RECAP: Blackhawks Comeback Attempt Falls Short vs. Jets in 6-4 Loss

The Blackhawks comeback attempt fell short on Sunday night, falling to the Jets 6-4 at the United Center. Chicago turned a three-goal hole in the third into a one-goal game late before a Blake Wheeler empty-netter sealed the deal for the visitors.
Jonathan Toews, Dylan Strome, Taylor Raddysh and Philipp Kurashev all found the net on the night in the loss. Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 stops in the defeat.

POSTGAME LINKS
GAMECENTER: CHI vs. WPG
ANALYSIS: Newcomers Make Early Impact as Trade Deadline Nears
HIGHLIGHTS: Blackhawks vs. Jets
GALLERY: Blackhawks vs. Jets
INSIDER: Vlasic on Jump from NCAA to NHL
BLACKHAWK OF THE GAME: Newcomer Taylor Raddysh made his mark in his first home game, scoring a goal, adding a primary assist and tying the team lead with four shots on goal.
STAT OF THE NIGHT: Ryan Carpenter skated in his 300th NHL game on Sunday night, his 168th with the Blackhawks.
UP NEXT: Chicago embarks on a three-game Pacific Division swing on Wednesday night in Anaheim.

GAME RECAP

CHI: 0, WPG: 1

1st - 9:14 - Nikolaj Ehlers (Kyle Connor, Nate Schmidt)

The Jets opened the scoring after a back-and-forth start as Nikolaj Ehlers converted a wraparound chance for a 1-0 lead. Following a Blackhawks rush, Winnipeg turned the puck back the other way with Ehlers skating the puck from his own end into the offensive zone. He dropped a pass for Kyle Connor inside the blue line and then got a return feed in the corner with speed, where he turned the corner and tucked a shot off the skate of Marc-Andre Fleury at the far post.

CHI: 1, WPG: 1

2nd - 1:13 - Jonathan Toews (Taylor Raddysh, Dominik Kubalik)

The Blackhawks scored a pair of tallies within a 23-second span early in the second to take the lead, starting with Jonathan Toews' eighth of the season. Newly-acquired Taylor Raddysh notched his first point as a Blackhawk to setup the captain, collecting a puck off the near boards and firing a pass into the slot for Toews driving the net. Toews one-touched a shot into the back of the net for a 1-1 tie.

CHI: 2, WPG: 1

2nd - 1:36 - Dylan Strome (Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat)

Off an offensive faceoff just 23 ticks later, Chicago was right back into the slot with the top line. Alex DeBrincat kept a clearing feed in along the wall and found Dylan Strome in the high slot. Strome played give-and-go with Patrick Kane in the corner, sending a pass and then droving the slot for a return feed from his winger. Strome redirected a quick shot past Connor Hellebuyck for a 2-1 advantage.

CHI: 2, WPG: 2

2nd - 2:15 - Jansen Harkins (Dylan DeMelo, Andrew Copp)

Winnipeg took just 39 seconds to respond, tying the game again at 2-2. The Jets entered the zone and worked the puck back to the point for a Dylan DeMelo shot that Jansen Harkins tipped past Marc-Andre Fleury for a deadlocked score.

CHI: 2, WPG: 3

2nd - 11:13 - Jansen Harkins (Andrew Copp, Evgeny Svechnikov)

The visitors regained the lead just past the midpoint of the contest as Jansen Harkins netted his second of the game off a zone entry. Andrew Copp found Harkins with a crisp pass at the back door for the 3-2 advantage.

CHI: 2, WPG: 4

2nd - 17:36 - Kyle Connor (Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler) -- PP

Winnipeg scored again on a power play to make it a 4-2 game later in the frame. After Marc-Andre Fleury's glove was knocked off during play, Mark Scheifele sent a seam pass across to Kyle Connor at the far point, where the winger ripped a slap shot past the Blackhawks netminder for a 4-2 score.

CHI: 2, WPG: 5

2nd - 19:36 - Josh Morrissey (Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor)

The Jets made it 5-2 before the end of the period as Josh Morrissey sent a slap shot from the high slot into the back of the net on the tail of an odd-man rush. From behind the net after a 3-on-2, Mark Scheifele found a late-trailing Morrissey for a one-timer that made it a three-goal game in the final minute of the frame.

CHI: 3, WPG: 5

3rd - 3:25 - Taylor Raddysh (Patrick Kane, Dylan Strome) -- PP

The Blackhawks struck on a power play of their own in the third as Taylor Raddysh added his second point of the night and first goal as a Blackhawk. Patrick Kane found the winger in the slot with a feed, where Raddysh elevated a wrister into the top corner for a 5-3 game.

CHI: 4, WPG: 5

3rd - 13:00 - Philipp Kurashev (Sam Lafferty, Seth Jones)

Chicago pulled within a goal with a third-line tally later in the third. Entering the zone off a rush, Sam Lafferty left a puck for a trailing Philipp Kurashev. Kurashev walked into the zone and ripped a snap shot inside the near post for a 5-4 game with exactly seven minutes to play.

CHI: 4, WPG: 6

3rd - 18:51 - Blake Wheeler

The Jets put the game away with an empty-netter with just over a minute ot play as Blake Wheeler made it a 6-4 game.