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Blackhawks take second place all-time by extending point streak to 29 games

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The Chicago Blackhawks won once again on Tuesday night, extending one record point streak (23 games to start a season) and breaking a tie with the 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens as their overall streak stretching back to last season is now 29 games.

Chicago did so by holding off a brief Minnesota Wild surge. The Blackhawks had a 4-1 lead in the third period that quickly went to 4-3, yet Patrick Kane ended that threat with an insurance goal to end it 5-3. Marian Hossa scored the winner on a night when the Blackhawks honored him for reaching the 1,000 games played plateau.

The ‘Hawks have won quite a few games by a slim margin lately, so give them a little leeway in struggling with an unusually robust lead.

Now the Blackhawks hope to tie (and then pass) the 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers, whose all-time record point streak ended at 35 games. (Again, Chicago’s 29 now stands alone ahead of that Habs team.)

The next obstacle: two games in a row against the Colorado Avalanche. They’ll host the Avs on Wednesday and then face them in Colorado on Friday.

They’ll have a little bulletin board material to point to, as Gabriel Landeskog welcomed the challenge to NHL.com before tonight’s game.

“Absolutely, it matters. I remember asking Paul Stastny early in the season, ‘When do we play Chicago?’ Chicago was maybe 5-0 and people were already talking a little about the streak,” Landeskog said. “Now there is only one more game in between and then it’s up to us and we could have a chance to end that streak. To be honest, I want them to win Tuesday night and we want to be the team that goes in there and puts an end to that.”

They’ll get two cracks at them, so be careful what you wish for, Mr. Landeskog.