CHICAGO — In the late moments of overtime on Monday night, frank nazar delivered the finish: a power-play goal with 2: 24 left that pushed the Chicago Blackhawks past the Utah Mammoth, 3-2.
What happened in the Blackhawks’ 3-2 overtime win?
The Blackhawks came away with a 3-2 victory over Utah when Frank Nazar scored on the power play in overtime. Connor Bedard assisted on the winner and finished with two assists for Chicago. Teuvo Teravainen also assisted on Nazar’s overtime goal.
Chicago got offense from multiple sources. Andrew Mangiapane scored his first goal as a Blackhawk since being acquired in a trade from Edmonton last week. Andre Burakovsky tied the game 2-2 late in the second period with a stick-lacrosse-style lift and flick into the net, a milestone moment after he had gone 19 games without a goal since Jan. 7.
In net, Drew Commesso made 22 saves in his third start of the season and his first since Jan. 10, when he recorded his first career shutout in a 3-0 win over Nashville. Utah goaltender Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves.
Frank Nazar ends it on the power play — and the details behind the winner
The decisive sequence came with Chicago on the power play in overtime. frank nazar converted with 2: 24 remaining, with Connor Bedard and Teuvo Teravainen credited with the assists. In a game that moved through tied stretches and answered goals, the winner stood out for its timing and its setting: overtime, man advantage, and a finish that ended the night immediately.
The result also snapped a short skid for Chicago. The Blackhawks entered having lost three in a row, including a 4-3 setback to Dallas on Sunday night. Monday’s overtime finish changed that storyline, at least for one night, and kept Chicago perfect against Utah this season: three wins in three meetings so far.
How the result lands for Utah — and what comes next
Utah got its goals from Barrett Hayton and Dylan Guenther. The Mammoth have been battling for a wild-card playoff spot in the Western Conference and had won the first three games of a five-game road trip before Monday’s loss.
Guenther reached a personal benchmark as well, scoring his team-leading 30th goal of the season, the first time in his career he has hit that mark. He has scored in three of four games on the road trip and has six points in those contests (three goals, three assists).
The teams will see each other again soon. Their fourth and final game of the season is scheduled for Thursday night, with Chicago set to visit Utah. Before then, Utah is set to visit the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.
Chicago played without Spencer Knight (illness) and Oliver Moore, who left Sunday’s game in the first period. Still, the Blackhawks found enough finishing to turn an overtime power play into a walk-off moment, the kind that compresses a full night of chances and saves into one final shot.
