Fast's late goal lifts Hurricanes past Blackhawks

CHICAGO --Jesper Fast scored the tiebreaking goal with 29 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 4-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Thursday.

Fast scored on a rebound in the slot after Blackhawks goalie Kevin Lankinen stretched out with his left pad to kick out Vincent Trocheck's shot.
"I heard Trocheck yelling for me to come with good speed, so I just tried to give it to him and get to the net," Fast said. "I got a little weird bounce and I almost missed the puck too, but lucky it went post and in. Very happy with that."
Warren Foegele scored two goals, Dougie Hamilton had two assists, and James Reimer made 22 saves for the Hurricanes (24-8-3), who split the two-game set following a 2-1 loss here Tuesday and have won four of their past five.
"I don't know, it was just some weird bounces for both teams for goals," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "Not a lot going on either way for both teams, but I don't think it was poor. It just wasn't great. I liked the fact that when we have these bad things happen, we just keep playing, so that's good for our guys."

Wyatt Kalynuk had an assist for his first NHL point, and Lankinen made 27 saves for the Blackhawks (17-16-5), who have lost three of their past four games.
"Tough way to lose, no doubt," Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton said. "It was an up-and-down game, a roller coaster. Would've liked to start better, no question about that. We showed some resiliency to come back a couple of different times, and we had our chances to win it. … It's going to hurt here for a few hours for sure, then we have to find a way to turn the page and start building for Saturday (at the Nashville Predators)."
Trocheck beat Lankinen over his right shoulder with a wrist shot off the crossbar to give Carolina a 1-0 lead at 9:48 of the first period.
Foegele made it 2-0 at 2:22 of the second period when his centering pass from below the goal line redirected in off Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith.
"I was just trying to get it to [Nino Niederreiter] there," Foegele said. "Just trying to throw pucks at the net. It's fun how this game works sometimes. There are goals that should go in and some that you get the bounce. Keep it simple, keep playing hard and sometimes you get those bounces."

Reimer made a save with his right skate on Kirby Dach's backhand in front of the net at 5:18. Dominik Kubalik was able to cut it to 2-1 at 15:21 when he received a stretch pass from Kalynuk and scored with a backhand that deflected off Carolina defenseman Jaccob Slavin's stick.
Brandon Hagel tied it 2-2 at 5:46 of the third period. Dach's shot from the slot redirected off Carolina defensemen Jake Bean and Brett Pesce before hitting Hagel's right skate.
Foegele scored with a backhand between his legs to make it 3-2 at 6:54, and Dylan Strome tied it 3-3 at 10:24 when he tipped Connor Murphy's shot from the left point.
Just before Fast scored the game-winning goal, Remier made a pad save against Kubalik from the slot on a rush with 41 seconds remaining.
"If maybe I would go a little harder or put it just a little bit in a different spot it would go in because the hole was there," Kubalik said. "It just stayed under the pads. I knew it right away it stayed there. We didn't score that one and they scored on the way back, so that's pretty frustrating right now."
NOTES: Trocheck has scored 11 points (five goals, six assists) during an eight-game point streak. ... Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane had his five-game point streak end. … The Blackhawks were 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and are 9-for-9 in their past five games. … Strome's goal was his 100th point with Chicago (36 goals, 64 assists in 142 games). ... Foegele was playing on his 25th birthday.