Morning Box Score: Blackhawks Win Shootout

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 31, 2014 2:30PM

Blackhawks 5, Ottawa 4 (SO)
The Blackhawks and Senators had themselves an offensive display in Ottawa Thursday night. The Hawks jumped out to a 2-1 first period with goals from Jonathan Toews and Kris Versteeg. Ottawa tied the score in the second period and took a 3-2 lead 30 seconds into the third period. Chicago answered with another goal from Toews and a goal from Marian Hossa, which was Hossa's 1,000th career point. The Senators forced overtime with a Mika Zibanejad goal with 2:08 in regulation.

After a scoreless overtime period, Patrick Sharp gave the Hawks the second point with a tally in the third round of the shootout. Blackhawks goalie Scott Darling and his Senators counterpart, Craig Anderson, had rough nights in goal. Darling stopped 28 of 32 shots while Anderson allowed four goals on 39 shots, in addition to Sharp's shootout winner. The game was marred by penalties. Chicago had seven penalties to Ottawa's Six.