LOS ANGELES – Patrick Kane joked on Friday afternoon that he’s been making this point streak tough lately, getting that necessary point to continue it late in games.
He wasted no time setting a new mark on Saturday.
Kane scored a power-play goal 11:10 into the game as he ran his point streak to 19 games, a new record for a U.S.-born player. Kane shared the record for American players for one day. His assist on Duncan Keith’s game-tying goal with just 26.6 seconds remaining against the Ducks on Friday gave him an 18-game point streak, which was also held by Eddie Olczyk and Phil Kessel.
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“It seems like I’m kind of making it difficult on myself with the last few games,” Kane said with a laugh. “But it’s something you try not to think about: play the game and if you’re playing the right way, usually good things will happen.”
Kane is now two games away from tying the franchise record for a point streak; Bobby Hull set his 21-game point streak from Dec. 5, 1971 to Jan. 23, 1972.