Rookie goaltender Jaxson Stauber made it two wins in as many career starts by making 34 stops on Thursday to help the Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-1 victory over the Calgary Flames.
Taylor Raddysh, Boris Katchouk, Jason Dickinson, Sam Lafferty and Connor Murphy, into an empty net, scored for Chicago , which entered the game last in the NHL's overall standings. Max Domi had an assist to extend his point streak to four games .
Jacob Markstrom had 24 stops for the Flames. Winless in his last four decisions , his record fell to 13-13-5. That's 10 times this season Markstrom has received one or no goals for support.The undrafted 23-year-old is in his first pro season after signing as a free agent last March after playing the previous two years with Providence College. He began the season with AHL Rockford.At 9:39, Katchouk one-timed a pass from Luke Philp past Markstrom, who was screened.
Just 30 seconds later, another defensive miscue from the Flames resulted in a two-on-one rush with Colin Blackwell setting up Lafferty for his eighth goal of the season. In a listless first period from the home side, Chicago scored first at 17:47 when Raddysh beat Markstrom under his arm.
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