The New York Islanders and Chicago Blackhawks took turn scoring goals all Thursday night, but the music stopped, as you might have predicted it would, after the Blackhawks got the last tally off a back-breaking turnover and fortunate bounce.
For the game winner, Richard Panik pounced on a puck in the slot with six minutes left in regulation of a 4-4 game.
Marcus Kruger hounded Dennis Seidenberg behind the net on the forecheck long enough to pop the puck loose, an alert Dennis Rasumussen was there to send the puck to the front of the net, where it bounced off Thomas Greiss’ pad and went straight to Panik, who rifled it home before Greiss could react.