Sean Monahan scored a goal and added an assist for the Columbus Blue Jackets, who extended their point streak to six games with a 6-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.
Damon Severson recorded three assists, while Cole Sillinger and Zach Werenski each had two assists for the Blue Jackets, who are now 5-0-1 in their last six games. Elvis Merzlikins made 28 saves in goal.
Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist, and Petr Mrazek made 30 saves for the Blackhawks, who have lost six of their last eight games.
Bedard gave Chicago a 1-0 lead at 2:59 of the first period with a power-play goal. Ryan Donato collected a rebound in the slot and passed it to Bedard in the left circle for the score.
Ivan Provorov tied the game 1-1 at 4:27. Monahan passed the puck to Provorov, who took a shot from above the right circle and beat Mrazek on the blocker side.
Johnson gave Columbus a 2-1 lead at 11:23 with a one-timer from the right circle that went past Mrazek on the short side.
The Blackhawks tied the game again at 2-2 just three minutes into the second period with another power-play goal. Craig Smith redirected Taylor Hall’s shot from the slot inside the right post.
Chicago almost took the lead less than 30 seconds later, but Merzlikins made a toe save on Lukas Reichel’s shot off the rush.
Monahan gave the Blue Jackets the lead again when he fired a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle under Mrazek’s right arm at 4:50 to make it 3-2.
Dante Fabbro extended the lead to 4-2 at 3:08 of the third period with a shot from the right circle off the rush, using Blackhawks defenseman Alec Martinez as a screen.
Nick Foligno made it 4-3 at 8:08 with a power-play goal, tipping Teuvo Teravainen’s shot-pass on a 5-on-3 advantage.
Kirill Marchenko intercepted a clearing attempt by Wyatt Kaiser and scored from high in the right circle at 10:52, putting Columbus up 5-3.
Dmitri Voronkov sealed the win with an empty-net goal from his own end at 18:31, making it 6-3.
