Brendan Perlini had a goal and two assists as the Chicago Blackhawks held off a furious Toronto comeback to defeat the Maple Leafs 5-4 on Wednesday night.
Brandon Saad, with a goal and an assist, Duncan Keith, Dominik Kahun and Alex DeBrincat also scored as Chicago jumped out to a 5-0 lead before being forced to hang on.
John Tavares also scored for the Leafs, while William Nylander and Mitch Marner had two assists each. The Blackhawks continued to press and went up by two at 12:55 when Perlini took a pass from Strome, cut into the middle and whipped a knuckling puck against the grain on Andersen for his 12th of the campaign and fifth in the last four games.
Leafs defencemen Ron Hainsey, who finished the opening 20 minutes an ugly minus-3, motioned for fourth line centre Frederik Gauthier to cover in front, but the message wasn't received, leaving Saad all alone to tuck his 23rd beyond Andersen as four Toronto players were caught puck-watching. Chicago made it 5-0 at 12:32 when Leafs defenceman Nikita Zaitsev's indecision led to DeBrincat taking a pass from Perlini and roofing a shot past Sparks for his 38th.
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