CHICAGO _ Patrick Kane became the fourth player to score 1,000 points in a Blackhawks uniform when he hit the milestone in the third period of the Blackhawks' 5-2 victory _ their fifth straight _ over the Jets on Sunday night at the United Center.
Kane, 31, had an assist on Brandon Saad's goal to join Hall of Famers Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull and Denis Savard.
Kane, who is the 90th player in NHL history to hit the 1,000-point mark, did it in the 953rd game of his career. He is the seventh active player to reach 1,000 points along with Joe Thornton, Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Patrick Marleau, Evgeni Malkin and Eric Staal.
According to the NHL, Kane is the youngest U.S. player to reach the milestone. Kane, 31 years, 61 days old, eclipsed former Blackhawk Jeremy Roenick, who was 32 years, 13 days old when he did it.
The Hawks improved to 24-20-6 and pulled to within three points of the Coyotes for the final Western Conference wild-card spot. Robin Lehner had 36 saves for his sixth win in his last seven starts.
The Blackhawks took a 1-0 lead less than three minutes into the game on Alex Nylander's sixth goal of the season and first in his last 11 games.
Nylander took a pass from Erik Gustafsson as he was skating through the slot and moved around goalie Connor Hellebuyck before deftly putting a backhander just inside the far goal post.
Gustafsson scored his sixth of the season and the first in his last 10 games on a wrist shot from near the top of the left faceoff circle to make it 2-0.
Drake Caggiula took four minor penalties in the first two periods, including a double-minor that gave the Jets a four-minute power play, but Lehner stopped 13 shots while the Hawks were down a man to keep the Jets off the scoreboard. The Hawks penalty kill has allowed just three goals in the last 39 opportunities over their last 16 games.
The Jets finally beat Lehner with 1:55 left in the second on Mark Scheifele's rebound goal to pull within 2-1.
David Kampf scored his seventh goal of the season midway through the period to restore the Hawks' two-goal lead. Kirby Dach picked up his second point and first assist in his last 29 games.
Dominik Kubalik sealed the victory with an empty-net goal, his 21st of the season.
