Kane, Blackhawks end Hurricanes' winning streak at five

CHICAGO --Alex DeBrincat scored twice in the third period, and the Chicago Blackhawks ended the Carolina Hurricanes' winning streak at five games with a 6-4 victory at United Center on Thursday.

DeBrincat gave the Blackhawks a 5-4 lead at 12:22 when he scored into an open net with his backhand after Pius Suter flubbed a shot in front. He then shot into an empty net with 13 seconds remaining for the 6-4 final.
Patrick Kane had a goal and three assists, and Dominik Kubalik had a goal and two assists for Chicago (4-4-4), which is 4-1-3 in its past eight games. Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves.
"We kind of took the first few games and threw them out, obviously," DeBrincat said. "We knew we had better than that. I don't think we're a team that's going to beat other teams by skill, but we've been working hard, buying into the system, and it's been working out well."

Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho each had a goal and an assist for Carolina (6-2-0), which won 4-3 in a shootout here Tuesday. Reimer made 29 saves.
"We gave up a lot of breakaways, our power play was very bad (0-for-4), our [penalty kill] was very bad (2-for-5), and it's hard to win when you have those things," Hurricanes defenseman Dougie Hamilton said. "I mean, we played them two days ago, we should know what to expect from them and should be able to know how to play against them. We didn't adjust to their game and we didn't get to our game."
Aho took a drop pass from Hamilton and scored from above the right face-off circle 1:15 into the game to make it 1-0, but Chicago scored three power-play goals to take the lead in the first period.
Kubalik sent a cross-ice pass between Jaccob Slavin's legs to Mattias Janmark, who tied it 1-1 at 3:17.

Kubalik then gave Chicago a 2-1 lead at 14:43 with a slap shot from the top of the right circle, and Andrew Shaw made it 3-1 with seven seconds left in the period on a backhand in front off a pass from Kane.
"We gave away the game in the first period," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "You can't kill penalties, you're not going to win. To me, it was a special-teams loss for us. We gave up two goals, really, but gave up three in the first period on the penalty kill. You're not going to win when you do that."

Nino Niederreiter skated to the net and backhanded a bouncing puck into the net 42 seconds into the second period to cut it to 3-2. Svechnikov scored eight seconds later to tie it 3-3 when he shot into an open net on the rebound of Hamilton's shot.
"The best part of today's game was the resiliency we showed to stick with it and get the game back under control after they tied it 3-3," Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said. "The back half of the second period, we were good again, we had another push. Again, in the third, we were solid. … Really pleased with the response from the team."
Kane made it 4-3 at 2:41 of the third period. His one-handed attempt was saved by Reimer, but the rebound hit the skate of Slavin, who then bumped into Reimer, which allowed the puck to cross the goal line as he fell into the net.
"To be honest, just trying to get a shot there and maybe there's a rebound and something squirts free," Kane said. "I got lucky where it hit [Slavin's] skate and went in. Every now and then you need those lucky breaks, and it's a good feeling."
Brock McGinn tied it 4-4 at 5:25.
NOTES: Brind'Amour did not have an update on forward Martin Necas, who left the game with 55 seconds left in the third period after he landed on his head following a hit along the boards by Blackhawks defenseman Calvin de Haan. … Kane has scored 1,037 points (395 goals, 642 assists) in the NHL, passing Doug Weight (1,033; 278 goals, 755 assists) for sixth place among U.S.-born players.