Blackhawks Top Sharks 6-3, Snap Five-Game Skid

Chicago Blackhawks forward Ryan Donato scored twice and added two assists to lead his team to a 6-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday night at the United Center, snapping a five-game losing streak for the home side.

The win improved Chicago's record to 22-25-9 overall and boosted its standing to seventh in the Western Conference wild card race with 51 points. San Jose, which entered the game two points out of a playoff spot, fell to 27-22-4 and dropped to 1-2-1 on its five-game road trip, losing its third consecutive contest.

Ilya Mikheyev contributed a goal and three assists for the Blackhawks in their final home game before the Olympic break. Connor Bedard, Connor Murphy and Sam Rinzel also scored, while goaltender Spencer Knight stopped 25 of 28 shots. For the Sharks, Macklin Celebrini recorded a goal and an assist, Will Smith tallied a goal and Shakir Mukhamadullin added one in the third period. Yaroslav Askarov allowed four goals on 10 shots before coach Ryan Warsofsky replaced him with Alex Nedeljkovic 8:22 into the second period.

Chicago jumped to a 1-0 lead at 7:00 of the first period when Bedard converted a one-timer from Teuvo Teravainen on the power play,...