Kane,
DeBrincat lead Blackhawks over Stars
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[December 21, 2018]
Patrick Kane had two goals and
an assist, and Alex DeBrincat added a goal and two assists as the
visiting Chicago Blackhawks beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Thursday.
The Blackhawks, who beat Nashville at home on Tuesday, won
consecutive games for the first time since Oct. 23-25. They are
4-11-1 in the past 16 games.
The Stars are 1-5-0 in the past six games and had a five-game home
win streak snapped.
DeBrincat got the Blackhawks on the board 1:12 into the match when
he corralled the puck after a faceoff win and buried a quick shot
past Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop (24 saves). Dylan Sikura and David
Kampf were granted assists on the goal.
Chicago expanded its lead to 2-0 with 2:37 to play in the first
period as Erik Gustafsson ripped a pass from DeBrincat past Bishop
on the power play, with Kane also getting an assist.
The lead grew to 3-0 less than two minutes into the second period as
Kane swept in on Bishop before switching to his backhand and lifting
the puck under the Dallas netminder's glove while barely breaking a
sweat. Assists on the goal went to Artem Anisimov and Connor Murphy.
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Dallas finally lit the lamp near the midway point of the second
period as Jamie Benn sent a centering feed at the doorstep to Tyler
Seguin, who tucked the puck into the net behind Chicago goalie Cam
Ward (26 saves). Denis Gurianov also garnered an assist on the
tally.
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The Stars crawled to within 3-2 on Taylor Fedun's goal at the 6:16
mark of the third period. Benn was bounced off the puck by a
Blackhawks defender in the crease, but it slid right to Fedun, who
was wide open to Ward's left and made short work of the opportunity.
Alexander Radulov was credited with the secondary assist on the
score.
Kane added an empty-net goal with 1:50 to play off an assist by
Kampf, and Brendan Perlini also tallied without Bishop in the pipes
off a DeBrincat assist 40 seconds later.
John Klingberg returned for Dallas after missing the past 18 games
with a broken right hand.
--Field Level Media
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