Joonas Korpisalo, who allowed all five goals in Tuesday's loss, was outstanding Saturday through 60 minutes of play. He stopped 52 of the 54 shots he faced.
Chicago iced a roster that included captain Jonathan Toews, and veterans including Patrick Sharp, Patrick Kane and former Jacket, Brandon Saad, but they couldn't gain the edge offensively.
The game started on a positive note for the Jackets. For the first time this preseason, the Jackets scored the opening goal of a game.
11:51 into the opening period, Murray took the puck away from Alex DeBrincat before skating through the right circle and beating JF Berube glove side. It was an impressive individual effort from the 23-year-old defenseman.
The first Chicago goal came from former Jacket, Artem Anisimov. Korpisalo had stopped an Anisimov attempt from point blank range early. But then with 3:10 left in the first period, the Russian forward went on a breakaway off a Patrick Sharp pass. He fired the puck past Korpisalo to tie the game at one.
In the second period, the Jackets surged.
4:37 in, Zach Werenski got the puck to Bobby MacIntyre in the neutral zone. He carried the puck over the blue line and bounced the puck off the back boards to Lukas Sedlak who was set up to the right of the net. Sedlak promptly banged the puck in to make it 2-1.
28 seconds later, Vitaly Abramov fed Bjorkstrand who sped down the left side and launched a backhand shot past Anton Forsberg to gain a two-goal lead over Chicago. Jack Johnson had the secondary assist.
The Jackets held serve through most of the third period. On a late slashing penalty committed by Bobby MacIntyre, the Blackhawks pulled their goaltender to skate 6-on-4. Toews banged home the puck for a power play goal that set the score at 3-2, a tally that would stand as the final.
While they only produced 21 shots in the game, the Jackets were able to hold the Blackhawks at bay, backstopped by Korpisalo, to win 3-2.
The Jackets are now 1-2-1 in the preseason. They play a 3:00 p.m. matinee against Nashville Sunday at Nationwide Arena.