Here are the Five Takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers.
1. Artem Anisimov’s first career hat trick. The Blackhawks center has been up and down this season, having a nice scoring spurt recently but still looking to find some consistency. On Wednesday he looked more like himself, scoring all three of his goals within five feet of former Rangers teammate Henrik Lundqvist. Said Anisimov about getting that trick against the Rangers, “It’s true, it means more. When you go against your former team you want to play twice as hard and you want to score goal, obviously.