CHICAGO _ Jonathan Toews' first goal of the season couldn't have come at a better time. And he couldn't have been in a better place.
Patrick Kane's shot was stopped by Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins, but the puck caromed off Toews as he raced to the net to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 overtime win Friday night at the United Center.
The Hawks won their second straight to improve to 2-2-1 while the Blue Jackets dropped to 3-3-1.
Markus Nutivaara put back a rebound of his own shot 2 minutes, 55 seconds into the third period to give the Blue Jackets a brief lead, but a power-play goal by Alex DeBrincat _ his second goal of the season _ midway through the period tied it 2-2.
The Hawks were badly outplayed in the first but got the lone goal of the period, a Drake Caggiula snap shot that caught the crossbar and shot down into the goal to make it 1-0. It was Caggiula's first goal of the season.
The Blue Jackets' Pierre-Luc Dubois tied it with 14:27 left in the second when he picked up a puck in the Hawks' zone and eluded a poke check by goalie Robin Lehner and slipped it around him for his third goal.
