Monahan, Blue Jackets top Blackhawks to extend point streak to 6

Monahan, Blue Jackets top Blackhawks to extend point streak to 6

Forward has goal, assist; Bedard scores for Chicago

CBJ@CHI: Monahan makes it 3-2 with a slick shot

CHICAGO — Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist, and the Columbus Blue Jackets extended their point streak to six games with a 6-3 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Sunday.

Zach Werenski had two assists to push his point streak to eight games, and Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson scored for the Blue Jackets (11-9-3), who are 5-0-1 in their past six games. Elvis Merzlikins made 28 saves.

Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist, and Nick Foligno also scored for the Blackhawks (8-14-2), who have lost two in a row and three of four. Petr Mrazek made 30 saves.

Chicago scored all three of its goals on the power play.

Bedard put the Blackhawks up 1-0 with a power-play goal at 2:59 of the first period. Ryan Donato picked up the puck in the slot and made a backhand pass to Bedard, who scored from the right face-off circle.

Ivan Provorov tied it 1-1 at 4:27, taking a drop pass from Monahan in the slot and putting a wrist shot past Mrazek with Dmitri Voronkov providing a screen in front.

Johnson gave Columbus a 2-1 lead at 11:23 on a one-timer from the right circle off a pass from Damon Severson.

Craig Smith it 2-2 at 3:00 of the second period on the power play, tipping in a shot by Taylor Hall.

Monahan put the Blue Jackets back ahead 3-2 at 4:50 with a wrist shot from the left face-off dot after taking a pass from Sean Kuraly along the left-wing boards.

Dante Fabbro extended it to 4-2 at 3:08 of the third period when he skated up the right wing and put a wrist shot past Mrazek’s glove.

With the Blackhawks on a 5-on-3 power play, Nick Foligno cut it to 4-3 at 8:08, tipping in a feed from Teuvo Teravainen.

Marchenko made it 5-3 at 10:52 on a shot from the slot at 10:52.

Voronkov scored an empty-net goal at 18:34 for the 6-3 final.