Kane, Blackhawks send Ducks to third straight loss
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday in front of a sellout crowd of 17,174 at the Honda Center.
Artem Anisimov and Ryan Hartman each added a goal, Brent Seabrook contributed two assists and goalie Corey Crawford stopped 34 shots as the Blackhawks (14-6-2) broke a two-game losing streak.
Chicago played without captain Jonathan Toews, who missed his first game of the season because of an upper-body injury he suffered when he hit the boards awkwardly in Wednesday night's 2-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks.
Nick Ritchie and Jakob Silfverberg scored for the Ducks (9-8-4), which got 22 saves from goalie John Gibson in their third successive loss and fourth in six games.
Anisimov had a chance to score his ninth goal of the season 30 seconds into the game but Gibson used his stick to block Anisimov's backhand on a breakaway. Yet 11 minutes later, Anisimov beat Gibson to give Chicago a 1-0 lead.
Seabrook began the scoring sequence with a pass from the left corner in the Blackhawks' zone that freed Kane for a 2-on-1 breakaway. Gibson blocked Kane's shot with his left leg pad while falling, but the puck bounced over Gibson's left leg and Anisimov poked it into the net at 11:31.
Anisimov's goal elicited a loud roar of approval from the large contingent of Chicago fans, whose chants of "Let's go, Hawks!" often overwhelmed simultaneous cries of "Let's go, Ducks!"
Silfverberg nearly tied the score 45 seconds into the second period but his wrist shot from the left circle hit the left post. Six minutes later, Kane gave the Hawks a 2-0 lead.
Kane one-timed a rising slap shot from the right circle during a power play for his seventh goal of the season and the 258th of his career at 6:47. The winner of last season's Art Ross and Hart Memorial trophies tied Hall of Famer Bill Mosienko for eighth place on the team's all-time goal-scoring list.
Hartman's fifth goal extended the advantage to 3-0. After Marcus Kruger deflected an attempted clearance from Ducks defenseman Shea Theodore, the puck slid to Hartman, who converted a wrist shot from the left circle at 15:40.
But 10 seconds later, Ritchie ended Crawford's bid for a shutout by firing a wrist shot from the top of the slot off the inside of the left post for his fifth goal.
Anaheim's Ondrej Kase appeared to score at 5:34 of the third period. But officials disallowed the goal because the puck deflected off Kase's left hand into the net. Silfverberg, however, narrowed the deficit by skating behind the net and stuffing the puck inside the left post for his seventh goal at 8:51.
NOTES: Chicago scratched LW Andrew Desjardins, D Michal Kempny and C Jonathan Toews, who suffered an upper-body injury by falling against the boards Wednesday night against San Jose. ... Blackhawks RW Marian Hossa needs four assists for 600 in his career. He is three shy of tying Alex Kovalev for 83rd on the all-time list. ... Anaheim scratched RW Jared Boll and D Korbinian Holzer. ... Ducks D Sami Vatanen returned to the lineup after missing the final two periods of Tuesday night's game against the New York Islanders because of the flu. ... Ducks RW Logan Shaw played his first game for the team since being acquired Nov. 16 from the Florida Panthers. Shaw was recalled from San Diego (AHL) on Thursday.