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 On the third goal of a hat trick, Kane secured the first 100-point
campaign of his career.
"It's a special day," Kane said. "It's pretty cool the way it
happened."
Kane's scoring outburst led the Blackhawks to a 6-4 win over the
Boston Bruins on Sunday afternoon. Chicago (46-26-7) jumped to a 6-0
lead before Boston responded with four straight goals.
Artemi Panarin scored a goal and tallied three assists for his
second consecutive four-point performance. Artem Anisimov finished
with a goal and two assists as the Blackhawks won their second
straight contest.
Chicago coach Joel Quenneville praised his team's fast start.
 "That was as good as we've played, but I think that's the pace we're
going to have to play at (with) consistency and purpose," said
Quenneville, who earned his 800th career win. "You can't make
mistakes like that (late in the game) that can get the other team
momentum or excited."
Patrice Bergeron tallied two goals and an assist for the Bruins.
Brad Marchand contributed a goal and an assist for Boston (41-30-8),
which dropped to 2-7-0 since March 15.
Bergeron said Boston's late comeback did not forgive a sloppy start.
"This time of year, with what's at stake, we have to be a lot
better," Bergeron said. "The focus is definitely what cost us the
game early on by making some mistakes."
Chicago goaltender Scott Darling stopped 42 of 46 shots to improve
to 11-8-3.
Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask allowed four goals on 22 shots before
he was replaced early in the second period. Jonas Gustavsson turned
aside 10 of 12 shots in relief.
Chicago grabbed a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Anisimov with
6:46 to play in the first period. Panarin botched a slap shot from
the left circle, but the puck skidded to Anisimov for his 20th goal.
Kane scored on a breakaway to put Chicago on top 2-0 with 2:19
remaining in the first period. Bruins defenseman Joe Morrow lost the
puck to Kane, who beat Rask with a backhand shot.
Fifty-four seconds into the second period, Kane scored again to
increase Chicago's lead to 3-0.
"Our line was creating a lot," Kane said. "We had a lot of chances,
so it was just a fun night overall."
Chicago chased Rask when Jonathan Toews increased the lead to 4-0
with 18 minutes remaining in the second period.
Rask made no excuses after the loss.
"It's just about keeping your head in the game and trying to make
strong plays," Rask said.
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Panarin scored on a one-timer to make it 5-0 with 14:43 to go in the
second period. Kane fed a cross-ice pass to Panarin, who buried a
slap shot for the 28th goal of his rookie campaign.
Kane completed his second career hat trick to increase the lead to
6-0 with 5:44 remaining in the second period. Raucous fans tossed
hats on the ice as Kane celebrated the hat trick and his first
100-point season.
"That's a mark you always kind of dream of hitting," said Kane, who
has 43 goals and 57 assists. "For it to happen this year in front of
the home crowd with a few games left is pretty special."
Boston broke the shutout on a breakaway goal by David Pastrnak in
the final minute of the second period.
Eleven seconds later, Bergeron scored to cut the deficit to 6-2.
Boston trimmed the lead to 6-3 on Bergeron's second goal with 17:21
to play in the third period. Loui Eriksson slid a pass to Bergeron,
who lifted a shot into the net for his career-best 32nd goal.
Marchand scored to pull the Bruins within 6-4 with 10:09 remaining
in the third period.
"We can't wait for them to score (six) goals to get going," Bergeron
said.
NOTES: Blackhawks G Corey Crawford worked out on the ice for the
second consecutive day before Sunday's game. Crawford has missed the
past nine games because of an upper-body injury, but the team hopes
to have him available for the playoffs. "We feel he's turned a big
corner," coach Joel Quenneville said. ... Bruins D Kevan Miller
missed the game because of a lower-body injury that he sustained
Friday against St. Louis. Fellow D Zach Trotman replaced Miller on
the blue line. ... Blackhawks D Duncan Keith served the second game
of a six-game suspension for high-sticking Minnesota Wild C Charlie
Coyle. ... Bruins D Dennis Seidenberg missed his second straight
game because of a lower-body injury. Seidenberg remained in Boston
instead of traveling with the team. ... Blackhawks RW Andrew Shaw
missed his first game of the season because of an upper-body injury.
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