The Canadian erased a two-goal deficit for the second game in a row and this time he crowned his comeback with a win.

Juraj Slafkovsky tied the game late in the second period and picked up an assist. The Montreal team defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Friday night at the United Center.

On Thursday, the Habs overcame deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 before losing 4-3 in overtime to the Minnesota Wild.

The Canadian had to play catch-up hockey again against an opponent ranked 31st in the NHL overall rankings. However, his efforts were not in vain.

Nick Suzuki and David Savard also collected a goal and an assist each, while Mitchell Stephens and Josh Anderson also scored for the Canadian (15-13-5), who collected at least one point in the fifth game of the sequel (3-0-5) . 2). Cayden Primeau stopped 19 shots.

Ryan Donato and Jason Dickinson led the Blackhawks (10-21-1), who have won just one of their last six games (1-5-0). Petr Mrazek made 23 saves.

The Canadian ended the first part of his holiday trip with a 2-0-1 record.

He will take charge again on December 28th when he visits the Carolina Hurricanes.

Victorious comeback

At the start of the game the guests had the advantage. The Canadian players controlled the game, but got to Mrazek.

Primeau stole a sure goal from MacKenzie Entwistle late in the first period, then Jayden Struble saved his keeper on Anthony Beauvillier's return shot.

The sequence seemed to overwhelm the Blackhawks, who scored first about a minute later with 3:04 left in the first period. Connor Bedard attracted three rivals, leaving Donato alone in the slot to beat Primeau.

The Blackhawks doubled their lead to 3:43 in the second period. Colin Blackwell charged into the Canadian zone and defender Justin Barron fell on his retreat. Blackwell then played a back pass to Dickinson, who was able to shoot into a gaping cage.

The Canadian responded quickly at 4:20. Stephens deflected a long shot from Mike Matheson past Mrazek.

It was Stephens' fourth career NHL goal and his first since March 3, 2020.

Anderson tied the game 2-2 with 4:58 left in the second period. He took advantage of a beautiful crossfield pass from Sean Monahan to score his fourth goal in as many games.

The Blackhawks threatened, but Dickinson hit the post in a two-on-one attack.

Slafkovsky finally gave the Canadians the lead for the first time in the game, scoring with 2:27 left in the middle period. A shot from Suzuki hit defenseman Isaak Phillips' skate and all Slafkovsky had to do was push the loose puck into the slot.

Primeau stood out again before the end of the period, making a good save on a deflection by Tyler Johnson during another overkill attack by the Blackhawks.

Suzuki gave the Canadian a two-goal lead by scoring his 10th goal of the season with 6:49 left in the third period. He took advantage of a comeback after a good throw from Cole Caufield.

Jake Evans came back 10 seconds later and hit Mrazek on the glove side. However, head coach Luke Richardson disputed the goal as he believed it was an offside call. NHL officials quickly nullified the goal.

However, this did not affect the final result.

Savard rounded out the score by firing into an empty net with 1:56 left.

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