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After Nikolai Khabibulin denied Joakim Lindstrom to open the shootout, Kane deked to his forehand and slipped a backhander past Fredrik Norrena. Khabibulin clinched the victory with a pad stop on Rick Nash on the final attempt.
Jonathan Toews, Jason Williams and Patrick Sharp scored power-play goals for the Blackhawks, who pulled within three points of eighth-place Nashville in the Western Conference with three games remaining.
Derek MacKenzie scored his second goal of the season 3:57 into the third period, giving Columbus a 4-3 lead. Chicago netted the equalizer 10 minutes later when Yannic Perreault
-- left unchecked at the left post -- scored off a rebound of Cam Barker's shot from the high slot.
Chicago scored a pair of power-play goals in the second period to erase a 3-1 deficit. Williams made it 3-2 at 8:19, just 6 seconds Rostislav Klesla was called for interference. The Blackhawks converted on a two-man advantage with 2:43 left in the period when Sharp poked home a rebound of Robert Lang's shot for his team-high 36th goal.
Toews staked Chicago to a 1-0 lead 3:54 into the game. He received a pass from Kane behind his own goal line and threw a centering pass in front that caromed past Norrena.
The assist was Kane's 48th of the season, breaking the Blackhawks rookie record set by coach Denis Savard (1980-81) and Steve Larmer ('82-83).
Notes: Columbus was without six regulars: D Ron Hainsey, D Dick Tarnstrom, D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, LW Fredrik Modin, C Dan Fritsche and G Pascal Leclaire. ... Kane's assist was his 66th point, tying him with Washington's Niklas Backstrom for the rookie scoring lead.
[Associated Press; By ALAN ROBINSON]
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