BUFFALO Nate Thompson Jersey , N.Y. (AP) — Upon failing to reach the 900-point plateau in Chicago before the Blackhawks opened a three-game road trip, Patrick Kane couldn’t think of a second-best place to do so than during his annual Buffalo homecoming.“You come here and you do it back at home with a lot of people here and a lot of people knowing that’s the 900th, it’s pretty exciting. It makes it even better,” Kane said. “Yeah, it would’ve been nice to get it before, but now that it happened here, you think it worked out for a reason.”The 30-year-old from south Buffalo put on a show by scoring two goals and two assists in blasting through the milestone during a 7-3 win over the Sabres on Friday night.Kane capped the win with an empty-net goal in upping his career total to 903 points . He became the youngest U.S.-born player to reach 900 points, and moved ahead of Tony Amonte for 12th place among Americans.Kane also extended his point streak to 10 games, in which he has combined for nine goals and 16 assists.Though he was unable to make a side trip to his favorite pizza place Authentic Oscar Fantenberg Jersey , Kane had time to meet with about 50 members of his family and friends in the southeast corner of the arena before the Blackhawks flew to Minnesota for their game against the Wild on Saturday night.“It would’ve been nice to sneak it in,” Kane said, of popping in for a slice and wings. “Just going to have to wait for the summer.”Connor Murphy sealed the victory by converting Kane’s pass into the middle and snapping in a 30-footer through a screen to put Chicago up 5-3 with 8:36 remaining.Drake Caggiula had a goal and two assists, Brandon Saad scored twice and Duncan Keith also scored. Cam Ward stopped 40 shots and the Blackhawks avoided a brief scare before matching a season-best three-game win streak while coming off a nine-day break.Jason Pominville and Kyle Okposo scored goals 3:37 apart in cutting Chicago’s lead to 4-3 with 12:44 left. Jack Eichel also scored in a game the Sabres trailed 3-0 through the first 26:06 and 4-1 through two periods.Carter Hutton was yanked after allowing four goals on 22 shots through 40 minutes. Linus Ullmark finished, stopping five of seven shots in the third period.This was not how the Sabres intended to open a seven-game homestand while playing their first game in Buffalo in nearly three weeks, following a five-game road trip which also spanned an 11-day break.“You can’t win a game giving up seven goals,” Eichel said. “I think the learning experiences are far over now. We’re 50-some odd games into the season. … These mistakes are costing us points and that’s points in the standings that we can’t lose.”Buffalo dropped to 2-6 in its past eight and is 8-14-7 since matching a franchise-best 10-game winning streak in November.The Sabres failed to capitalize on numerous chances in the first period, and were outshooting the Blackhawks 14-6 before Caggiula scored with 1:22 left. Caggiula was set up alone in front by Gustav Forsling, who intercepted Sam Reinhart’s weak breakout pass attempt at the left point.Jeff Skinner’s turnover led to Erik Gustafsson setting up Kane for a breakaway goal 50 seconds into the second period. Keith Tanner Pearson Jersey , with an assist from Kane, converted his own rebound to put Chicago up 3-0 a little over four minutes later to break open the game.The 30-year-old Kane reached the 30-goal mark for the fourth time in his 12-year career. And he continued his domination in Buffalo, where Kane has scored a point in each of his eight visits in combining for seven goals and six assists.“Obviously, nice to score on your first shift in the second to give you some confidence,” Kane said, acknowledging he’s usually nervous before each game he plays in Buffalo.“I’m really happy for him,” Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said. “It’s hard to come back and play in your hometown. Sometimes you’re pressing and it always doesn’t work.”NOTES: Kane became just the third Blackhawks player with five career point streaks of 10 games or longer, joining Denis Savard, who did it 11 times Jonny Brodzinski Jersey Womens , and Bobby Hull (five). … Saad played his 500th career game. … Okposo scored on the power play, Buffalo’s first goal with the man advantage in seven games. The Sabres converted 1 of 3 power-play chances to improve their anemic production to 10 of 74 over their past27 games.UP NEXTBlackhawks: At Minnesota Wild on Saturday.Sabres: Enter three-day break before hosting Wild on Tuesday night. WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals go for their fourth straight win when they host the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.But the Red Wings (10-9-2) are no soft touch these days. After a 1-7-2 start Detroit is 9-2-0 in its past 11 games. Their latest outing was a 3-2 overtime win against the visiting Boston Bruins on Wednesday night.Andreas Athanasiou tied the score at 8:29 of the third period off a rebound and won it 49 seconds into overtime. Tyler Bertuzzi added a goal and Jimmy Howard made 34 saves for Detroit.Article continues below ...Athanasiou has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past six games.“Obviously it was a little bit of a slow start with some unfortunate bounces and a lot of things that just weren’t going our way, but we stuck with it and kind of worked our way out of it and can kind of see things are starting to turn,” Athanasiou said. “We’re playing really good hockey so it’s definitely a lot of fun.”Howard is 6-1-0 with a .936 save percentage in his past seven starts and the Red Wings are above .500.“To me it means we’re one game above .500 and we’ve got to go play Washington and find a way to win,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “We’ve got to keep getting better here, keep finding ways to win, and keep putting points on the board.”Washington (11-7-3) is playing strong hockey despite the continued absence of top-six forwards Evgeny Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie. They did not practice Thursday and will miss Friday’s game with upper-body injuries.Braden Holtby made 37 saves for the Capitals in a 4-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.Tom Wilson scored in his first home game since returning from suspension for Washington. Andre Burakovsky, Michal Kempny and Devante Smith-Pelly also scored Womens Tyler Toffoli Jersey , and Jakub Vrana had two assists.“Yeah, that was a really balanced attack tonight,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden said. “I feel we did the best we could to shut down their top line and still get contributions offensively from some other guys as well. So, it was a good team win for us.”The win gave the Stanley Cup champions their first three-game winning streak of the season. The first two games of which came on the road in overtime.“Obviously, it was a shorter summer for us and a shorter time to prepare ourselves for the season,” Burakovsky said. “Just to get back after a year that we had, I think it’s tough to get in and get going right away. So, we’re building our game slowly and tonight I think we did exactly what we wanted.”Nicklas Backstrom had an assist Wednesday and has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games.Washington is third in the Metropolitan Division http://www.officialwild.com/authentic-adidas-devan-dubnyk-jersey , one point behind Columbus and the streaking New York Rangers. The Capitals visit the Rangers on Saturday.Holtby is 9-2-2 with a 2.19 goals-against average, a .920 save percentage and one shutout against the Red Wings. Howard is 4-3-3 with a 2.82 GAA and .900 save percentage versus Washington.Ovechkin has 21 points (12 goals, nine assists) in 23 games against the Red Wings.The Capitals were 2-0-1 against the Red Wings last season with one of the wins coming in overtime.