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SAN JOSE—Patrick Kane had two assists to extend his career-best scoring streak to 17 games, leading the Blackhawks to a 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night.Kane set up Brent Seabrook on the first goal and also got a helper on Duncan Keith’s second-period goal to give him 28 points during the streak.Jonathan Toews and former Shark Andrew Desjardins also scored for the Hawks. Andrew Shaw added an empty-netter for the Blackhawks, who improved to 2-1-1 on their annual circus road trip. The six-game swing concludes this weekend with games in Anaheim and Los Angeles.Corey Crawford made 27 saves.Brent Burns and Patrick Marleau scored for the Sharks, who returned home from a 6-0 road trip to lose once again at the Shark Tank. San Jose fell to 3-6 at home this season after dropping 22 games here last season – their most since 1996-97. The Sharks had earned the most points at home in the NHL over the previous nine seasons.Martin Jones made 21 saves.After a slow start in their first game back from the perfect road trip, the Sharks found their legs late in the first period and tied the game at 1 when Burns scored on a one-timer from Joe Pavelski on the power play. It was San Jose’s first goal at home with the man advantage all season after 21 failed chances.But the tie lasted just 88 seconds before Ryan Garbutt sprung Toews on a 2-on-1 and the Captain beat Jones with a shot high to the glove side.The Blackhawks added to the lead midway through the second period when Keith sent what looked like an innocent shot in from the boards only to see it elude Jones to give the Visitors a 3-1 lead.The Blackhawks then killed off two power plays early in the third before Marleau made it a one-goal game when he beat Crawford with a wrist shot off a faceoff win in the offensive zone with 8:40 to play.Desjardins restored the two-goal lead 1:07 later when he scored his first of the season on a rebound.Fresh off their annual stop in Las Vegas during their November road trip when the circus is in town, the Blackhawks started fast. They got the first eight shots on goal and took a 1-0 lead midway through the period when Kane set up Seabrook with a one-timer that beat Jones.San Jose took more than 13 minutes before getting its first shot on goal.

NOTES—The Blackhawks have one regulation loss in their past 10 games against the Sharks. … Dainius Zubrus made his debut with San Jose on the fourth line after signing a contract Tuesday. … Sharks D Justin Braun was scratched with an upper-body injury.