Lehner makes 53 saves for Blackhawks in win against Maple Leafs
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Robin Lehner made 53 saves, and the Chicago Blackhawks scored twice in 10 seconds during a four-goal first period in a 5-4 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at United Center on Sunday.
Patrick Kane had two goals and an assist, and Kirby Dach, Jonathan Toews and Brandon Saad also scored for Chicago (6-7-4), which is 3-1-2 in its past six games after going 1-4-1 in the previous six. Alex DeBrincat had three assists.
The Blackhawks were outshot 26-7 in the third period.
“It was a tough one, but way to battle together and get the two points,” Lehner said.
William Nylander had two goals and Auston Matthews had four assists for Toronto (9-6-4), which saw its five-game point streak end (3-0-2). Michael Hutchinson made 29 saves.
“Well, we didn’t start very good obviously,” Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. “They shot it in our net. We thought we competed way earlier than the third, but in the end we didn’t compete good enough to win. We had a lot of chances. Their goalie was real solid, he made lots of saves. In saying that though, the first 10 minutes of the game wasn’t good enough, so you spend the whole night battling.”
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