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Brandon Saad, Patrick Kane and Connor Murphy
scored as Chicago snapped Dallas' franchise record-tying
seven-game winning streak and 12-game point streak (11-0-1).
The shutout was the 26th of Crawford's 13-year career with the
Blackhawks. His season career high is seven, set in 2015-16.
Saad scored at 11:20 of the first period following a faceoff win
by Alex Nylander in the Dallas end of the rink. The puck went
back to Erik Gustafsson at the right point. The defenseman
skated toward the top of the faceoff circle and faked a shot,
drawing two Stars forwards out of position, before chipping a
pass to Saad, who had skated into the top of the slot. Saad's
one-timer skipped under the pad of Dallas goaltender Anton
Khudobin and just inside the right post.
Kane made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 10:42 of the third on
a snapshot from the right faceoff circle, assisted by Alex
DeBrincat and Andrew Shaw. The Stars had killed 15 consecutive
penalties over a four-game stretch before Kane's tally.
Kane extended his point streak to 13 games, during which he's
had 22 points (nine goals, 13 assists), and helped the
Blackhawks snap a three-game winless streak (0-2-1).
Murphy scored an empty-net goal at 17:20.
Khudobin, who made a season-high 38 saves Saturday as the Stars
defeated the visiting Blackhawks 2-1 in a shootout, stopped 35
of 37 shots in Tuesday's rematch.
While it was a home-and-home series for the Blackhawks, the
Stars were playing the second half of a back-to-back. Dallas
defeated visiting Las Vegas 4-2 Monday to tie the two franchise
records.
The loss was the Stars' first in regulation since a 3-0 setback
to Pittsburgh on Oct. 26.
--Field Level Media
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