Patrick Kane had an assist in Chicago's 5-2 defeat on Monday. It was Kane's first point of the Western Conference Final. With Los Angeles up 3-1 in the series, the Blackhawks need Kane to step up now in order for them to keep their season going.

The Patricks, Kane and Sharp, are going to have to start scoring if the Blackhawks are going to defend their Stanley Cup title. Kane has scored only one goal in Chicago's last seven games, while Sharp has scored only twice in the Hawks' 14 playoff games to date. We believe it is only a matter of time before these two bulge the twine more regularly; however a shift of Michal Handzus off their unit could only hasten the rebound.

If Wayne Gretzky was playing hockey today, he'd love to be on a line with Patrick Kane. Kane isn't usually selected when people are asked to name the best player in the league, but he is certainly up there. More importantly, he's a clutch performer that's shown an ability to rise to the occasion in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Kane already has three game-winning goals in the 2014 postseason.

Patrick Kane has three game winners in the playoffs thus far. He trails only teammate Jonathan Toews, who has four in the 2014 playoffs. The duo have accounted for seven of the eight winners with Brandon Saad claiming the other. Kane has six goals and 10 points this post-season to rank tied for 14th in the points race.

Patrick Kane has recorded his fourth postseason winner in overtime Tuesday night. It also marked the third time he clinched a series in doing so. Kane snapped a four-game goalless drought in the process to give him six markers and 10 points in 12 matches during the 2014 playoffs. The Blackhawks will play in the Western Conference Finals as a result of Tuesday's 2-1 overtime win over Minnesota.

Patrick Kane scored 9:44 into overtime after a funny deflection off the glass behind the Minnesota net, giving the Blackhawks a 2-1 victory in Game 6 of this western conference second round series on Tuesday night. Kane now has six goals and four assists in 12 games in the postseason. He has also scored three game-winning goals in the playoffs. Kris Versteeg scored the other goal for the Blackhawks, which was his first goal in the postseason.

Patrick Kane scored two third-period goals to help the defending Stanley Cup champions to a 5-2 victory against the Minnesota Wild in Game 1 of their western conference second round series. Kane scored his first off a spectacular one-handed backhand low in the right circle to snap a 2-2 tie at 8:22 before getting his fifth of this postseason off a pass from Ben Smith with 3:13 remaining. Kane has 34 goals and 79 points in 82 Stanley Cup Playoff games. Marian Hossa also had a strong night with a goal and two assists, while Bryan Bickell scored twice for the Blackhawks. Defenseman Brent Seabrook and Patrick Sharp added two helpers in the victory.

Patrick Kane was given new linemates during Game 4's overtime win over St. Louis. He started Wednesday's match alongside Jonathan Toews and Bryan Bickell, but was moved to a line with Patrick Sharp and Ben Smith during the third period. The adjustments paid off, as Hossa helped set up Bickell's game-tying goal and Smith had the lone assist on Kane's game winner in overtime.

Patrick Kane scored two goals and registered an assist to give Chicago a 4-3 overtime victory over St. Louis and even the Western Conference First Round series at 2-2. Kane now has four points in four games in this year playoffs. Bryan Bickell and Andrew Shaw also scored for the Blackhawks, while Jonathan Toews added two helpers in the victory.

Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews are expected to remain on the same line for Game 4 on Wednesday night. They were reunited, along with Bryan Bickell, in Game 3 after seeing some time together earlier in the series. "There is just lots of confidence there. We know what to expect," Toews said. "We know that every shift we go out there that we can get that puck possession and create stuff. The more we create, eventually it's going to go in." That trio helped the Blackhawks earn the Stanley Cup last year and they'll try to help Chicago even up their series with St. Louis on Wednesday.