"You can't take six penalties and win," Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. "It's an impossibility. We're trying to use the third and fourth line basically to kill penalties to save our other guys but it's still hard when you're killing all those penalties and you're trying to get into a rhythm of the game."
Kane scored his first goal at 10:56 of the first period when he buried a cross-ice one-timer from Nick Schmaltz to make it 1-0. He has scored goals in three straight games.
Kane scored his second at 15:36 of the second period to give the Blackhawks a 2-0 lead. He received a tape-to-tape stretch pass from Jordan Oesterle and took a wrist shot five-hole on a breakaway.
"Great plays by both of them," Kane said. "You come to expect that from [Schmaltz] now; that's a great pass cross-ice, just try to get it on net on the one-timer. And then fortunate enough to be coming off the bench there with some speed and [Oesterle] made a great pass that was hard, it was flat, it was right on my tape skating into it with a lot of speed. Great play by him too."
Ryan Hartman gave the Blackhawks a 3-0 lead when he drove to the net and roofed a shot past Stalock's right shoulder at 1:41 of the third period.
"He made a good save on me right before that and [I was] just taking the puck to the net," Hartman said. "He was low to poke check and I just got it over his right shoulder."
Dumba scored at 5:56 of the third. His slap shot got through a screened Crawford to make it 3-1. He has six goals this season, including three in his past two games.
Tommy Wingels scored a shorthanded empty-net goal at 16:00 to make it 4-1. He has four goals in his past five games.
"We've played some good hockey," Kane said. "I think we've been fortunate enough to get some wins but we found ways to win. Our last two games, you've got to be happy with the way we played those against some divisional opponents, good teams, so hopefully we're trending in the right direction here."
