CHICAGO – Connor Bedard scored his first career NHL hat trick and had an assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 7-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators at United Center on Tuesday. Bedard scored in each period for his fourth, fifth and sixth goals of the season.

The Blackhawks went out to a 4-0 lead and held on despite the Senators responding by scoring three straight goals in the second period.

Defenseman Louis Crevier had a goal and an assist, Andre Burakovsky and Nick Foligno each had two assists, and Spencer Knight made 21 saves for the Blackhawks (5-3-2).

Tim Stutzle had a goal and an assist, and Drake Batherson had two assists for the Senators (5-5-1), who were playing the second of back-to-back games. Linus Ullmark made 19 saves. Ottawa had its three-game winning

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