to score his 14th goal of the season at 18:30.

Winnipeg had killed off 19 of 20 penalties in its previous seven games heading into Sunday.

Byfuglien tied the game 1-1 with an unassisted goal on the power play at 4:34 of the second. His shot went off Crawford into the air and then down and off a defender into the net for his 17th goal of the season.

Wheeler made it 2-1 with his team-leading 25th goal on a patient play. After taking a pass from defenceman Tyler Myers, Wheeler skated in and waited to send a low shot behind Crawford's skate at 7:40.

Richards tied it at 16:19, but Byfuglien restored the Jets' lead with 26 seconds left in the period.

Byfuglien fired a blast straight at Crawford from just inside the blue-line, the same spot he had a shot clang off the post seconds earlier. Drew Stafford assisted on the goal, extending his career-high points streak to nine games with four goals and seven assists, the longest active points streak in the league.

Winnipeg outshot the Blackhawks 21-15 after two periods.

After Sharp tied it up at 6:27 of the third, the Jets had a power play with just over four minutes to play, but couldn't capitalize.

Toews tallied his 25th goal of the season after redirecting Niklas Hjalmarsson long shot.