Entering this contest, the Chicago Blackhawks had not defeated the Winnipeg Jets in Winnipeg since December 2018 and the last game between these two teams was the end of the Jeremy Colliton era.
So the Blackhawks’ 3-1 victory — especially after a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday — may have come as a shock. How it came about, though, likely wasn’t, as the Blackhawks and Jets played a somewhat low-event game for much of the contest.
The Blackhawks got the scoring started when Patrick Kane received a pass from Kirby Dach while entering the offensive zone and put the puck through Connor Hellebuyck’s five-hole:
Dach exhibited better blocking on that play than the Super Bowl Champion Los Angeles Rams did when running the ball.