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Center Jonathan Toews and left winger Patrick Sharp also
scored for Chicago, who seized a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven
series with their fifth win in as many games on home ice this
post-season.
Defenseman Matt Dumba scored the lone goal for Minnesota.
Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford stopped 30-of-31 shots to
earn his third win of the playoffs, while Wild goalie Devan
Dubnyk turned aside 27-of-30 attempts on goal.
A short-handed goal by Toews broke a scoreless tie with 7:32
remaining in the second period before Chicago doubled their lead
on Kane's wrist shot from the right circle with 19.9 seconds
remaining in the same frame.
Defenseman Duncan Keith fired a stretch pass to Kane, who
wheeled near the blue line and beat Dubnyk stick-side for his
100th career playoff point. Minnesota trimmed the deficit to 2-1
on Dumba's power-play goal with 18:40 left in the third period,
the scorer ripping a shot from 40 feet into the top right corner
of the net.
The Blackhawks regained a two-goal cushion on a wrist shot by
Sharp with 12:21 to go in the third period, left winger Teuvo
Teravainen starting the play by stealing the puck along the
boards and pushing a pass to the goal-scorer.
Kane added an empty-netter with 2:07 remaining in the third
period to complete the scoring.
Game Three is in Minnesota on Tuesday.
(This story fixes day in first paragraph.)
(Editing by Jahmal Corner)
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