ANAHEIM, Calif. _ The Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane went without a point for one game. That was enough for him, but he cut it close.
Kane, whose 20-game streak with at least one point ended Sunday, scored his 40th goal of the season with 16.1 seconds remaining, and Corey Crawford made 29 saves in his first game back from a concussion in a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night at the Honda Center.
Crawford looked strong in his first game since he suffered a concussion on Dec. 16 and missed the next 28 games. However, he did commit a big turnover that led to a third-period goal for the Ducks.
Alex DeBrincat scored a pair of goals, including his 36th of the season to tie the game at 3 with 4:54 remaining.
The Ducks' Rickard Rakell was ejected early in the second period for boarding Drake Caggiula, who lay face down on the ice for about a minute before leaving under his own power. The Hawks later announced Caggiula would not return to the game due to a concussion.
Caggiula has been a terrific addition to the top line over the last month, helping Kane and Jonathan Toews score points in bunches to propel the Hawks back into the playoff race. The Hawks are now five points out of the final wild-card spot.
Troy Terry put the Ducks ahead 3-2 in the third when Crawford attempted to play the puck behind his own net but lost it to Derek Grant, who centered it in the slot for Terry to snap it into a wide-open net.
DeBrincat scored his 35th goal just 13 seconds into the five-minute major penalty in second period, but the Hawks failed to score again on the extended power play. The Ducks' Devin Shore scored a short-handed goal _ the sixth the Hawks have allowed this season _ to tie it back up.
The Hawks retook the lead on their own shorthanded goal when Artem Anisimov surprised Ducks goalie Ryan Miller with a wrist shot over his right shoulder for his 11th goal. However, the Ducks tied it back less than two minutes later, when Carter Rowney redirected a Ryan Kesler shot that slipped just past Crawford's stick.
The first period ended without either team scoring, the first time that's happened in a Hawks game since Nov. 16.
