Bedard found the puck in the slot after Ryan Donato ’s wraparound attempt was kicked away by Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin and scored with a one-timer that squeezed between Sorokin's pads before rolling over the goal line to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 lead.

The Chicago Blackhawks and New York Islanders will aim to help their respective netminders a little more consistently on Sunday afternoon when the clubs meet for the second time in four days.

But just 57 seconds, the Islanders broke down defensively after Noah Dobson lost Taylor Hall, who buried a Teuvo Teravainen one-time pass at the bottom of the right circle to give the Blackhawks a 2-1 lead with just 20 seconds remaining in the first period: