Blackhawks rally with 4 straight goals, Stars lose 5th in row

DALLAS -- Patrick Kane and Max Domi each had two goals and an assist, and the Chicago Blackhawks rallied for a 4-3 win against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Wednesday.

Kane has 10 points (seven goals, three assists) in the past four games.
"All of a sudden, you get going and you start feeling good, feeling confident," Kane said. "I was the beneficiary of a few plays tonight and even the last couple of games too, so I think things are just clicking."

Seth Jones had two assists, and Jaxson Stauber made 29 saves for the Blackhawks (20-32-5), who have won four straight.
"I've said it all year, these guys don't quit," Chicago coach Luke Richardson. "We got some penalties against us, and then they scored on the power play. We were down in the game and we're tired. It's easy to fold the tent, pack it in, but these guys, they are resilient.
"I think they like playing with each other. Once we got a little sniff and we got that first goal, I think they started to believe again and started working for each other."
Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist, and Jake Oettinger made 19 saves for the Stars (30-16-12), who blew a three-goal lead and lost their fifth in a row (0-3-2) and eighth in their past 10 (2-3-5).
Tyler Seguin nearly tied it at the end of the third period, but his shot did not go in until after time expired. Radek Faksa almost scored for Dallas with 1:40 remaining, but video review determined the puck did not completely cross the goal line.
"It's definitely a punch in the gut," Stars forward Jason Robertson said. "Every team is good in this league, so not taking any credit [away] from Chicago. One of those games where you make those little mistakes going east-west and gave up three 2-on-1 goals today, and that can't happen, especially when we're in this little rut to begin with.
"It's unacceptable and I'm sure everyone in here is going to regroup and get back to what (Dallas coach) Pete [DeBoer] wants us to do."
Kane scored to make it 3-2 at 15:24 of the second period after a giveaway in the neutral zone by Seguin, then tied it 3-3 at 18:05 on a 2-on-1 with Philipp Kurashev.
"Where do you start? You build a 3-0 lead, just got to be a smarter team," DeBoer said. "I think we are a smarter team than that, but obviously weren't tonight. Their power-play goal [to make it 3-1] gives them a little momentum, and you've got to be smart enough to kind of stop the bleeding there. Instead, we compound it with some turnovers and give them life that you don't need to give them."

Domi gave Chicago a 4-3 lead at 4:13 of the third on a breakaway after he blocked a shot at his own blue line.
"We're getting more bounces that we didn't get early on in the year," Domi said of the recent chemistry with Kane. "I know that sounds like whatever, but it's true. When [Kane] is feeling it, he's burying the puck like that, it's fun to watch, fun to play with. It puts energy into our group, and I think everyone really feeds off that. He's leading with his play right now, and it shows."
Seguin made it 1-0 at 12:58 of the first period for his 15th goal of the season, and Benn made it 2-0 just 1:19 later at 14:17 on a 2-on-1 with Wyatt Johnston.
Robertson extended it to 3-0 on a power play at 4:33 of the second period, ending the Stars' 0-for-20 skid with the man-advantage since the NHL All-Star break.
"We had a good start, and then we I guess sat back a little too much," said Benn, the Dallas captain. "They've got nothing to lose over there. They're playing freewheeling hockey and had a good second period there. I don't really think it was anything they did special; I think just mistakes by our group cost us."
Domi cut it to 3-1 with a power-play goal at 10:10 off a pass from Kane from behind the net.

NOTES:
The Blackhawks acquired defenseman
Nikita Zaitsev from the Ottawa Senators before the game. … Chicago leads the NHL this season with eight multigoal comeback victories. ... Domi has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his past five games. He won seven of 14 face-offs. … Stauber became the second goalie in Blackhawks history to get his first five wins in six or fewer games, joining Scott Darling (5-1-0 in 2014-15). … Jones blocked six shots in 21:36 of ice time. … Benn has four goals in his past six games.