CHICAGO -- Right winger Patrick Kane scored two goals to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-1 win against the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal series.
Center Jonathan Toews and left winger Patrick Sharp also scored for Chicago, which seized a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Blackhawks improved to 5-0 on home ice during the postseason.
Defenseman Matt Dumba scored the lone goal for Minnesota.
Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford stopped 30 of 31 shots to earn his third win of the playoffs.
Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk turned aside 27 of 30 shots.
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A short-handed goal by Toews broke a scoreless tie with 7:32 remaining in the second period. Right winger Marian Hossa set up the goal by stealing the puck from Wild defenseman Ryan Suter and racing down ice on a 2-on-0 breakaway with Toews.
Hossa fed a pass to the front of the crease for Toews, who snapped a rising one-timer. Dubnyk got a piece of the shot high but inadvertently deflected the puck off the knob of his stick and into the net.
Chicago increased its lead to 2-0 on Kane's wrist shot from the right circle with 19.9 seconds remaining in the second period. Defenseman Duncan Keith fired a stretch pass to Kane, who wheeled near the blue line and beat Dubnyk stick-side for his 100th career playoff point.
Minnesota trimmed the deficit to 2-1 on Dumba's power-play goal with 18:40 left in the third period. Dumba ripped a shot from 40 feet into the top right corner of the net.
The Blackhawks made it 3-1 on a wrist shot by Sharp with 12:21 to go in the third period. Left winger Teuvo Teravainen started the play by stealing the puck along the boards and pushing a pass to Sharp.
Kane added an empty-net goal with 2:07 remaining in the third period to seal the victory.
