CHICAGO — Patrick Kane recorded his ninth career hat trick Sunday during the Chicago Blackhawks’ 4-3 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Kane tied Steve Larmer for fourth on the all-time Hawks list behind Bobby Hull (28), Stan Mikita (16) and Denis Savard (11).
Kane reached another plateau that he owns all to himself.
He became the first player to record 700 points at the United Center, according to NHL Stats, when he scored the opening goal 10 minutes, 44 seconds into the game. With two more goals and an assist Sunday, he stands at 703 points — 255 goals and 448 assists — in 641 games at the UC.
Kane also recorded his 104th career three-point game, surpassing Mike Modano for second by a U.S-born skater and trailing only Pat LaFontaine (116).
Kane has been on a hot streak lately, racking up five goals in the last two games. He scored the opening goal 44 seconds into Friday’s road-trip finale against the Ottawa Senators and the tying goal in the third period to send the game into overtime, when the Hawks pulled off a 4-3 upset.
On Kane’s first goal Sunday, Max Domi dished to Kane, who roofed a shot between defenseman Timothy Liljegren’s legs.
On the second goal in the second period, Kane took a centering pass from Domi and drifted to the left circle until he found a sliver of daylight under Ilya Samsonov’s left pad.
Three minutes later, Kane collected Connor Murphy’s rebound, maneuvered by the net and banked the puck off Samsonov’s back. It was initially ruled no goal, but video review changed the call.
With 8 minutes left, Cole Guttman scored his first NHL goal to push the Hawks to a 4-3 edge, and Domi added an empty-netter with 1:16 left, assisted by Kane.
