Kane eyes 2nd scoring title
MONTREAL— Patrick
Kane had a goal and two assists in the Blackhawks’ 4- 2 victory Tuesday against the Canadiens to tie the Oilers’ ConnorMcDavid for the league lead in points with 76. McDavid scored a goal in the Oilers’ 7- 1 victory against the Stars.
Kane entered the game two points behind McDavid and one point behind the Bruins’ Brad Marchand and the Penguins’ Sidney
Crosby. His dominant run since the start of February — 16 goals and 11 assists in 17 games— has put him in the mix for the scoring title.
Kane didn’t hide the fact he’d love to repeat as scoring champion.
‘‘ You have an eye on it,’’ he said. ‘‘ I don’t know if you’re at the point where you’re checking it every day yet, but I think there’s some awareness there. I know there’s a lot of guys that are right around pretty much the same number. We’ll see what happens. I’m not thinking about it too much right now, but we’ll see as it gets closer.’’
Familiar faces
Former Hawks forwards
AndrewShaw and Phil Danault have been skating on the Canadiens’ top line with Max Pacioretty.
Shaw has 10 goals and 14 assists to go with a careerhigh 103 penalty minutes. But the bigger surprise has been Danault. The Hawks had the 2011 first- round pick pegged as a Marcus Kruger type, but he has 10 goals and 22 assists and is the Canadiens’ No. 1 center.
‘‘ He’s really progressed in the year; he’s doing well,’’ Hawks coach Joel
Quenneville said. ‘‘ He’s getting an opportunity to play more of an offensive situation. But you like the way he competes, you like the way he works and he added a little offense to his game, as well. You root for a guy like him.’’
Roster report
Dennis Rasmussen was back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch for four consecutive games. Quenneville said he needed to see more consistency out of Rasmussen, whom he said needs to ‘‘ have the puck more.’’ John Hayden, just signed out of Yale, likely will make his NHL debut Thursday in Ottawa or Saturday in Toronto.