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Kane, in his 13th season, became the 90th
player in NHL history to reach the milestone. It came when he
dished a pass from behind the net to Ryan Carpenter, who
delivered the puck across the slot to Brandon Saad for a goal
with 5:46 left in the game to give Chicago a 4-2 lead.
With the assist, Kane extended his point streak to 10 games
(four goals, 11 assists) for the Blackhawks, who also got a goal
and assist each from Alex Nylander and defenseman Erik
Gustafsson. David Kampf also scored, Dominik Kubalik added an
empty-netter and Robin Lehner made 36 saves for his third
straight win as Chicago won for the 11th time in 15 games to
draw even on points (54) with Winnipeg.
Mark Scheifele scored his 23rd goal, Patrik Laine got his 16th
and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 28 shots for the Jets, who have
lost two straight and four of the last five while sitting
outside of playoff position in the Western Conference.
Chicago opened the scoring just 2:51 into the game. Nylander
struck on a nifty backhand shot off a Hellebuyck rebound for his
sixth goal of the season.
The Blackhawks went up 2-0 when defenseman Gustafsson, who
assisted on Nylander's goal, registered his sixth goal on a
45-foot wrister that cleared the glove of Hellebuyck with 5:49
left in the first.
Chicago has scored seven first-period goals over the last three
contests.
Winnipeg managed to cut Chicago's lead in half with 1:43 left in
the second. Scheifele gained position in front of the
Blackhawks' net and dropped in a backhander of his own for his
fifth goal in the last six road games. He has seven goals in his
last six at Chicago.
The Blackhawks, though, added some insurance when Kampf pounced
on a rebound off a Kirby Dach shot at 9:29 into the third period
to make it 3-1. Chicago has outscored its last five opponents
22-9.
Following Saad's second goal in two games, Laine pulled one back
for Winnipeg at the 17:51 mark of the third.
--Field Level Media
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