Blackhawks 6, Avalanche 3
CHICAGO -- Right wingers Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa scored two goals apiece, and the Chicago Blackhawks overwhelmed the Colorado Avalanche for a 6-3 win on Sunday night.
Center Jonathan Toews scored a goal and added two assists. Left winger Brandon Mashinter also scored for Chicago (27-13-4), which extended its season-long winning streak to seven games.
Right winger Matt Duchene led the Avalanche with two goals. Center Nathan MacKinnon added a goal for Colorado (21-19-3).
Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford stopped 34 of 37 shots to improve to 23-10-2.
Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov allowed four goals on 20 shots before he was replaced during the second period. Calvin Pickard stopped 13 of 15 shots in relief.
Mashinter opened the scoring to give Chicago a 1-0 lead with 11:33 to go in the first period. Right winger Ryan Garbutt released a wrist shot from the left circle that Varlamov could not corral, and Mashinter punched in the rebound with a backhand shot.
Kane increased Chicago's lead to 2-0 with 3:38 remaining in the first period. Center Artem Anisimov set a screen in front of the net, and Kane ripped a wrist shot past Varlamov's glove side.
The Blackhawks made it 3-0 with 18:21 left in the second period. Defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson fed a pass across the crease to Hossa, who snapped a 14-game drought with his first goal since Dec. 6.
Colorado cut the deficit to 3-1 on a wrist shot by Duchene with 14:50 remaining in the second period.
Duchene scored again about four minutes later to close the gap to 3-2. The former first-round pick ripped a wrist shot from the right circle for his second goal of the game and his team-leading 21st of the season.
Chicago pulled away with three goals in the next 10 minutes to go ahead 6-2.
Kane started the barrage on the power play with his second goal of the game and 25th of the season. Colorado coach Patrick Roy replaced Varlamov after the goal with 7:35 remaining in the second period.
The change in net did little to help the Avalanche. Toews scored on a slap shot with 5:29 to go in the second period to make it 5-2. Hossa followed with his second goal of the game and the 493rd of his career with 1:18 remaining in the second period.
MacKinnon scored with 4:58 left in the third period to cut Chicago's lead to 6-3.
NOTES: Blackhawks LW Brandon Mashinter returned to the lineup after sitting out the previous four games as a healthy scratch. ... Avalanche D Erik Johnson missed his third straight game because of a lower-body injury. Johnson has not skated since the injury. ... Blackhawks D Duncan Keith appeared in his 800th career game. Keith won three Stanley Cup championships and two Norris Trophy awards since Chicago drafted him in 2002. ... Avalanche D Brad Stuart missed his 28th consecutive game because of a back injury. ... Blackhawks D Rob Scuderi was a healthy scratch.