Blackhawks 6, Bruins 4
CHICAGO -- Patrick Kane scored a hat trick and dished an assist to reach the 100-point milestone for the first time in his career, and the Chicago Blackhawks held on for a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday afternoon.
Artemi Panarin scored a goal and tallied three assists for the Blackhawks, who jumped to a 6-0 lead before Boston responded with four straight goals. Artem Anisimov finished with a goal and two assists for Chicago (46-26-7).
Patrice Bergeron tallied two goals and an assist for the Bruins. Brad Marchand contributed a goal and an assist for Boston (41-30-8), which dropped to 2-7-0 since March 15.
Chicago goaltender Scott Darling stopped 42 of 46 shots.
Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask allowed four goals on 22 shots before he was replaced early in the second period. Jonas Gustavsson turned aside 10 of 12 shots in relief.
Chicago grabbed a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Anisimov with 6:46 to play in the first period. Panarin botched a slap shot from the left circle, but the puck skidded to Anisimov for his 20th goal.
Kane scored on a breakaway to put Chicago on top 2-0 with 2:19 remaining in the first period. Bruins defenseman Joe Morrow lost the puck to Kane, who beat Rask with a backhand shot.
Fifty-four seconds into the second period, Kane scored again to increase Chicago's lead to 3-0.
Chicago chased Rask when Jonathan Toews increased the lead to 4-0 with 18 minutes remaining in the second period. Marian Hossa flipped a saucer pass to Toews on a two-on-one rush.
Panarin scored on a one-timer to make it 5-0 with 14:43 to go in the second period.
Kane completed his second career hat trick to increase the lead to 6-0 with 5:44 remaining in the second period. Raucous fans tossed hats on the ice as Kane celebrated the achievement.
Boston broke the shutout on a breakaway goal by David Pastrnak in the final minute of the second period.
Eleven seconds later, Bergeron scored to cut the deficit to 6-2. Adam McQuaid fired a shot from near the blue line, and Bergeron deflected the puck past Darling.
Boston trimmed the lead to 6-3 on Bergeron's second goal with 17:21 to play in the third period. Loui Eriksson slid a pass to Bergeron, who lifted a shot into the net for his career-best 32nd goal.
Marchand scored to pull the Bruins within 6-4 with 10:09 remaining in the third period.
NOTES: Blackhawks G Corey Crawford worked out on the ice for the second consecutive day before Sunday's game. Crawford has missed the past nine games because of an upper-body injury, but the team hopes to have him available for the playoffs. "We feel he's turned a big corner," coach Joel Quenneville said. ... Bruins D Kevan Miller missed the game because of a lower-body injury that he sustained Friday against St. Louis. Fellow D Zach Trotman replaced Miller on the blue line. ... Blackhawks D Duncan Keith served the second game of a six-game suspension for high-sticking Minnesota Wild C Charlie Coyle. ... Bruins D Dennis Seidenberg missed his second straight game because of a lower-body injury. Seidenberg remained in Boston instead of traveling with the team. ... Blackhawks RW Andrew Shaw missed his first game of the season because of an upper-body injury.