Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Tuesday night for their franchise-record 12th straight win.
Chicago tied the Florida Panthers’ recent streak for the longest in the NHL this season. The league record is 17 consecutive wins by the 1992-1993 Pittsburgh Penguins.
Rookie forward Richard Panik had a goal and an assist, Artem Anisimov also scored and Artemi Panarin added two assists for Chicago. Andrew Desjardins scored into an empty net, and Corey Crawford won his ninth straight.
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Ryan Ellis scored for Nashville, who have lost six of seven.
CAPITALS 6, BLUE JACKETS 3
In Columbus, Ohio, Nicklas Backstrom scored twice, Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist and Braden Holtby earned his league-leading 30th win to lift NHL-best Washington past last-placed Columbus.
Marcus Johansson added a goal and an assist, and Jason Chimera and Andre Burakovsky also scored for the Capitals, off to the best start in franchise history at 35-8-3. Evgeny Kuznetsov had a career-high four assists, and Matt Niskanen chipped in with two. Holtby made 32 saves.
Kerby Rychel had a goal and an assist, and Boone Jenner and Ryan Murray also scored for Columbus, who were attempting to match its longest winning streak of the season at three games.
The Blue Jackets also welcomed back their No. 1 goalie, Sergei Bobrovsky, who missed 17 games with a groin injury.
KINGS 3, STARS 2
In Los Angeles, Milan Lucic scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, while Anze Kopitar added two assists to his recent scoring tear in Los Angeles’ victory over Dallas.
Vincent Lecavalier scored a power-play goal for the third straight game, and Drew Doughty also scored in Los Angeles’ ninth win in 12 games since Christmas. Jonathan Quick made 27 saves for the Kings, who opened a 12-point lead atop the Pacific Division despite playing in their third game in four days.
BRUINS 4, CANADIENS 1
In Montreal, Patrice Bergeron broke a 1-all tie in the second period and Boston downed slumping Montreal, leaving the Canadiens winless in five games.
Max Talbot, David Pasternak and Brad Marchand, with an empty-net goal, also scored for the Bruins.
In other NHL action, it was:
‧ Lightning 6, Oilers 4
‧ Maple Leafs 3, Flyers 2
‧ Rangers 3, Canucks 2, OT
‧ Devils 4, Flames 2
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