Blackhawks bounce back, beat Rangers
Chicago’s Anisimov gets hat track to haunt former team
Artem Anisimov scored three times in the third period against his former team, Nick Schmaltz had three assists and the Chicago Blackhawks cooled off the New York Rangers with a 6-3 victory Wednesday night.
Alex DeBrincat, John Hayden and Jonathan Toews also scored for Chicago, which had dropped three of four. Duncan Keith had two assists and Corey Crawford made 25 saves, helping the Blackhawks bounce back from an ugly 7-5 loss to New Jersey on Sunday.
New York had won six in a row the longest winning streak in the NHL this season and it carried a 1-0 lead into the final minute of the second period.
But the Blackhawks grabbed control with four goals in 6 minutes, 6 seconds, capped by Anisimov’s power-play slam through Henrik Lundqvist’s legs at 5:14 of the third.
Rick Nash had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who have scored at least three times in 11 of their last 13 games.
DUCKS 4, BRUINS 2 >> Nick Ritchie and Josh Manson had a goal and an assist apiece, and Kevin Roy scored his first NHL goal in Anaheim’s victory over slumping Boston.
RED WINGS 8, FLAMES 2 >> Anthony Mantha and Andreas Athanasiou each scored twice and Detroit routed Calgary.
Gustav Nyquist, Dylan Larkin, Justin Abdelkader and Luke Glendening also scored for the Red Wings. They raced out to a 4-1 lead in the first period. Micheal Ferland and Johnny Gaudreau scored for the Flames in the opener of a six-game trip.
SABRES’ SCANDELLA IS FINED >> Buffalo Sabres defenseman Marco Scandella was fined $5,000 by the NHL for a two-handed slash on Pittsburgh Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist.
The slash occurred during the second period of Pittsburgh’s 5-4 overtime win Tuesday night.
The two were battling for position in front of the Sabres’ net, when Scandella nearly lost his balance after being shoved by Hornqvist.
MAPLE LEAFS’ MATTHEWS PRACTICES >> Toronto forward Auston Matthews practiced for the first time since sustaining an upper-body injury eight days ago, and could be back in the lineup when the Maple Leafs host the New Jersey Devils.
Coach Mike Babcock said it would be a game-day decision Thursday night.