THREE THINGS: Turning Point, Kalynuk's First and Return Tally

Things looked bleak early for the Blackhawks in Columbus, but Chicago turned a 2-0 hole into a 4-3 victory over the Blue Jackets on Saturday night, including four straight goals to take control of the game until the final minute.
Alex DeBrincat, Carl Soderberg, Wyatt Kalynuk and Dylan Strome all scored in the comeback win, while Kevin Lankinen made 23 saves on the night, including a stretch of 20 straight after going down until the last minute of play.

"Put ourselves behind the eight ball right off the start. Was not the way we wanted to get going, but I thought our guys found a way to crawl back into the game," head coach Jeremy Colliton said. "Probably up until the second intermission, can't ask for much more as far as taking over the game and creating chances and not giving up a whole bunch going the other way... Lots of positives, for sure. Liked how we responded after going down."

Here are three takeaways from the win:

TURNING POINT

Down 2-0 not even 200 seconds into the game, Jeremy Colliton was quick on the trigger using his only timeout just 3:13 into Saturday's contest.
The message delivered in his 60-second break was heard loud and clear as Chicago held Columbus to just one shot the remainder of the period and nearly til the midpoint of the game. Meanwhile, the Blackhawks struck twice on their own in the first to tie things up at the first intermission and added another two in the second en route to their victory with the four straight tallies.
"We just didn't look ready to play. It's a big game for us. Just wanted to hopefully get everyone's attention," said Colliton, who rarely calls his allotted timeout unless it's a late game-tying situation. "I don't love using them, to be honest. I think you get typically enough time to speak to the team in the commercial timeouts and while the play's going on, but tonight, just felt like we needed it."
"He wasn't happy. None of us should've been or were," DeBrincat said. "It's tough when you go down two goals right off the hop. It's a good thing we came back, but we can't let it happen again."

KALYNUK'S FIRST

Kalynuk notched his first NHL goal on Saturday night in an unusual fashion -- one he had to play the waiting game on, too.
Early in the second, the rookie blueliner put a shot towards goal from the point. His shot made it through a mass of bodies in front, trickled an inch over the goal line and was quickly swatted away by a Columbus defenseman. Upon video review it was confirmed a good goal, but Columbus immediately sent the linesmen back to the headset by challenging the goal for goaltender interference. After another lengthy review, incidental contact was ruled in front between Brandon Hagel and Elvis Merzlikins and Kalynuk was finally able to celebrate with his teammates on the bench.

"It feels good," said Kalynuk. "Obviously not how I could've imagined it. Even after the review, I saw it a few times and I didn't think it was even close, but the ref must've got a good view of it from behind the net. Something you dream about. I know my mom, dad and grandma Betty back home are smiling, so feels good for sure."
"I liked his game. I thought he was one of our better D tonight," Colliton said. "Gave us some big shifts. Obviously nice for him to get that goal, a big goal. He keeps improving and earning more and more. Probably going to be some ups and downs, but that's ok. He works hard, he's coachable and he's done a great job here of improving as the year's gone on."
Kalynuk joined Ian Mitchell, Nicolas Beaudin and Hagel as Blackhawks rookies to score their first NHL goals against the Blue Jackets this season. He's the sixth rookie overall to notch his first NHL goal on the year for Chicago (Pius Suter, Philipp Kurashev).

RETURN TALLY

Soderberg got back into the lineup on Saturday night after a three-game absence and wasted no time making an impact on the game in the opening frame, leading the team in shots (3), winning his lone faceoff taken and scoring the game-tying goal before the first intermission. All told, he finished with 11:57 of ice time and a perfect 3-for-3 on draws.
"I thought he was good. A big goal there for us," Colliton said. "I thought they (Soderberg, David Kampf and Ryan Carpenter) gave us some real good shifts, especially in the first two periods... Liked the response."
The veteran center drew back into the lineup replacing Mattias Janmark who was held out ahead of Monday's trade deadline.
"That's an organizational decision to hold him out," Colliton said on Saturday morning.
Janmark, who signed a one-year deal in the offseason, has scored 10 goals and nine assists in 41 games this season, hitting double-digit tallies for the first time since 2017-18.
"A lot of teams are dealing with stuff like this," Colliton added of the decision. "It's the time of year. Obviously you address it [with the team], depending on the situation. The message is focus on what you can control."
Meanwhile, trade deadline additions Brett Connolly and Riley Stillman have joined the team in Columbus. The duo skated on Saturday morning with the scratches and taxi squad players and could get into the lineup in the coming games.
"[We'll] just try to get them up to speed so that as much as possible they can prepare so when they do get in, they can play on instinct," Colliton said.