RECAP: Blackhawks Fall to Rangers, 6-3

The Blackhawks returned home and dropped a 6-3 game to the New York Rangers on Wednesday night at the United Center.
Dominik Kubalik scored twice and Drake Caggiula added a third-period goal of his own in the loss.

CHI 3, NYR 6
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PLAYER OF THE GAME: Kubalik's two goals mark the fourth multi-goal game of the season and extended his lead atop the rookie goal scoring lead with 25 now on the year.
STAT OF THE NIGHT: With the primary assist on Kubalik's second-period tally, Duncan Keith notched the 500th assist of his career. He is seventh Blackhawk all-time and only the second defenseman to hit the mark.
UP NEXT: Chicago wraps up a brief two-game homestand as the Nashville Predators come to the United Center on Friday evening (
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GAME RECAP

The Rangers struck early as Filip Chytil found a five-hole seam while driving the puck wide off a rush to give the visitors a 1-0 lead at 1:58 of the opening frame.
Kubalik leveled things up early in the middle frame, putting a backdoor, one-timer feed from Keith past the outstretched glove of Igor Shesterkin from the near circle at 2:29.

Pavel Buchnevich continued the trend of early-period goals at 2:33 of the third. Chris Kreider collected the puck behind the Blackhawks net and quickly found the winger in the slot for a one-timer to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead.
Ryan Strome made it 3-1 shortly after, spinning to collect a rebound off Lehner's pad and sliding it home past Keith and Lehner in the process at 4:01 of the third.
Caggiula sprung Kubalik on a breakaway for his second of the night with a neutral-zone pass that the rookie chipped to himself between the Rangers defenseman and then beat Shesterkin with a backhander in tight to cut New York's lead to 3-2 at 6:05.

Kreider converted a partial break of his own at 8:48, turning the corner off a rush and cutting across the goal mouth from left to right, sliding the puck between Lehner's legs in the process.
Artemi Panarin made it a 5-2 game less than a minute later with a shot from the slot off a deflection that he quickly put on net and past Lehner at 9:41.
The catalyst to Kubalik's second, Caggiula got on the board himself at 11:39 with a one-timer at the top of the crease off a Jonathan Toews feed from behind the goal, cutting New York's lead to 5-3.

The Rangers made it 6-3 as Zibanejad redirected a Buchnevich pass at the side of the net at 13:37 of the third.