AP Photo CHICAGO DEFENSEMAN CALVIN de Haan, left, celebrates after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights during the second period Wednesday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Corey Crawford and Robin Lehner have played almost equal time in net for the Chicago Blackhawks, with neither emerging as the starting goaltender.

It’s a ploy coach Jeremy Colliton has insisted upon and is starting to pay off.

Wednesday night it was Crawford’s turn, and he did something neither he nor the Blackhawks had been able to do since the Vegas Golden Knights entered the NHL in 2017.

Crawford made 39 saves and the Blackhawks beat Vegas 5-3 for their first victory over the Golden Knights.

“We’ve got two guys that are outstanding, and I think they’re both going real well now and that’s a huge advantage for us,” Colliton said. “No matter who is in the net, we’re getting a chance to win. It gives our guys a chance to come through offensively, so they’ve been big for us.”

Crawford, who improved to 2-0-2 in his last four games, entered 0-3-0 versus Vegas with a 5.38 goals-against average and .859 save percentage.

Colliton said while both his goalies would like to be the primary starter, he’s comfortable with a system that has helped the team to a 5-2-2 streak since Oct. 27.

“Part of that is keeping both guys fresh, keeping both guys playing at a high level, and that’s going to be a benefit for us as the season goes on,” Colliton said.

Calvin de Haan and Erik Gustafsson each scored his first of the season, and Patrick Kane, Kirby Dach and Dylan Strome also had goals for the Blackhawks.

During their nine-game run, the Blackhawks are tied with Florida for the second-most goals (30) in the NHL behind Boston, which has 35 in that span.

Meanwhile, in an attempt to shake up a stagnant offense that was outscored 11-7 while going 1-2-1 during its most recent road trip, coach Gerard Gallant shuffled Vegas’ lines dramatically.

It seemed to spark the Golden Knights from the opening faceoff, as William Carrier and William Karlsson gave Vegas a 2-0 lead just 6:29 into the game.

But Kane answered 16 seconds after Karlsson’s goal, extending his season-high point streak to seven games since Nov. 2.

The second period took a wild twist in favor of the Blackhawks, as Vegas went from thinking it was ahead 3-1 to trailing 3-2 in a matter of 65 seconds.

In his first game back from his second injury of the season, Vegas wing Alex Tuch lasered a shot past Crawford. The puck appeared to go in, setting off the lights and goal horn, but actually hit the crossbar and was ruled no goal.

Only 20 seconds later, de Haan beat Marc-Andre Fleury with a wrist shot over his glove to tie the game and swing energy further Chicago’s way. And 45 seconds after that, Gustafsson took advantage of the momentum shift — and a Vegas turnover — to put the Blackhawks in front 3-2.

CAPITALS 2, FLYERS 1

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — T.J. Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored in a shootout to lift the Washington Capitals over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Brendan Leipsic had a goal in the first period and Braden Holtby made 30 saves for the Capitals, who extended their point streak to 13 games (11-0-2) and increased their NHL-best total to 32 points.

ISLANDERS 5, LEAFS 4

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Anthony Beauvillier scored twice, Derick Brassard had a goal and two assists, and the streaking New York Islanders held off Toronto.

Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves and the Islanders earned a point for the 13th straight game (12-0-1). Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist.

SENATORS 4, DEVILS 2

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a hat track, including the go-ahead goal with 2:01 to play, and Ottawa rallied in the third period to beat New Jersey.

Mark Borowiechi tied the game with 6:30 to go, and Pageau got the winner when he put the rebound of a shot off the post by Nick Paul into an open net. Pageau finished off his first regular-season hat trick with 26 seconds left on a shot into an empty net.

STARS 3, FLAMES 1

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Joe Pavelski scored twice, including an empty-net goal, and the resurgent Dallas Stars defeated Calgary.

Calgary native Justin Dowling’s first NHL goal was the winner for Dallas, which is 8-1-1 after stumbling to a 1-7-1 start this season. Ben Bishop made 24 saves.

Sean Monahan scored for the Flames (10-8-3), who lost in regulation for just the second time at home (6-2-2). Cam Talbot turned aside 29 shots.