nhl Game Recap
Chicago Skates Past San Jose 5-2 - Recap
Sam Lafferty scored a pair of goals against the Sharks as Chicago handed San Jose a 5-2 defeat on Saturday at SAP Center at San Jose.
The Blackhawks were a +126 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Chicago got goals from Sam Lafferty(2), Jonathan Toews, Taylor Raddysh, and Jason Dickinson in the victory. Toews opened the scoring at 7:21 of the second period.
Petr Mrazek turned in a 24-save effort for the Blackhawks.
Erik Karlsson, and Nico Sturm scored for the Sharks, finding the net behind Petr Mrazek.
Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 20 of 25 shots for the Sharks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Chicago scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while San Jose went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
San Jose outshot Chicago 26-25 in the game.
Next game, Chicago takes its act home to face Detroit looking for another win. For San Jose, they head on the road to face New York.