Kane, Huet lead Hawks past Leafs

CHICAGO – Patrick Kane got the Blackhawks started with an early unassisted goal, and the Blackhawks held on after building a three-goal lead to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2, on Friday night for their third consecutive win.

Cristobal Huet made 29 saves in the Hawks' sixth consecutive home win.

Phil Kessel's second goal of the game, 5:33 into the final period, pulled Toronto to 3-2.

Troy Brouwer and John Madden also scored the Hawks.

Brouwer deflected in teammate Patrick Sharp's shot on the power play to put the Hawks up, 3-0, in the second and it looked as though the Hawks were on their way to an easy win.

Kane intercepted Luke Schenn as he came around from behind the net, stole the puck from him and scored just 3:22 into the game, his sixth goal of the season.

About 10 minutes later, Duncan Keith's slapper through heavy traffic, went off a Toronto stick and was deflected in by Madden, giving the Hawks had a 2-0 lead.

Huet stopped two close-in stuff attempts by Niklas Hagman late in the period and officials turned to video replay to see if the puck had crossed the line, eventually ruling there was no conclusive evidence to show that it had.

One of Huet's best saves of the night came in the third with the Maple Leafs on a power play when he stopped a hard shot from the circle by Matt Stajan on a give-and-go.

Kessel's first goal with just over two minutes left in the second ended Huet's shutout bid and made it 3-1.

Toronto's Vesa Toskala made 31 saves, including a nice stop on Jonathan Toews near the end of the third that would have extended the Hawks' lead to three goals.

Toskala made a great pad save against Kane with 2:45 left.