Hawks control third period to get by struggling Ducks

ANAHEIM—The Blackhawks used some old-fashioned sharpshooting to break open a tie game against the Anaheim Ducks.Patrick Sharp scored for the fourth time in five games to give the Hawks the lead for good in a three-goal third period that carried the defending Stanley Cup champions to a 4-1 victory Friday. He also set up a short-handed goal by defenseman Duncan Keith that knotted the score in the second period.Sharp has 14 goals in his first 24 games. Last season, he didn’t get his 14th goal until his 41st game.Defenseman Nicklas Hjalmarsson ended a 44-game goal drought, Troy Brouwer also scored, and Corey Crawford made 26 saves against an offense that generated 90 shots on net over the previous two games while losing both.The Hawks held the Ryan Getzlaf-Corey Perry-Bobby Ryan line to just seven shots on net.Dan Sexton scored on a power play for the Ducks, who have just 10 goals during a six-game losing streak that began Nov. 14 at the United Center with a 3-2 overtime defeat that snapped a six-game winning streak. Right wing Teemu Selanne sat out his second straight game because of a groin injury.The Blackhawks had just finished killing off an Anaheim power play when Ducks defenseman Andy Sutton, playing in just his third game with Anaheim after missing the first 21 games of the season because of a broken right thumb, committed a costly turnover that resulted in the go-ahead goal.The 12-year veteran carried the puck out from behind his own net and attempted a backhanded outlet pass to Nick Bonino — but put it right onto the stick of Sharp, who quickly beat Jonas Hiller high to the glove side.Hjalmarsson beat Hiller to the stick side with a screened shot from the left point with 14:04 remaining for his first goal since March 3. Brouwer added his fourth goal with 10:20 to play, beating Hiller to the glove side with a one-timer from the slot. At that point, Carlyle changed goalies.