Taylor Hall recorded his fifth career hat trick to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 6-2 win against the visiting Dallas Stars on Wednesday evening.
It was Hall’s first hat trick since Dec. 5, 2013, when he played for the Edmonton Oilers in an 8-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche.
Louis Crevier scored his first NHL goal, Connor Bedard snapped a 12-game goalless streak and Teuvo Teravainen also scored. Tyler Bertuzzi had two assists and Petr Mrazek made 25 saves for the Blackhawks, who have points in three straight games for the first time this season (2-0-1).
Colin Blackwell and Matt Duchene scored and Casey DeSmith made 20 saves for the Stars, who’ve been outscored 12-6 in their past two games.
Hall gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead 17 seconds into the game with a wrist shot from the left circle to finish off a rush, ending a 13-game goalless streak.
Hall doubled his goal total on the season when he redirected a centering pass from in front of the crease to make it 2-0 at 5:43 of the first.
Chicago was still on a power play to start the second period when Bedard sent a wrist shot from the right circle into the top-right corner of the net for a 3-0 lead at 41 seconds, ending his own 12-game goalless streak.
After Teravainen made it 4-0 at 3:06 of the second, Dallas scored 35 seconds later when Mrazek lost sight of a loose puck in the crease and Blackwell chipped it into the net to cut it to 4-1.
Hall completed the hat trick when he scored with a one-timer from the inside edge of the left circle just after a power play ended to make it 5-1 at 8:42 of the second.
Crevier, playing in his 26th NHL game, scored off the rush at the start of a delayed penalty to make it 6-1 at 13:18 of the second and give Chicago its season-high goal total.
The Stars were 1-for-18 on the power play over the previous six games plus three power plays on Wednesday when Duchene scored with the man-advantage to cut it to 6-2 at 13:43 of the third.
–Field Level Media
