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KANE IS ABLE
* Chicago forward Patrick Kane, selected first overall in the NHL Draft six years ago yesterday, recorded his fourth career multi-goal playoff game. Kane has seven goals, including two game-winning scores, in his last seven games. That matches his total from his prior 39 postseason games dating to 2010.
* Kane has nine goals in 22 games during the 2013 playoffs, tied for second in the League and one behind teammate Patrick Sharp. His 19 postseason points also rank second in the NHL, six behind Boston’s David Krejci (9-16—25), who collected an assist in Game 5.
* Kane has 6-7—13 in 11 career Stanley Cup Final games. He leads the Blackhawks with 3-2—5 through the first five games of the 2013 Final and also led the club with 3-5—8, including the series-clinching goal in overtime, in six games versus the Flyers in 2010.
* Kane is the first player in Blackhawks history to record nine or more goals in three postseasons. He also did so in 2009 (nine) and 2010 (10). Over the last 20 years, the only other player to do that for any team was Colorado’s Joe Sakic (1996, 2001, 2002). (Elias)
* Kane, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., is only the fourth U.S.-born player since 1999 to score two goals in a Stanley Cup Final game. There others were New Jersey’s Jamie Langenbrunner in Game 5 of the 2003 Final (Cloquet, Minn.), Chicago’s Dustin Byfuglien in Game 5 of the 2010 Final (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Los Angeles’ Trevor Lewis in Game 6 of the 2012 Final (Salt Lake City, Utah). (Elias)
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