COLUMBUS, Ohio -- This was supposed to be the weekend for the NHL All-Star Game at Nationwide Arena. Instead, the Chicago Blackhawks flaunted their own constellation of stars. Patrick Kane had yet another multipoint game with two assists, Jonathan Toews scored the game-winner early in the third period and Corey Crawford had 24 saves to help Chicago match the best start in franchise history with a 3-2 victory Saturday night over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The only other time the Blackhawks began a season 5-0-0 was 1971-72. "That was one of those games where maybe we didnt play our best hockey like weve seen in the last five games, but as a team it doesnt matter who goes out there youve got to find a way to win," Toews said. "And we did that." Crawford, who won for the fourth time this season, was solid all night but particularly when the Blackhawks were a man down. They killed all five penalties. "I feel good, I feel focused," Crawford said. "The puck looks pretty big right now. Also, everyones making the effort to play defence. Its showing in the first bunch of games -- guys are coming back to help out and that helps us get to offence after that." Badly outplayed at the outset, the Blackhawks played methodical, poised and unhurried hockey all night. Even when down 1-0, it seemed only a matter of time before they collected themselves and took control. "Finding ways to win is important," coach Joel Quenneville said. "Youre not going to be great every night or your best every night. Columbus played a hard-working game, working harder than us tonight. But we got key saves from (Crawford) tonight and that helped us." The All-Star Game, of course, was cancelled by the 119-day lockout that reduced the season to 48 games for each team over 99 days. Steve Mason held his own with 21 saves for the Blue Jackets, who lost their third in a row. A goal by Derick Brassard was waved off in the second period when the officials ruled Nick Foligno interfered with Crawford. That decision caused a sellout crowd of 18,381 to boo throughout the game. "You never know how a games going to end up," Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards said. "(The goal being disallowed) certainly changed the course of the game. At the time, we were down 2-1. Its a huge play. He (referee Dan ORourke) makes the call, he saw what he saw. Theres nothing we can do once he makes the call." On the power play after Jamal Mayers went to the penalty box for unsportsmanlike conduct, Brassards slap shot from the point beat Crawford. But ORourke immediately waved off the goal. Replays showed Folignos right skate was in the crease, although there was no apparent contact between him and Crawford. Between periods, Foligno said ORourke told him that the goal was disallowed because "I had bumped (Crawford) and didnt give him time to reset." The crowd booed lustily at every opportunity the rest of the night. Quenneville said later that replays showed clearly that it should have been a tying goal. Mark Letestu gave Columbus a 1-0 lead and Artem Anisimov scored late to make it interesting for the Blue Jackets, who have been outscored 12-3 in their losing skid. Toews, off of Kanes second assist of the night, put the Blackhawks up two goals 6:35 into the third after a turnover in the Chicago zone. Letestus pass was deflected by Marian Hossa with Kane retrieving it. He fired a blind, quick pass to Toews who was all alone behind the defence. Toews faked left, then right, before flipping the puck past Mason for his third of the year and a 3-1 lead. Anisimov backhanded in Brandon Dubinskys wraparound attempt with 2:19 left in regulation, but the Blue Jackets could not get the equalizer. Kane now has more than one point in four of the five Chicago games and has two goals and seven assists. "You can tell hes good ol Kaner," Toews said. "Hes going to work hard and make plays." The Blue Jackets could only think about the goal that didnt count. "Overall everybody worked hard," Mason said. "Its unfortunate. Im not sure what the call was on that second goal for us but the guys kept working and we just came up a little short." NOTES: Chicago won all six meetings against the Blue Jackets last season and is now 20-12-4 all-time at Nationwide Arena. ... The Blackhawks improved to 4-0-0 on the road this season. ... The Blue Jackets were without RW Cam Atkinson, who suffered a lower-body injury in camp. He may be out at least a week. ... Hossa has 35 points (17 goals, 18 assists) in 29 career games against Columbus while Kane has 34 points (12 goals, 22 assists) and Toews 33 (14 goals, 20 assists) in 31 games against the Blue Jackets. cheap nfl jerseys china . Olivier Occean scored in the second half and 10-man Canada held on for a 1-0 win over Cuba to kick off the third stage of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying Friday. cheapjerseys.com . Two of those players appear easy to peg: Dion Waiters and Damian Lillard. 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Durant scored 32 points and Cook had all 19 of his points in the fourth quarter to rally the Thunder to a 118-110 win against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night in their first game since Harden took an elbow to the head. Harden wasnt able to pass league-mandated tests to allow him to return after the concussion he suffered when he was hit by the Los Angeles Lakers Metta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest. Cook broke out of a slump to help ease that pain, at least for one game. "Hes a big factor on our bench. Not just our bench but our whole team," Cook said. "The bench guys had to step up big." Cook started the fourth quarter with a jumper and a 3-pointer to erase a four-point deficit, and he went on to score Oklahoma Citys first 14 points of the period and put the Thunder ahead for the first time since the first quarter. "Fortunately with James out, Daequan was that guy," Durant said. "He was able come through for us and make some really big shots." The performance by Cook and the other backups was enough to convince coach Scott Brooks to leave his starters on the sideline in a game without much on the line. The Thunder are locked into the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs but did ensure that theyll finish ahead of Miami -- the No. 2 team in the East -- and would have home-court advantage if that star-studded NBA finals materializes. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 32 points after finding out about 3 hours before game time that the league had rescinded his 13th technical foul and he wouldnt have to serve a one-game suspension. The Kings were without leading scorer Marcus Thornton for the third straight game with a left quad contusion, and reserve Terrence Williams was out sick. Travis Outlaw moved into the starting lineup and scored a season-high 20 points, surpassing 10 for only the fourth time this season. Jason Thompson scored 22, Tyreke Evans had 18 and Isaiah Thomas 11 as all five Sacramento starters hit double figures. The youthful Kings will try to avoid finishing the season with the Wests worst record when they host the Lakers on Thursday night. "You can see uppside but its not much that you want to talk about," Thompson said.dddddddddddd "You want to be about it." Durant extended his lead in a tight NBA scoring race with the Lakers Kobe Bryant despite sitting out the entire fourth quarter. Durant, who moved into the lead Sunday, is averaging 27.97 points per game to Bryants 27.86 with each having one game left. "Hopefully its a fun one. Thats what the fans want to see, I guess," Durant said. "But for me as a player, all Im worried about is getting better." Bryant will get the last chance to move ahead, playing a night after Oklahoma Citys regular-season finale Wednesday night against Denver. "I dont care about that," Bryant said. "If I did, I would have went for 50 (last week) in San Antonio. They were playing me straight-up in single coverage." Sacramento made 18 of its 22 shots (82 per cent) in the first quarter and then scored 10 of the first 12 points in the second to go up 50-37. Oklahoma City closed to within 59-57 by halftime, only to give up a 10-0 run in the third that pushed the lead back out to 13. Royal Ivey put Oklahoma City ahead to stay with a long jumper from the left side with 3 minutes left, and Cooks 3-pointer in transition extended the lead to 114-107 with 44.9 seconds left. Cole Aldrich hit all four of his free throws to close it out. Cook had made only 11 of 37 shots (30 per cent) since returning from a sprained right knee earlier this month. "DC is a terrific shooter but he has to continue to believe in that shot and keep shooting it," Brooks said. "I thought the last five or six games when he missed a shot, he kind of got down on himself and was concerned about the next one. 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