{"id":387540,"date":"2026-01-03T00:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/387540\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:49:00","slug":"bo-horvat-lifts-the-islanders-to-a-3-2-shootout-victory-over-the-slumping-blackhawks-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/387540\/","title":{"rendered":"Bo Horvat lifts the Islanders to a 3-2 shootout victory over the slumping Blackhawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Bo Horvat scored in regulation and the shootout, helping the New York Islanders beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Horvat had the only successful attempt in the tiebreaker, beating Spencer Knight on the goaltender\u2019s stick side.<\/p>\n<p>Calum Ritchie also scored for New York in regulation. David Rittich made 17 saves before denying Teuvo Teravainen and Ryan Donato in the shootout.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders won for the third time in four games.<\/p>\n<p>Teravainen and Nick Lardis scored for Chicago, and Knight stopped 19 shots through overtime. The Blackhawks dropped to 3-9-2 in their last 14 games.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago had a chance to win in regulation, but Nick Foligno shot the puck off a post on a prime scoring opportunity in the final seconds. New York came up empty on a power play in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Blackhawks forward Jason Dickinson did not play after the first period. He is day to day with an unspecified injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks were already playing without <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/connor-bedard-chicago-blackhawks-canada-13fe83caf503ffbb1e4aae83dd839d61\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Bedard<\/a> and <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/blackhawks-nazar-bedard-3deea4b2d702729556edae7af87cae67\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Nazar<\/a> because of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>New York made the most of a slow start for Chicago, jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first.<\/p>\n<p>Following a turnover by Blackhawks defenseman Wyatt Kaiser, Ritchie beat Knight from the slot for his fifth goal at 2:56. Horvat added his 21st goal at 12:08, scoring for the second straight game by converting a one-timer on a power play.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Schaefer, the No. 1 pick in this year\u2019s draft, recorded his 16th assist on Horvat\u2019s goal. The 18-year-old Schaefer became the youngest defenseman in NHL history to reach 25 career points.<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks rallied with two goals late in the second. Oliver Moore picked up primary assists on Teravainen\u2019s seventh of the season at 15:31 and Lardis\u2019 second career goal in the final seconds of the period.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Both teams play at home Thursday. The Islanders face the Utah Mammoth, and the Blackhawks take on the Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NHL: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Bo Horvat scored in regulation and the shootout, helping the New York Islanders beat the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5115],"tags":[521,3669,37,96,5263,508,7207,800,5,3258,3445,4446,43342,374,3328,7763,159,4,292,5851,20307,857,6614,488,43,4445,1570],"class_list":{"0":"post-387540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-blackhawks","8":"tag-blackhawks","9":"tag-bo-horvat","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","12":"tag-chicagoblackhawks","13":"tag-connor-bedard","14":"tag-david-rittich","15":"tag-frank-nazar","16":"tag-hockey","17":"tag-il-state-wire","18":"tag-illinois","19":"tag-jason-dickinson","20":"tag-local-news-for-apple","21":"tag-matthew-schaefer","22":"tag-new-york","23":"tag-new-york-city","24":"tag-new-york-islanders","25":"tag-nhl","26":"tag-nhl-hockey","27":"tag-nick-foligno","28":"tag-nick-lardis","29":"tag-oliver-moore","30":"tag-ryan-donato","31":"tag-spencer-knight","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-teuvo-teravainen","34":"tag-wyatt-kaiser"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115828422412112491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}