Buffalo native Patrick Kane moves into 4th place on Chicago’s all-time points list.
By Scott King / NHL.com Correspondent
CHICAGO — Artem Anisimov scored twice, and the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in a shootout at United Center on Thursday.
Buffalo native Patrick Kane had two assists to move into fourth place on the Blackhawks all-time points list with 924, passing Steve Larmer. Stan Mikita (1,467), Bobby Hull (1,153) and Denis Savard (1,096) are the top three.
Duncan Keith and Brendan Perlini also scored for the Blackhawks (28-30-9), who trail the Minnesota Wild by nine points for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. Corey Crawford made 35 saves.
Zach Bogosian, Vladimir Sobotka, Brandon Montour, and Kyle Okposo scored for the Sabres (30-28-9), who trail the Montreal Canadiens by 10 points for the second wild card in the East. Carter Hutton made 41 saves.
Keith gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead at 16:01 of the first period, backhanding a puck in from the slot.
Anisimov made it 2-0 at 18:26, faking a shot glove side and scoring stick side on a breakaway off a pass from Kane.
Sobotka cut the lead to 2-1 at 3:16 of the second period, tapping in stick side from the left of the crease.
Montour tied it 2-2 at 4:39 off a wrist shot from the high slot.
Bogosian gave the Sabres a 3-2 lead at 6:45, placing his shot behind Crawford’s left skate for a shorthanded goal.
Anisimov tied it 3-3 at 4:48 of the third period.
Okposo gave the Sabres a 4-3 lead at 7:20, scoring stick side.
Perlini tied it up 4-4 at 7:57 with a snap shot from the slot.
Jonathan Toews, Kane and Alex DeBrincat scored in the shootout for the Blackhawks. Jack Eichel scored for the Sabres.