The Blackhawks picked up their seventh straight win and closed out a back-to-back with a 5-3 victory in Nashville on Saturday night. That puts the streaking Hawks back in first place in the Central Division over the Wild by one point — though Minnesota still has three games in hand.
Jonathan Toews picked up a goal and an assist, Viktor Arvidsson toyed with the Hawks defense and Chicago avoided a consecutive night of overtime with a last-minute response.
Here’s how it happened.
Nashville tried to play on Chicago’s back-to-back fatigue early.