CHICAGO (AP) — Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo won a matchup of longtime friends
Korpisalo stopped 31 shots in the Blue Jackets’ 2-1 win over the Blackhawks. Korpisalo got the better of Chicago netminder and fellow Finn Kevin Lankinen, who made 25 saves.
Olivier Bjorkstrand provided the opening goal on a power-play in the first period, He also set up Eric Robinson’s breakaway that gave Columbus a 2-0 lead in the second period.
Bjorkstrand has three goals and eight points in his last seven games.
Dylan Strome had Chicago’s lone goal, and he almost tied it on a wraparound that was blocked by Vladislav Gavrikov early in the second.
