MONTREAL – Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists, and Corey Crawford made 40 saves to lead the Chicago Blackhawks past the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Johnny Oduya, Artemi Panarin and Jonathan Toews, into an empty net, scored for the Blackhawks, who jumped over Minnesota and lead the Central Division with 93 points.
Paul Byron and Shea Weber scored for Montreal.
Carey Price made 20 saves and became the third Canadiens goaltender to play 500 games, joining Patrick Roy (551) and Jacques Plante (556).
The Canadiens have not beaten Chicago since 2014 (0-6-1).
Crawford, a Montreal native coming off a season-best 42 saves against the Wild on Sunday, is 7-0-2 versus the Canadiens.
No comments:
Post a Comment