Chicago halt Bruins streak with 3-1 win

The Chicago Blackhawks put together a solid 60-minute effort Sunday afternoon with a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins.

The loss snapped a six-game streak for the Bruins who dropped to 43-16-8 and failed to close the gap on first place Tampa Bay Lightning in the Atlantic Division.

The game was 1-1 until in the third when Patrick Kane scored the game-winner.

As matter-of-fact as that sounded it was indeed well timed strike as the Blackhawks improved to 30-32-8.

They are still looking up at a 12 point climb to get close to a playoff spot.

“Obviously time’s winding down here and we want to put our best foot forward every game and try to win every game,” said Kane, who also had an assist. “So, it was another opportunity here at home in front of our fans to do that and it was nice to get a win.”

Artem Anisimov had staked the Hawks to an early 1-0 lead.

“I thought we did a good job all game long. I thought we didn’t give up much, we had the puck a lot in the right areas and it was kind of tight there for a stretch of that second period into the third. Not much happening offensively both ways, but big power-play goal to get the lead and I thought five out of six periods here against Boston, we did some good things,” Quenneville said after the win.

Brent Seabrook scored with just over a minute left in regulation to seal the win.

“Nice to have that opportunity with three-and-a-half minutes left when you got a four-minute power play and maybe get a chance to win it,” Kane said. “Thought the power play moved it around pretty good tonight, we had some chances, we had some good looks and nice to get a couple in too.”

Zdeno Chara scored the lone Bruins goal.