RECAP: Blackhawks Top Wings in OT, 3-2

For the second straight game, the Blackhawks picked up a 3-2 overtime victory, this time against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night in Michigan.
Mattias Janmark and Dominik Kubalik scored in regulation before Kubalik netted the extra-time winner in the victory, while Malcolm Subban stopped 27 saves in his second straight win.

BLACKHAWK OF THE GAME: Kubalik's two goals on the night, including the game-winner, proved the difference in Detroit.
STAT OF THE NIGHT: With his sixth goal of the season, Janmark matched his season total in each of the last two years in just 17 games (played 81 in 2018-19 and 62 in 2019-20).
UP NEXT: Chicago and Detroit reach the midway point of their season series on Wednesday at Little Caesars Arena (6:30 p.m. - NBCSN).

GAME RECAP

CHI: 1, DET: 0

1st - 4:19 - Mattias Janmark (Carl Soderberg, Nikita Zadorov)

The Blackhawks struck first with their first shot on goal nearly five minutes into action in Detroit. Gathering the puck behind the net, Carl Soderberg walked out towards the right dot and put a no-look spin pass from his backhand across the slot for Mattias Janmark on the weak side. The winger quickly put a shot into the gaping cage for a 1-0 advantage.

CHI: 2, DET: 0

1st - 16:09 - Dominik Kubalik (Brandon Hagel)

Dominik Kubalik and Brandon Hagel combined from start to finish to give the Blackhawks a 2-0 lead late in the opening frame. Kubalik broke up a Detroit pass in the neutral zone with the puck deflecting into the path of Hagel, who quickly turned the other way on the offensive. The rookie drove into the zone and sent a backhand pass to a streaking Kubalik in the crease, where the sophomore forward chipped a shot past Thomas Greiss.

CHI: 2, DET: 1

1st - 19:45 - Vladislav Namestnikov (Patrik Nemeth)

Detroit pulled one back in the dying seconds of the first period as Vladislav Namestnikov found Patrik Nemeth with a cross-ice feed. Nemeth's ensuing shot towards goal was denied by Malcolm Subban, but the rebound fell right to Namestnikov on the weak side for the tap-in tally.

CHI: 2, DET: 2

3rd - 5:49 - Christian Djoos (Frans Nielsen, Adam Erne)

After a scoreless middle frame, the Red Wings pulled even early in the third off an individual effort from newcomer Christian Djoos. Frans Nielsen sent a puck from the corner to Djoos crossing the blue line off a change, and the defenseman faked a shot in the high slot, cut to his left and ripped a quick wrister past Malcolm Subban for the equalizer.

CHI: 2, DET: 2

OT - 4:43 - Dominik Kubalik (Pius Suter)

Chicago would go to overtime for the league-leading eighth time this season and picked up their fourth overtime victory in the last five games as Pius Suter fed Dominik Kubalik on a 2-on-1, where the reigning rookie goal champion beat Thomas Greiss five-hole for the winner with seconds left on the clock.