GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists, and the Chicago Blackhawks rediscovered their scoring touch in a 7-5 victory against the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena on Tuesday.
Andrew Desjardins scored two goals and Duncan Keith, Artem Anisimov and Artemi Panarin each scored power-play goals in the first period for the Blackhawks (21-13-4). Chicago had scored a total of one goal in back-to-back losses to the Dallas Stars and Carolina Hurricanes but won for the seventh time in their past eight trips to Arizona, including the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Kane assisted on the goals by Keith and Anisimov and added his 22nd of the season in the second period. He has an NHL-leading 53 points and trails Jamie Benn of the Stars by one in the goal-scoring race. Jonathan Toews also scored into an empty net for Chicago with 1:39 remaining.
Arizona captain Shane Doan completed the second hat trick of his career and tied Dale Hawerchuk for the all-time franchise record with his 379th career goal when he scored a power-play goal with 27.1 seconds remaining. Zbynek Michalek and Connor Murphy also scored for the Coyotes (17-16-3).
Chicago's Corey Crawford made 32 saves to win for the 19th time this season.
Arizona starter Anders Lindback allowed three goals on five shots in the first period before giving way to backup Louis Domingue, who made 18 saves in relief.
The Blackhawks had one even-strength shot and were outshot 12-5 in the first period. But that didn't keep Chicago from scoring three times on the power play and leaving the ice with a 3-2 lead.
Arizona's Anthony Duclair hooked Kane 4:31 into the game and Chicago's power play went to work. Kane gained the line with speed and dropped a backhand pass to Keith, who put a one-timer past Lindback's glove from the left circle for his sixth goal at 6:21.
Murphy went to the box 33 seconds later and the Blackhawks needed two shots to double their lead. Kane fed defenseman Brent Seabrook in the high slot; his shot was deflected in front by Anisimov and went past Lindback at 7:36 to make it 2-0.
But Arizona got back into the game at 10:18 with the help of a friendly bounce. Doan flipped a shot from the blue line that took one big hop and went over Crawford's glove.
The Coyotes tied the game 1:49 later. Oliver Ekman-Larsson made a pass from behind the net and Michalek put the shot off the far post and past Crawford at 12:07. It was the 24th goal in 36 games by Arizona defenseman, who have scored in 13 of the past 18 games.
But another Arizona penalty opened the door to a third Chicago power-play goal. With Michalek in the box, Panarin whacked a Seabrook feed from the high slot past Lindback and under the crossbar at 19:08 to put Chicago ahead to stay.
It was the seventh goal allowed by the Coyotes' penalty kill in its past 14 chances.
Domingue replaced Lindback to start the second period.
Chicago needed two minutes of the second period to stretch the lead. But Chicago scored again two minutes into the period when Teuvo Teravainen dropped a pass to Desjardins for an innocent-looking wrist shot from the top of the right circle that squeezed under Domingue's glove and pad.
Kane gave Chicago a three-goal lead at 7:08 when he took a pass from Andrew Shaw and hit a wide-open net. Desjardins made it 6-2 at 5:04 of the third period. Domingue made the save on his shot but the rebound bounded off of Arizona defenseman Nicklas Grossmann and into the net for his third goal of the year and second of the night.
Doan got his second of the night on the power play at 7:17 and Murphy made it 6-4 just after another power play expired with a shot off the post at 13:03.
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