BLACKHAWKS’ CRAWFORD LEADS WIN

Center picks up three points; goalie makes 37 saves.

Jonathan Toews had a goal

and two assists and Corey Crawford made 37 saves in his 400th NHL game to help the Chicago Blackhawks beat

the Florida Panthers 4-1 Saturday night at the BB&T Center in Sunrise.

Brandon Saad had a goal

and an assist, and Patrick Kane and John Hayden also scored for Chicago (11-8-3).

Jared McCann scored for the Panthers (8-12-2), and Roberto Luongo stopped 35 shots but Florida still lost its third in the past four games.

Kane made it 3-1 when his shot from the right circle beat Luongo at 7:03 of the second.

Toews stretched the Black- hawks’ lead to 4-1 with 2:52 left in the second. An awkward backhanded shot from Toews in the right circle caught Luongo by surprise

and the puck trickled through his pads and into the net.

The Panthers closed to 2-1 on McCann’s goal 1:06 into the second. McCann’s shot from the high slot beat Crawford on the glove side.

The Blackhawks opened the scoring on Hayden’s goal at 9:25 of the first. Florida’s Derek MacKenzie failed to clear the puck in the slot

and it ended up on Hayden’s stick puck and he Luongo’s quickly shoulder. shot the

over

Saad made it 2-0 when Toews fired a pass from the right side along the goal line, and Saad redirected the puck into the net with 5:25 left in the first.

The Panthers were outshot 21-7 in the first period but started the second outshooting the Blackhawks 13-1 until Kane’s goal.

Noteworthy: Panthers right wing Evgenii Dadanov

left the game in the third with an upper-body injury. ... Crawford has held oppo- nents to three goals or fewer in eight of his past nine starts. ... Saad is the first Blackhawk with seven shots on goal in a period since Dustin Byfug-

lien in 2008.

NHL caps centennial with documentary: NHL tennial is wrapping celebration up its with cen- The a four-part, two-hour documentary that taught even “The Great One” something about his sport.

“I found out some interthings esting that I about know,” the Wayne game didn’t Gretzky said. The record-break i ng career of hockey’s greatest player is one highlight of “The NHL: 100 Years” documentary that airs tonight, a century to the date of league’s founding on Nov. 26, 1917. After narrowing down its top 100 players, its greatest teams and best moments and going outdoors during the yearlong commemoration, the NHL is letting a noted fan, Jon Hamm, narrate its growth from fledgling league on life support to 31 fran- chises today. “It’s been an interesting journey for the NHL,” said Hamm, the actor of “Mad Men” fame. “The Montreal Maroons are just as much a part of this as the Vegas Golden Knights and we cele- brate that. It’s etched in the trophy. I think that’s pretty cool.”