Field Level Media
31 Dec 2025, 10:10 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Talia Sprague-Imagn Images)
Bo Horvat scored the lone shootout goal to accompany a goal in regulation, boosting the visiting New York Islanders to a 3-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.
Calum Ritchie added a goal for the Islanders, who won for the third time in four games. David Rittich stopped 17 shots through regulation and overtime for the victory.
Teuvo Teravainen and Nick Lardis tallied the Blackhawks' goals, both on assists from Oliver Moore after New York jumped ahead 2-0. Spencer Knight made 19 saves as Chicago fell to 1-7-1 in its past nine games.
The Blackhawks narrowly missed winning the game in the closing seconds of regulation but couldn't convert multiple chances, including when Nick Foligno hit the crossbar with an open net from down low.
New York didn't score on an overtime power play.
The Islanders capitalized on early Chicago sloppiness, opening the scoring at 2:56 of the first period as Ritchie took advantage of a Wyatt Kaiser turnover in the Blackhawks' zone.
Simon Holmstrom fed Ritchie in the slot, and the forward sent a wrist shot that deflected off the stick of Blackhawks defenseman Artyom Levshunov and into the net.
The Islanders extended the advantage to 2-0 at 12:08 of the first period. Horvat beat Knight top-shelf off a one-timer pass from Mathew Barzal.
Levshunov nearly put the Blackhawks on the scoreboard a few minutes later, weaving into the middle from the left circle before clanging a wrist shot off the crossbar. Colton Dach hit the post for Chicago before the buzzer sounded on a first period in which the hosts were outshot 10-7.
Levshunov ultimately earned the secondary assist to begin a Blackhawks barrage that saw Chicago tie the game with a pair of goals over the final 4:29 of the second period.
Moore gathered a pass from Levshunov and slid it to Teravainen, who beat Ritchie from the right circle at 15:31.
The Blackhawks evened the score with three seconds left in the second as Lardis converted a one-timer from Moore with Horvat serving a double-minor for high-sticking.
Blackhawks center Jason Dickinson left the game after the first period with an undisclosed injury.
Foligno, Chicago's captain, skated in the 1,250th game of his career. Teammate Ilya Mikheyev returned to the lineup following a two-game absence prompted by the birth of his child.
--Field Level Media
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