CHICAGO (AP) Chicago’s Patrick Kane extended his points streak to 26 games as the Blackhawks beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Sunday to move into a share of second place in the NHL Central Division.
Kane, the NHL’s leading scorer with 46 points, had the second assist on Duncan Keith’s power-play goal midway through the first.
He surpassed Sidney Crosby’s 25-game streak, set in 2010-11, for the longest in the league since 1992-93. The Blackhawks right wing has 16 goals and 24 assists during his run, and a point in 29 of Chicago’s 31 games.
Corey Crawford made 30 saves while Dennis Rasmussen, Andrew Shaw and Brandon Mashinter also scored for the Blackhawks, who are level on points with St. Louis, eight points behind Central leader Dallas.
Ryan Miller had 26 saves for the Canucks.
ISLANDERS 4, DEVILS 0
NEW YORK (AP) – Marek Zidlicky scored twice and Thomas Greiss made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season to help the Islanders extend their streak without a regulation loss to 10 games.
John Tavares and Matt Martin also scored for the Islanders, who are on an 8-0-2 stretch and moved into second place in the Metropolitan Division – one point ahead of the crosstown-rival Rangers. The Islanders trailed the Rangers by 11 points entering play on Nov. 25.
The Islanders also improved to 11-4-2 at home in their first season at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
Cory Schneider gave up three goals on 18 shots before he was replaced by Keith Kincaid after Martin’s goals 7 1/2 minutes into the second period. Kincaid finished with 11 saves.
The Devils were again without Travis Zajac (upper body injury) and Adam Henrique (lower body).
AVALANCHE 3, BLUES 1
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jack Skille and John Mitchell scored in the first period and Semyon Varlamov made a season-high 42 saves to lead Colorado to victory at St. Louis,
Carl Soderberg added an empty-net goal with 22 seconds remaining to seal the victory.
Varlamov stopped the first 36 shots until Vladimir Tarasenko spoiled his shutout bid with a power-play goal with 7:05 remaining. It was Tarasenko’s team-high 18th of the season.
Jake Allen, who had 26 saves in a 3-0 shutout against Dallas on Saturday, stopped 15 saves against Colorado.
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