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  Sunday, Oct. 15 8:00pm ET
Blackhawks beat Blue Jackets -- again
 
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CHICAGO (AP) -- If it weren't for the expansion Columbus Blue Jackets, the Chicago Blackhawks would be off to another dreadful start.

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Tony Amonte scored a power-play goal to snap a tie with 8:25 left Sunday night and give the Blackhawks a 2-1 victory over the Blue Jackets -- the only team they've beaten this season.

"You know in the first period, nothing's going to happen with a team like that," said Amonte, who has scored three of his four goals this season versus Columbus. "They just sit back and they want you to get frustrated.

"So we just concentrated on playing good and waiting for the opportunities."

Although he was tied up by Lyle Odelein, Amonte shoveled the puck past Ron Tugnutt from the edge of the crease after Boris Mironov's shot from the point bounded off the back boards. Steve Sullivan scored the other Chicago goal.

David Vyborny scored on Columbus' first-ever penalty shot, but that was the only offense the Blue Jackets could muster.

"It was lucky, but we needed the two points," said Vyborny, who said he scored penalty-shot goals in the Czech Republic.

Chicago was 1-for-7 on the power play, while Columbus missed on its two attempts. Tugnutt, who made 29 saves, said the disparity was the difference.

"If we were playing five-on-five, we would have had a realistic chance of winning the game," Tugnutt said. "Even if they only scored one (power-play) goal, it's a momentum thing."

Chicago backup goalie Rob Tallas made the start and stopped 15 shots. Sullivan opened the scoring at 6:46 of the second period when he circled behind the net and lifted a backhander over Tugnutt's shoulder.

Vyborny tied it 30 seconds later, after he was awarded the penalty shot when Chicago's Reto Von Arx covered a loose puck in the crease. After deking, Vyborny beat Tallas with a high backhander on the glove side.

Game notes
The Blue Jackets were shorthanded eight times in Saturday's loss at Colorado. Columbus coach Dave King suggested Amonte and other Blackhawks were diving Sunday. "The three 'T's' of hockey are technique, tactics and theatrics. We saw some strong theatrics tonight." ... The Blackhawks announced that Judy Smith, wife of general manager Mike Smith, died Sunday after battling cancer and Parkinson's disease. She was 50.
 


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