Blackhawks beat Kings 2-1 on Kaiser's third-period goal

Wyatt Kaiser broke a 1-1 tie at 7:17 of the third period, and the Blackhawks held on to beat the Kings 2-1 at the United Center. Chicago moves to 4-8-0 and 8 points. Los Angeles falls to 3-6-2, also with 8 points.

The Kings struck first. Samuel Helenius scored on a wrist shot at 2:31 of the first period, with assists from Jared Wright and Andre Lee. Los Angeles carried a 1-0 lead into the second.

Roman Kantserov evened it at 16:40 of the second with a snap shot, his fifth goal, set up by Connor Bedard and Teuvo Teravainen. Kantserov, the player of the game with a 7.7 Chirp Rating, had one goal and four shots on goal. Kaiser then put Chicago ahead with a wrist shot, his first goal. Frank Nazar and Patrick Kane had the assists.

Chirp's Sim had the Kings at 50% before the game, and it missed.