CHICAGO _ The Blackhawks battered Ducks goaltender John Gibson with four goals in the second period _ two of them 15 seconds apart _ and coasted to a 6-2 win Tuesday at the United Center.
Backup goaltender Malcolm Subban made a brief debut for the Hawks in the third period after Corey Crawford took a knee to the head from Ryan Getzlaf. Crawford returned about a minute later.
The Hawks flashed some of their young talent with two goals by Dylan Strome and one apiece by Drake Caggiula and Alex Nylander.
Coach Jeremy Colliton has preached consistency and getting off to fast starts, and the Hawks took advantage of a slightly younger Ducks team.
"Last time they were here, it was a tricky game," Colliton said before the game about the Hawks' 4-2 win Jan. 11. "We (didn't have) a great start, we got better as the game went on (and) took over in the second period."
On Tuesday he wanted to see the Hawks look "real sharp off the bat but have a 60-minute game in mind where we're going to wear them down."
This time the Hawks got sharp play from the outset and a dominant second period, led by their youth movement.
About two minutes into the game, Caggiula tipped in a goal set up by 19-year-old rookies Adam Boqvist and Kirby Dach.
Dach weaved in front of the Ducks' Christian Djoos as Caggiula circled behind him and dropped down to the net. Dach passed to Boqvist at the top of the circle, and he made a nice pass through traffic to find Caggiula for an easy tip-in to Gibson's stick side.
Strome led off the second-period barrage with a bit of good fortune. Duncan Keith's shot bounced off the boards to Strome, who flipped it in. The Ducks answered with a goal by Danton Heinen, but Strome scored his second goal shortly after starting a shift when Patrick Kane found him streaking to the net.
Kane helped put the game away when he scored his 29th goal of the season 15 seconds after Nylander's unassisted goal.
Ryan Miller replaced Gibson to start the third period and gave up the Hawks' final goal to David Kampf.
