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Blackhawks Double Up Ducks

Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists as the Blackhawks defeated the skidding Ducks 4-2 on Wednesday to snap a three-game losing streak.

 

Kane has been hot not only against the Ducks, but the rest of the NHL as well. He has 16 points in Chicago's last seven games overall, but only two goals. On March 8 in Chicago, Kane posted a career-high six points in an 8-3 win over Anaheim.

 

Kane gave the Blackhawks a 2-1 advantage at 11:37 of the second period with a slap shot from the right circle on a power play. He had a chance to score on a breakaway five minutes into the third, but was stopped by John Gibson.

 

Dylan Strome scored the go-ahead goal with 3:50 remaining when he redirected Riley Stillman's shot from near the blueline past goalie Gibson to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 lead. Alex DeBrincat put it out of reach on an empty-net goal with 1:03 left.

 

Kevin Lankinen stopped 27 shots in his first game as Chicago's No. 1 goalie. Lankinen rose into that role after the Blackhawks traded Marc-Andre Fleury to the Minnesota Wild on Monday.

 

Strome and DeBrincat each had a goal and an assist. Taylor Raddysh also scored for Chicago.

 

Sam Carrick - playing in his 100th NHL game - scored twice for Anaheim, marking the first multigoal game of his six-year career and snapping a 19-game goal drought.

 

Gibson made 24 saves.

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