Connor Bedard With Goal and Assist in Second Game Back, Blackhawks Edge Senators 3-2.

Connor Bedard had goal and assist in his second game back from a broken jaw to help lead the Blackhawks past the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Saturday and end Chicago's eight-game losing streak.

After being outplayed much of the game, Chicago pulled out its 11th straight win over Ottawa when Jason Dickinson scored his team-leading 17th goal with 1:52 left to break a 2-all tie.

Dickinson connected on a rebound of his own shot, driving to the net and muscling in the the puck.

“Simple as that, just keeping going to the net,” Dickinson said. “Our line was kind of just a work-hard group tonight. It wasn't always pretty for us, but just keep going to the net and good things are going to happen.”

Before Dickinson delivered the game-winner, it appeared Bedard had scored a second, sensational tally with 7:36 left in the third that would have put Chicago ahead. The rookie scooped up a turnover by Artem Zub, then danced into the slot and beat Joonas Korpisalo.

But a video review showed Bedard was narrowly offside on the play.

Nick Foligno, one of Bedard’s linemates also scored. The rookie center's other winger, Philipp Kurashvev, had two assists.

Bedard, who has 16 goals and 36 points to lead NHL rookies, scored for the first time since connecting twice in a 2-1 overtime win against Winnipeg on Dec. 27.

The NHL’s top draft pick of 2023 had an assist on Thursday in a 4-1 loss to Pittsburgh in his first game back after being injured being injured on an open-ice hit by Devils defenseman Brendan Smith in New Jersey on Jan. 5. 

Bedard missed 14 games and nearly six weeks. His return has given Chicago, with just 15 wins and 33 points, an immediate boost.

“I think our guys feel confident that we have another weapon,” coach Luke Richardson said. “It just seems like when he comes downhill, it's like I think it's gonna go in every time.” See Richardson discuss Bedard in the video.

Richardson thought Bedard might be upset not getting a second goal and third point on Saturday. The rookie already has three two-goal games so far, versus Winnipeg, Tampa Bay and Florida. See video.

Bedard said he was just happy to be back in the swing of playing again after being sidelined. See video.

The injury-depleted Blackhawks also should get forward Anthony Beauvillier (broken left wrist) back in the next few days. The former New York Islanders first-round draft pick returned to full contact practice on Friday.

Petr Mrazek stopped 40 Senators shots, including 21 of 22 in the second period.

“He's unreal,” Bedard said. “I mean some of the saves he makes are absurd. Just getting across (the crease), he's so quick and agile there.”

Tim Stützle had a goal and an assist and Jakob Chychrun, Richardson's nephew, added a power-play goal for Ottawa. Korpisalo made 19 saves as the Senators lost their second straight following a four-game win streak.

Foligno opened the scoring with 6:31 left in the first, tapping in a feed across the crease by Kurashev. The play was created by a give-and-go between Kurashev and Bedard as they entered the Ottawa zone.

Stützle tied it at 1 just 2:28 later, completing a 2-on-1 with Claude Giroux.

Chychrun's power-play goal from the right edge of the crease at 8:13 of the second put the Senators ahead 2-1. Stützle dashed up the ice from behind the Ottawa net to draw the attention of Chicago’s defenders and create the backdoor chance.

Bedard tied it at 2 just under three minutes later, flipping off a shot from the left circle that slipped between Korpisalo’s pads. He was set up by Kurashev.

The quick release did the trick.

"It was a pretty bad shot, but it counts," Bedard said. "I don't know how that one squeaked in. It kind of fooled him a little bit.

"Just kind of throw it to the net and sometimes good things happen."