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Rookie Shaw's first two-goal game for Blackhawks - USA TODAY Mar 19th 2012, 01:55 CHICAGO (AP) – Rookie Andrew Shaw recorded his first two-goal game, and the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Sunday night for their third straight win. Charles Cherney, AP Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane checks Washington Capitals' Troy Brouwer during their game in Chicago on Sunday, March 18, 2012. Blackhawks' rookie Andrew Shaw scored his first two-goal game to help lift Chicago over Washington, 5-2. Charles Cherney, AP Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane checks Washington Capitals' Troy Brouwer during their game in Chicago on Sunday, March 18, 2012. Blackhawks' rookie Andrew Shaw scored his first two-goal game to help lift Chicago over Washington, 5-2. Viktor Stalberg, Patrick Kane and Bryan Bickell also scored for Chicago, which is 7-1-1 in its last nine despite playing without captain and leading goals scorer Jonathan Toews. Mike Knuble and Alex Ovechkin scored for Washington, which lost its second straight following a four-game winning streak. Corey Crawford made 16 saves and in his second straight start. Projected to be Chicago's top goalie this season, Crawford's inconsistent play prompted Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville to start Ray Emery in five previous contests. Michal Neuvirth stopped 24 shots for the Capitals, who didn't dress No. 1 goalie Tomas Vokoun due to an undisclosed injury. Predators 3, Ducks 1 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Patric Hornqvist, Mike Fisher and David Legwand scored third-period goals and Nashville completed a four-game season series sweep of Anaheim. Anders Lindback made 30 saves in his eighth start this season for the Predators while Pekka Rinne got the night off. Lindback, the tallest goalie in the NHL at 6-foot-6, had lost his previous five starts since Nov. 28, when he faced only 18 shots in a 2-1 win at Edmonton. Legwand scored a power-play goal into an empty net with 16.5 seconds left after a hooking penalty against Bobby Ryan. Nashville tied idle Detroit for fourth place in the Western Conference standings and home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs with 10 games left for both teams. The Predators posted their sixth straight regular-season win over Anaheim, which got a goal from Devante Smith-Pelly. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com. USA TODAY is now using Facebook Comments on our stories and blog posts to provide an enhanced user experience. To post a comment, log into Facebook and then "Add" your comment. To report spam or abuse, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box. To find out more, read the FAQ and Conversation Guidelines.  This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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