CHICAGO—Rookie Andrew Shaw scored 2:42 into overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.
Shaw was credited with deflecting Johnny Oduya's shot from the slot past Roberto Luongo. Oduya fired from between the circles after he trailed in late and took a feed from Dave Bolland on the left boards.
Patrick Kane scored his 20th goal in the second period for Chicago, which has won five straight and is 9-1-1 in its last 11 despite playing without captain Jonathan Toews.
Jannik Hansen scored in regulation for Vancouver -- on the first shot of the game -- to break a 15-game streak without a goal. The Canucks lost their second straight, and have won just one of their last five.
Canucks leading goal-scorer Daniel Sedin was injured in the game and did not return. He may have been hurt when he was elbowed in the head by Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith late in the first period.
Patrick Kane scored his 20th goal in the second period for Chicago, which has won five straight and is 9-1-1 in its last 11 despite playing without captain Jonathan Toews.
Jannik Hansen scored in regulation for Vancouver -- on the first shot of the game -- to break a 15-game streak without a goal. The Canucks lost their second straight, and have won just one of their last five.
Canucks leading goal scorer Daniel Sedin was injured in the game and did not return. He might have been hurt when he was elbowed in the head by Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith late in the first period.
The Blackhawks and Canucks have squared off in emotional postseason series each of the past three years. And the feelings resurfaced Wednesday night.
"Everybody saw the head shot there, so (Sedin will be) re-evaluated tomorrow and I'll know more from there," Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said.
Vigneault called the hit a "deliberate, principal point of contact, everything you're trying to take out of the game."
Keith, the Blackhawks top defenseman at the 2010 Norris Trophy winner, received only a minor penalty on the play.
"I expected a major, and I got a minor, so we'll let the league deal with it," he added. "You saw the hit, you didn't see a puck near the hit, you guys make the judgment call on that and the league will do what they have to do."
"I'm not trying to hurt anybody," Keith said "I hope he's OK. He's one of their best players. He needs to be on the ice."
Chicago center Marcus Kruger also left the game with an upper body injury.
Luongo made 35 saves in his return after backup Cory Schneider had started Vancouver's previous two games. Luongo was 0-3-0 and had given up 16 goals on 103 shots in his last four starts -- including one no-decision where he allowed three goals on seven shots in the opening five minutes before being relieved by Schneider.
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