CHICAGO -- Andre Burakovsky scored the go-ahead goal on the power play at 8:55 of the third period to help the Chicago Blackhawks win their first game of the season, 3-1 against the Utah Mammoth at United Center on Monday. It was the first victory for first-year Chicago head coach Jeff Blashill.

Ilya Mikheyev scored two goals and Spencer Knight made 22 saves for the Blackhawks (1-2-1).

JJ Peterka scored his first goal for the Mammoth (1-2-0), and Vitek Vanecek made 11 saves.

Mikheyev put the Blackhawks ahead 1-0 at 9:21 of the second period. He skated toward the net along the goal line extended right and jammed the puck in on Vanecek’s glove side.

Peterka tied the game at 1:02 of the third period. He took a backhand pass from Dylan Guenther and scored from the bottom of the le

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