Blackhawks cool Jets, 4-1
Kane has goal, 3 assists in win
AP Photo Winnipeg’s Nikolaj Ehlers attempts to get the puck from Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane during second-period action Thursday.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Patrick Kane was glad the Chicago Blackhawks kept their cool.
Kane scored his 19th goal of the season and had three assists in the Blackhawks’ 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.
It took Chicago 12:32 to get its first shot on goal in the second, and the Blackhawks were outshot 14-3 in the middle frame.
“We were really happy with our start, not a great second, and would’ve been easy to be frustrated and not have a great third,” Kane said. “But we came out and, like I said, scored early, which I think helped.
“And then they got one, no real panic on the bench or anything, just kept playing solid, did the right things out there. Nice to build off that start we had and have a great third period, too.”
Robin Lehner made 36 saves, Alex Nylander had a goal and assist and Dominik Kubalik and Erik Gustafsson also scored to help the Blackhawks rebound from a 4-1 home loss to Colorado on Wednesday night.
Tucker Poolman scored for Winnipeg and Connor Hellebuyck made 28 saves.
“We had a lot of good chances, a lot of shots to the net,” Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers said.
Cylander scored 59 seconds into the game on a two-on-one with Kane, shooting the puck high on Hellebuyck’s glove side. Chicago made it 2-0 37 seconds into the third period, with Kane capitalizing on a turnover near Winnipeg’s blue line and quickly feeding the puck to Kubalik for a breakaway.
Winnipeg countered with Poolman’s one-timer at 5:09.
The Jets were called for too many men and Gustafsson took a pass from Kane and ripped a one-timer past Hellebuyck on the power play with 9:02 left. Kane capped the scoring with 3:21 left.
“We were really happy with our start, not a great second, and would’ve been easy to be frustrated and not have a great third,” Kane said. “But we came out and, like I said, scored early, which I think helped.
“And then they got one, no real panic on the bench or anything, just kept playing solid, did the right things out there. Nice to build off that start we had and have a great third period, too.”
Chicago forward Brandon Saad left the game after he was checked into the boards by Jets defenseman Luca Sbisa. Saad fell and appeared to injure his right leg. …
“He’s going to be out a couple weeks,” Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton said. “We’ll see. Obviously it’s ankle and I don’t have an exact timeline, but it’s not day-to-day.”
STARS 4, LIGHTNING 3
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored three minutes into overtime, Anton Khudobin stopped 45 shots, and the Dallas Stars beat the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday night.
FLYERS 6, SABRES 1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James van Riemsdyk scored twice and Philadelphia took advantage of some sloppy defense and a strong power play to beat short-handed Buffalo.
The Sabres were without captain Jack Eichel, the NHL’s second-leading goal scorer who was a late scratch after participating in pregame workouts with what was called an upper-body injury. The scratch put an end to Eichel’s 17-game point scoring streak — the league’s longest this season — because the NHL does not allow point streaks to continue because of missed games.
JACKETS 3, KINGS 2, OT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in overtime, Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist, and Columbus rallied to beat Los Angeles. Boone Jenner scored with 1:43 remaining to force overtime for the Blue Jackets, who won after trailing in the first period for the second time this season.
ISLANDERS 3
BRUINS 2, SO
BOSTON (AP) — Matthew Barzal scored in regulation and the shootout as New York beat Boston. In the shootout, Jordan Eberle and Barzal scored for the Islanders. David Pastrnak scored for the Bruins. Brad Marchand’s attempt to extend the shootout was stymied by Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov.
SENATORS 5
PREDATORS 4, OT
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Anthony Duclair scored a power-play goal 2:40 into overtime, giving goaltender Marcus Hogberg his first NHL win as Ottawa beat Nashville. Hogberg, an emergency recall, stopped 33 shots.
HURRICANES 3
AVALANCHE 1
DENVER (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov and Jaccob Slavin scored 1:17 apart and Carolina rallied past Colorado.
CANADIENS 4
FLAMES 3, OT
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Max Domi beat goalie Dave Rittich on an end-to-end overtime rush to give Montreal the win over Calgary.
WILD 8, COYOTES 5
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Marcus Foligno, Eric Staal and Mats Zuccarello each had a goal and two assists and Minnesota edged Arizona in a high-scoring game. The Wild snapped a three-game losing streak.
CANUCKS 5
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, OT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Chris Tanev scored at 1:30 of overtime and Vancouver edged Vegas.





