DETROIT — Patrick Kane scored twice to extend his point streak to an NHL season-best 19 games, and the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 in overtime at Little Caesars Arena on Wednesday.
Kane won it 2:42 into overtime to give him 42 points (16 goals, 26 assists) in his longest streak since a 26-game run in 2015-16. Kane saw his Blackhawks-record 17-game assist streak end.
Andreas Athanasiou scored his second goal of the game with 1:26 to play when the Red Wings came back from three goals down in the third period to tie it 4-4, but Kane beat Jonathan Bernier to give Chicago its 10th win in 12 games.
The Blackhawks (26-26-9) are tied in points (61) with the Colorado Avalanche, who hold the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
Dylan Larkin had two goals and an assist and Anthony Mantha had four assists for Detroit (23-29-9), which has lost three in a row. Jimmy Howard allowed four goals on eight shots before being replaced by Bernier early in the second period. Bernier made 11 saves.
The Red Wings are 15 points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card in the East.
Artem Anisimov gave Chicago a 1-0 lead at 1:39 of the first period.
Larkin tied it 1-1 at 6:37, gathering in a loose puck and scoring his 25th goal of the season.
Brandon Saad scored his 21st goal with a wrist shot from the right face-off circle to give Chicago a 2-1 lead at 12:04.
Alex DeBrincat extended the lead to 3-1 at 16:51, scoring his 33rd goal off a pass from Dylan Strome.
Kane made it 4-1 at 1:17 of the second period with his 37th goal.
Larkin scored his second goal at 4:19 of the third period to bring Detroit within 4-2, and Athanasiou made it 4-3 with a power-play goal at 5:23.
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