Crawford makes an early lead stand up

Jonathan Toews and Brandon Saad scored firstperiod goals, Corey Crawford made 39 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks held on to defeat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Sunday night.

Dominik Kahun added an empty-netter with 58.5 second left as the Blackhawks improved to 2-2-2 under coach Jeremy Colliton, who replaced Joel Quenneville on Nov. 6. Patrick Kane had two assists for Chicago, 2-0-1 in its last three games.

Zach Parise scored for Minnesota, which lost its second straight game and for the third time in four games. The Wild controlled the game after Parise’s goal made it 2-1 midway through the second, but Crawford was sharp and preserved the lead.

Backup Alex Stalock stopped 25 shots for Minnesota as usual starter Devan Dubnyk got the night off.

Wild forward Marcus Foligno left the game at 7:13 of the second period after getting hit in the right leg by a shot by Chicago’s Brent Seabrook. HURRICANES 2, DEVILS 1 >> Justin Williams and Micheal Ferland scored in the game’s first 30 seconds and Carolina Hurricanes held New Jersey.

Curtis McElhinney made 33 saves for Carolina.

Carolina’s two-goal outburst in the first half-minute is tied for fifth-fastest in NHL history.

Pavel Zacha scored his second goal of the season late in the first period for New Jersey.

STARS 6, ISLANDERS 2 >> Esa Lindell scored twice during Dallas’ four-goal second period and the Stars won their second straight game. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 6, OILERS 3>> Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and an assist to help Vegas beat Edmonton.

William Karlsson, Cody Eakin, Max Pacioretty and Reilly Smith also scored. The Golden Knights have won two of their last three to improve to 9-11-1. AVALANCHE 4, DUCKS 3 >> Mikko Rantanen’s powerplay slap shot with 1.3 seconds on the clock in overtime gave Colorado a victory over slumping Anaheim.