AROUND THE NHL Wednesday’s games

Blackhawks 6, Rangers 3

CHICAGO

Artem Anisimov scored three times in the third period against his former team, Nick Schmaltz had three assists and the Chicago Blackhawks cooled off the New York Rangers with a victory. Alex DeBrincat, John Hayden and Jonathan Toews also scored for Chicago, which had dropped three of four. Duncan Keith had two assists and Corey Crawford made 25 saves. New York had won six in a row — the longest win streak in the NHL this season — and it carried a 1-0 lead into the final minute of the second period. Kevin Hayes and Mika Zibanejad also scored, and Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves before he was replaced by Ondrej Pavelec.

Red Wings 8, Flames 2

DETROIT

Anthony Mantha and Andreas Athanasiou each scored twice as the Detroit Red Wings routed the Calgary Flames. Gustav Nyquist, Dylan Larkin, Justin Abdelkader and Luke Glendening also scored for the Red Wings, who raced out to a 4-1 lead in the first period. Micheal Ferland and Johnny Gaudreau had the goals for the Flames in the opener of a six-game road trip. Athanasiou opened the scoring when his cross-crease pass was deflected by Flames defenseman T.J. Brodie through the legs of Calgary goalie Eddie Lack just 5:35 into the game. Nyquist made it 2-0 only 1:50 later with his sixth of the season.

Associated Press