Chicago’s Brandon Saad scored with 27 seconds left to give the surging Blackhawks a 4-3 win over Montreal on Friday, their fifth straight victory.
While Chicago moved within a point of Central Division leaders Nashville, other results saw Anaheim re-establish their sole leadership of the Western Conference by edging Minnesota, while a Bryan Little hat-trick led Winnipeg past Colorado.
Chicago’s late winner came when Saad snapped a shot past Corey Price from the low edge of the right circle.
Earlier, Jonathan Toews scored a power-play goal early in the third to tie it 3-3. Michal Rozsival and Ben Smith also scored for the Blackhawks.
Montreal’s Brendan Gallagher scored and set up 40-year-old Sergei Gonchar’s first goal in nearly a year.
P.K. Subban added a power-play goal for the Canadiens.
Anaheim’s Matt Beleskey scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period as the Ducks held on to beat Minnesota 5-4.
Ryan Kesler had two goals, while Jakob Silfverberg and Tim Jackman also scored for the Ducks, who led 3-0 and fell behind 4-3 before snatching the victory.
Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise, Jonas Brodin and Justin Fontaine scored for the Wild.
Winnipeg’s Bryan Little recorded the first hat-trick for the Jets in four years as the hosts defeated Colorado 6-2.
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