Chicago snaps 8 game losing streak, beats Penguins 6-3
(CHICAGO) – The Chicago Blackhawks finally got to celebrate Wednesday night. It had been a while. Jonathan Toews had a goal and two assists, and Chicago stopped an eight-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Marcus Kruger, Brent Seabrook Andreas Martinsen, Brandon Saad each had a goal and an assist in Chicago's first win since Nov. 24 at Florida. Alex DeBrincat scored a power-play goal. Toews became the 16th active player to reach 700 career points with the same franchise. He assisted on Saad's empty-netter for his 701st point. Kruger snapped a 3-all tie when he beat Casey DeSmith from the front of the crease 3:49 into the third period. Toews also had an empty-netter before Saad made it 6-3 with his ninth goal at 19:39. Corey Crawford made 40 saves for last place Chicago. DeSmith blocked 23 shots in his sixth straight start and 10th in the last 12 games. Bryan Rust scored three times for Pittsburgh in his second career hat trick. The 26-year-old forward, who entered with one goal in 29 games this season, missed on several other prime chances. The Blackhawks shook up their roster on Wednesday morning by recalling forward Dylan Sikura and defenseman Carl Dahlstrom from Rockford of the AHL and sending forward Aleandre Fortin to the minors. Chicago is 4-12-2 under Colliton, who replaced Joel Quenneville on Nov. 6.

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