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CHICAGO -- Brandon Saad scored his first two goals of the season, and Corey Crawford made 24 saves to help the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks at United Center on Tuesday.

"I've had some chances, especially as of late," Saad said. "But it's definitely nice for them to get in and get a win on top of that."
Patrick Kane also scored for the Blackhawks (5-2-2). He has 13 points (eight goals, five assists) in nine games this season.
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Kane gave Chicago a 2-1 lead at 7:47 of the third period off a pass from Erik Gustafsson.
"He's always getting open," Gustafsson said. "He's trying to find a lane where I can pass [to] him and someone else can pass [to] him. It's great to find a spot. It [was] a nice goal."
Saad scored shorthanded into an empty net with 34 seconds remaining to make it 3-1.
Rickard Rakell scored for the Ducks (5-4-1), who have lost three straight after starting the season 5-1-1. John Gibson made 35 saves.
The Ducks appeared to tie the game 2-2 with 1:55 remaining in the third period but the goal was nullified because the puck was knocked in with a high stick.
"This one is tough," Gibson said. "I mean, look at the way we're playing. We've got young guys and stuff but I think we can be better. I think we can be a lot better. I mean, we're trying to focus on defense and stuff like that, I don't know, but for some reason it's not clicking.
"But we're going to stay with it and try to get better. There's not much else we can do other than just try to keep pushing through it. We're going to have adversity. I think it just hit some guys a little harder because we got off to a good start. They thought maybe things were a little better than [they] were, but I think reality set in a little bit and this is what we got."
Saad made it 1-0 with a power-play goal at 5:24 of the first period.
"Well, it definitely feels good, yeah," Saad said of his first goal of the season. "But that just goes back to keep coming consistently, keeping a level head, keep shooting the puck and they're going to go in. Regardless if they go in or not, you've got to take the positives and stay confident."

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Rakell tied it 1-1 on a breakaway in 4-on-4 play at 10:34 of the second period.
Ducks forward Nick Ritchie made his season debut and had three shots and two hits in 14:49. Ritchie, who was a restricted free agent, signed a three-year contract Oct. 17. He had 27 points (10 goals, 17 assists) in 76 games last season.
"I felt pretty good," Ritchie said. "It's obviously difficult playing when you haven't played in a while. I felt as good as I thought I would and thought I made a few strides. Hopefully every game I can keep getting better."

They said it

"You look at our third period and the latter part of the second, I thought we did really good things. I thought we controlled a little bit of the play. We haven't done that in a while. [There] was something there to build on, I think." -- Ducks defenseman Josh Manson
"We didn't give them much all night, especially when we got the lead I thought we got even better. That's nice to see us do that in a tight game and everyone play defense together, coming back, helping out our D. That was a big win for us after a tough game." -- Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford

Need to know

Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews played his 800th NHL game. ... Saad had his first multigoal game since Oct. 5, 2017, when he scored a hat trick against the Pittsburgh Penguins. ... The Blackhawks have killed 10 of their past 11 penalties. ... Kane is tied for second in the NHL in goals with eight. ... Kane and Alex DeBrincat each have points in eight of nine games this season. ... Rakell's goal was his first since an opening-night victory against the San Jose Sharks.

What's next

Ducks: At the Dallas Stars on Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET; FS-SW, PRIME, NHL.TV)
Blackhawks:Host the New York Rangers on Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCH, MSG, NHL.TV)

Saad, Kane propel Blackhawks past Ducks, 3-1