Tuomo Ruutu and Martin Lapointe scored for the Blackhawks, who last lost nine in a row from Feb. 17 to March 7, 2003.
Kings 4, Coyotes 0
At Los Angeles, Craig Conroy and Joe Corvo scored 50 seconds apart in the first period, Luc Robitaille ended a 14-game scoreless drought with two goals and Mathieu Garon earned his first shutout with Los Angeles in a victory over Phoenix.
The Pacific Division-leading Kings won for the ninth time in 11 games following consecutive wins against second-place Dallas. Garon made 29 saves while winning for the 10th time in his last 11 starts. His other four NHL shutouts came with Montreal.
Phoenix goalie Brian Boucher lasted only one period after giving up three goals on 12 shots. He was replaced by Curtis Joseph.
Robitaille has 660 career goals and 549 in a Kings uniform, one shy of Marcel Dionne's franchise record.
Sharks 6, Blue Jackets 3
At San Jose, California, Jonathan Cheechoo scored three goals for the second time in three weeks, and linemate Joe Thornton had a goal and three assists in San Jose's victory over Columbus.
Nils Ekman had four assists for the second straight game in another night of statistical superlatives for the remarkable line centered by Thornton, who tied Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk as the NHL's second-leading scorer with 58 points.
Christian Ehrhoff and rookie Grant Stevenson also scored for the Sharks, who returned from a five-day break with their second straight victory following a four-game winless streak.
Rick Nash scored two power-play goals for Columbus, which returned from its own four-day break in a five-game road trip. Mike Rupp also scored for the Blue Jackets, still tied with St. Louis with a league-low 25 points.
Vesa Toskala made 28 saves for the Sharks in his second straight victory in place of slumping starter Evgeni Nabokov.
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