The Chicago Blackhawks won a battle of the basement as they defeated Arizona Coyotes 4-3 in overtime on Friday night at the United Center.
The Coyotes opened the scoring just 1:28 into the first period. Jakob Chychrun fed an incoming Clayton Keller, who rifled the puck from the circle into the net to put the Coyotes up 1-0.
The Coyotes doubled their lead 12:24 into the period. After a beautiful cross-crease pass from Keller, Schmaltz one-timed the puck from a sharp angle to put Arizona up 2-0.
The Blackhawks got one back with 6:07 left in the period.