Blackhawks 7, Maple Leafs 2
CHICAGO -- Right winger Patrick Kane tallied a goal and three assists, and the Chicago Blackhawks rolled to a 7-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.
Seven players scored for the Blackhawks, including left winger Andrew Shaw, defenseman Brent Seabrook and left winger Brandon Mashinter. Chicago (37-18-5) went 4-for-7 on the power play and snapped a three-game winless streak on home ice.
Center Mark Arcobello and right winger Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau scored for Toronto (20-26-9).
Chicago goaltender Scott Darling stopped 35 of 37 shots to improve to 6-4-2.
Toronto goaltender James Reimer allowed seven goals on 32 shots.
Left winger Artemi Panarin increased the Blackhawks' lead to 4-0 on a power-play goal with 17:53 to go in the third period. Kane fed a pass to Panarin, who slipped a low shot between Reimer's leg pads.
Kane made it 5-0 less than three minutes later when he scored on a wrist shot from the right circle. He matched a season high with his four-point performance, which gave him 82 points in 60 games.
Chicago increased its lead to 6-0 on a power-play goal by right winger Teuvo Teravainen with 11:21 remaining in the third period.
Less than two minutes later, defenseman Viktor Svedberg made it 7-0 with a one-timer from the low slot.
Arcobello ended the Maple Leafs' drought by punching in a rebound with 8:54 to go in the third period.
Parenteau finished the scoring with a wrist shot for his 14th goal with 4:52 remaining.
Chicago grabbed a 1-0 lead when Mashinter scored 2:33 after the opening faceoff. Mashinter snapped a rising wrist shot from the right circle for his third goal of the season and his first since Jan. 10.
A power-play goal by Shaw increased Chicago's lead to 2-0 with 8:21 remaining in the first period. After Reimer stopped a slap shot from near the blue line by defenseman Duncan Keith, Shaw found the rebound and punched it into the net for his 10th goal.
Chicago scored again on the power play to make it 3-0 with 18:05 to go in the second period. Seabrook fired a slap shot from the top of the right circle for his fourth goal in the past five games.
The Maple Leafs struggled to generate offense against Darling for most of the game. Maple Leafs center Nick Spaling had a point-blank opportunity from the low slot early in the second period, but Darling sprawled across the crease to make a glove save.
NOTES: Blackhawks RW Marian Hossa missed his first game since sustaining a lower-body injury Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks. Hossa, 37, could be sidelined for several weeks because of the injury. ... Maple Leafs C Nazem Kadri returned to the lineup after missing two games because of a lower-body injury. ... Blackhawks RW Vincent Hinostroza earned a spot on the fourth line one day after he was recalled from Rockford of the AHL. Hinostroza, 21, led Rockford with 10 goals and 17 assists in 41 games. ... Maple Leafs C Shawn Matthias missed his fourth straight game because of a whiplash injury. ... Blackhawks D Erik Gustafsson was a healthy scratch for the second consecutive game. ... Maple Leafs LW Brendan Leipsic was a healthy scratch two days after making his NHL debut against Vancouver.