Crouse finally ended the suspense by pulling an old move out of his bag of tricks. The Utah wing's ninth goal of the season came at the 12:12 mark of the third period on a wicked backhand that he used to display with more frequency earlier in his career.

NHL Trade Deadline approaching on March 7, the Utah Hockey Club (27-25-9) sit two points out of the last wild card spot in the Western Conference.

Lawson Crouse scored the tiebreaking goal on a backhander with 7:48 left and the Utah Hockey Club rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1.

“We’re getting better. The baby’s growing,” said UHC head coach André Tourigny when asked how his team is maturing. “We felt we were in control in terms of (that) we play hard, we were driving. There was no panic.”