TOEWS, KANE EACH COLLECT FIVE POINTS AS BLACKHAWKS SNAP SLIDE

Jonathan Toews (3-2—5) and Patrick Kane (2-3—5) each collected five points as the Blackhawks scored a season-high eight goals to defeat the Capitals and snap a five-game slide (0-3-2).

* Toews (21-26—47 in 50 GP) scored his sixth career regular-season hat trick and became the 17th player in NHL history to record 20 or more goals in each of his first 12 seasons, a list which includes teammate Kane who accomplished the feat on Dec. 27, 2018. The only other players to post at least 12 consecutive 20-goal campaigns at any point for the Blackhawks are Stan Mikita (14; 1961-62 to 1974-75) and Bobby Hull (13; 1959-60 to 1971-72).

* Toews registered five points in a regular-season game for the third time in his NHL career (also 2-3—5 on Nov. 25, 2011 at ANA and 3-2—5 on Feb. 21, 2017 at MIN). He trails only seven players for the most such outings in franchise history.

* Kane, who matched a single-game career high with five points (also 1-4—5 on Jan. 9, 2018 at OTT), has found the score sheet in each of his last eight contests dating to Jan. 3 (7-13—20), including an active seven-game assist streak. He leads the Blackhawks with 70 points this season (29-41—70 in 49 GP), with 20 of those coming since New Year’s Day – placing him ahead of Calgary’s Johnny Gaudreau (8-10—18 in 10 GP) for the most points so far in 2019.

* Kane reached the 70-point mark for a fourth consecutive season and eighth time in his NHL career overall. Only four other players in Blackhawksfranchise history have recorded 70 or more points in at least eight campaigns: Stan Mikita (13x), Steve Larmer (11x), Bobby Hull (10x) and Denis Savard (10x).

* Sunday’s contest was the 10th regular-season game where multiple Blackhawks players each collected five or more points and first since March 9, 2003, when Eric Daze (3-2—5) and Steve Sullivan (3-2—5) combined for the feat in an 8-5 win versus the Bruins.

METROPOLITAN DIVISION-LEADING ISLANDERS EXTEND WIN STREAK

Robin Lehner turned aside all 19 shots he faced to help the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders (29-15-4, 62 points) extend their win streak to five games, the longest active run in the NHL. New York has outscored opponents 16-3 during its five-game win streak.

* The Islanders, who earned a 2-0 win over the Capitals on Friday, posted shutouts in at least two straight games for the 12th time in franchise history and first since Feb. 15-16, 2018. New York has recorded a shutout in three consecutive games on one occasion: April 1-6, 1998.

* The Islanders, who concluded 2017-18 with the most goals allowed in the NHL (296 GA), have allowed the fewest goals against this season (119 GA). There has been only one instance in League history where a team concluded a season with the most goals allowed and finished the following campaign with the fewest goals allowed; this was achieved by the Ottawa Senators in 1917-18 (114 GA) and 1918-19 (53 GA).

CANUCKS RECLAIM FINAL WILD CARD SPOT IN WESTERN CONFERENCE . . .

Bo Horvat tied the game in the third period and Antoine Roussel scored the go-ahead goal with 6:47 remaining in regulation as the Canucksextended their point streak to five contests (3-0-2). Vancouver improved to 23-21-6 (52 points) overall this season and leapfrogged Anaheim (21-20-9, 51 points) and Minnesota (24-21-3, 51 points) to reclaim the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference standings.

. . . COYOTES DEFEAT MAPLE LEAFS TO KEEP PACE

Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves to help the Coyotes defeat the Maple Leafs and improve to 5-1-2 in their last eight games. Arizona improved to 22-22-4 (48 points) overall this season and remained four points behind Vancouver.

* Kuemper improved to 5-0-2 in his last seven appearances dating to Jan. 4 (2.08 GAA, .928 SV%, 1 SO). He is one of four NHL goaltenders without a regulation loss since New Year’s Day (min. 5 GP).

DID YOU KNOW?

* Maple Leafs forward John Tavares (30-23—53 in 48 GP) scored to become the fourth player to reach the 30-goal mark this season, joining Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin (33-19—52 in 48 GP), Sabres forward Jeff Skinner (30-14—44 in 48 GP) and Lightning forward Brayden Point(30-35—65 in 49 GP). Only four other campaigns in NHL history have featured two of the first four 30-goal scorers playing in their first season with a franchise: 1917-18 (Cy Denneny w/ SEN, Joe Malone w/ MTL), 1976-77 (Don Murdoch w/ NYR, Peter McNab w/ BOS), 1995-96 (Alexander Mogilny w/ VAN, Ray Sheppard w/ FLA) and 2016-17 (Auston Matthews w/ TOR, Patrik Laine w/ WPG).

* Blackhawks forward Alex DeBrincat (25-16—41 in 50 GP) has scored seven times over his last seven games (7-1—8) and became the third player age 21 or younger to hit 25 goals within his team’s first 50 games this season (also Connor McDavid: 25 G in 44 GP and Patrik Laine: 25 G in 45 GP). Since 1994-95, only one other campaign has witnessed at least three players age 21 or younger each score 25 goals within the first 50 games of a season: Alex Ovechkin (25 G in 36 GP), Sidney Crosby (25 G in 48 GP) and Evgeni Malkin (25 G in 50 GP) combined for the feat in 2006-07.

* Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov (12-10—22 in 48 GP) collected 1-2—3 to record the first three-point game of his NHL career. Members of the 2018 NHL Draft class Rasmus Dahlin (No. 1), Svechnikov (No. 2), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (No. 3) and Brady Tkachuk (No. 4) have each collected at least 20 points this season; the only other time each of the top four picks had 20 or more points before the end of January in the campaign immediately following their draft was 1973-74, when Denis Potvin (No. 1), Tom Lysiak (No. 2), Dennis Ververgaert (No. 3) and Lanny McDonald (No. 4) combined for the feat.

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