CHICAGO (AP) — The signature stars came through again for the Chicago Blackhawks.Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane scored in a shootout to send Chicago to a 3-2 victory over the Islanders that ended New York’s five-game winning streak Tuesday night.Toews scored on a backhander and Kane beat Robin Lehner between the pads after nearly pulling to a stop. Chicago goalie Cam Ward denied Josh Bailey and Mathew Barzal to give the Blackhawks their second straight victory following a five-game slide.Toews scored a power-play goal in regulation Womens Scott Darling Jersey , and Kane had an assist to stretch his point streak to nine games.The output wasn’t as showy as in Sunday’s 8-5 win over Washington, when Toews had three goals and two assists and Kane had two goals and three assists. But the duo delivered big-time when needed against surging New York.“Well, we got our confidence,” Toews said. “We’re relaxed.“It’s nice for us to be able to make a big difference for our team right now.For a long time it was almost not a great feeling.”Lehner, who stopped 38 shots through overtime, wasn’t surprised that Toews and Kane rose to the occasion in the tiebreaker.“They were really good today,” Lehner said. “They’re world-class players. They’ve always been.“We’ve played some really good hockey lately and maybe it was a bit of an off night, but we still found a way to get a point.”Chicago’s Dylan Strome also had a power-play goal, connecting during a 5-on-3 advantage at 6:05 of the second period to end the Islanders’ shutout streak at 158 minutes Youth Sebastian Aho Jersey , 58 seconds.Ward stopped 34 shots through overtime. Alex DeBrincat had two assists to help Chicago’s power play connect for the ninth straight game.“Guys are making a lot of plays. It’s fun, fun to watch,” coach Jeremy Colliton said. “They’re making great reads and just being clean with the puck.”Valtteri Filppula and Barzal scored in regulation as the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders lost for just the third time in 15 games.“We wanted to have a little bit better game,” coach Barry Trotz said. “Kane and Toews are playing at the elite level right now.”Lehner was busy in this one as the Islanders, who entered with NHL’s lowest goals-against average, allowed more than two for the first time in seven games, since a 4-3 win over the Rangers on Jan. 10.New York came into the game off two straight shutouts — one by Lehner and one by Thomas Greiss — and hadn’t allowed a goal since New Jersey’s Andy Greene beat Lehner at 7:07 of the third period in a 4-1 Islanders win last Thursday. New York allowed 40 shots after giving up just 19 in each of its previous two games.Filppula opened the scoring 2:19 in from a faceoff in the Chicago zone. He beat Artem Anisimov on the draw, drove to the net with puck and flipped it past Ward with a backhand.Strome tied it at 6:05 of the second. With Cal Clutterbuck off for roughing and Matt Martin for slashing, Strome took Kane’s pass at the right side of the net Authentic Teuvo Teravainen Jersey , turned and fired in a shot off the outside edge of Lehner’s right pad.Barzal put New York back ahead 2-1 with a breakaway goal 1:28 later. The reigning Calder Trophy winner jumped on Connor Murphy’s turnover in the Islanders zone, raced the length of the ice and beat Ward with a rising backhand on the stick side.Toews’ power-play goal with 21.8 seconds left in the second tied it at 2. After Lehner stopped DeBrincat’s shot, Toews batted in the rebound from midair for his 22nd goal and fourth in two games.New York outshot Chicago 12-10 in the scoreless third and 4-3 in overtime.NOTES: Chicago rookie D Henri Jokiharju was back in the lineup after sitting out one game. D Carl Dahlstrom was scratched in his place. … Blackhawks forward Brendan Perlini (concussion protocol) missed his second game. … The Islanders scratched forward Tom Kuhnhackl, forward Ross Johnston and defenseman Luca Sbisa. … The Islanders beat the Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime on Jan. 3 at the Nassau Coliseum in the only other regular-season meeting between the teams. … The announced crowd of 21,330 was the Blackhawks’s 482nd straight sellout at the United Center, but there were patches of empty seats on an icy night in Chicago, where travel was treacherous. … The Blackhawks skated in the black-and-white striped uniforms they wore for the Winter Classic at Notre Dame on New Year’s Day.UP NEXTIslanders: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Feb. 1 following the NHL All-Star Game and their bye week.Blackhawks: At the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 1 to start a three-game road trip following the All-Star break and their bye week. The Blackhawks don’t play at home again until Feb. 7 against Vancouver. Two teams looking for a major spark will get together Tuesday night when the Anaheim Ducks host the Philadelphia Flyers at Honda Center.The Ducks have lost five in a row, their longest losing streak in three years, while the Flyers have dropped their past three games by a combined score of 13-2.The game in Anaheim will be the start of a four-game West Coast trip for the Flyers (4-7-0) Womens Victor Rask Jersey , their only visit to California and Arizona this season. Team captain Claude Giroux told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the road trip should provide an opportunity for the team to bond away from the ice.Article continues below ...“That’s what we need right now,” Giroux said. “We need to get closer as a team, we need to go out there and play for each other, and this road trip is going to be very important for the season.”The Ducks (5-5-2) opened a four-game homestand Sunday night against the San Jose Sharks and played better than in the previous four games, rallying from a 3-1 deficit in the second period with two goals from recent waiver acquisition Pontus Aberg, but they eventually lost 4-3 in overtime.Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle stressed the importance of staying positive during this rut.“There is our fair share of work that needs to be done, but for us it’s about taking the next step,” he said. “Right now, we’re a hockey club that has to try to create an identity Alex DeBrincat Jersey , and we did that in the last 30 minutes of (the San Jose) game.”Anaheim has been trying to play with a faster pace, but the process seems to be creating more scoring chances for the opposition than the Ducks.The Sharks outshot Anaheim 19-8 in the first period and 34-17 through two before finishing with a 45-27 edge. The Ducks are allowing a league-high 39.1 shots per game while taking a league-low 24.5.“We have to get to the bottom of that,” Ducks defenseman Josh Manson said.The Ducks have been repeatedly bailed out by goaltenders John Gibson and Ryan Miller. Gibson is sixth in the NHL with a .938 save percentage, and Miller also has a .938 save percentage in three appearances, including two starts. Despite the heavy volume of shots against, they’ve helped limit the team’s goals-against average to 2.75, which is 12th-best in the NHL.The Flyers haven’t received nearly as quality of goaltending, a major reason why they’re allowing a league-high 4.18 goals per game.The Flyers have also struggled on the penalty kill, allowing a league-high 13 power-play goals for a league-worst kill rate of 67.5 percent. They’ve allowed six power-play goals in the past four games.“We can’t give up Minnesota Wild Hats Womens ,” Philadelphia center Scott Laughton told the Inquirer. “On the bench, you’ve got to stay positive, keep encouraging guys, and it’s only these guys in here that’s going to get us out of it. No one’s going to feel sorry for us that we’re under .500.”
lyers have dropped their past three games by a combined score of 13-2.
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