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Chicago • The Chicago Blackhawks are on top of their game and back on top of the NHL.
That is almost satisfying to Chicago bench boss Joel Quenneville, who became the 10th NHL coach to earn 600 victories as the Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 on Sunday night for their fifth straight win.
Steve Montador, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Patrick Kane also scored for the Blackhawks, who got 22 saves from Ray Emery.
Chicago vaulted past Minnesota into first place in the NHL standings with a league-leading 46 points. The Blackhawks improved to 7-0-1 in their past eight games.
"We did some good things for the most part," Quenneville said. "Our puck possession game has gotten better as we've gone along. I don't think we should be satisfied … but we've gotten production from a lot of places."
Quenneville, who led the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup title in 2010 — the franchise's first championship since 1961 — is 162-81-32 with Chicago, the best winning percentage in team history.
Quenneville reached 600 wins in 1,113 games, the second fastest in league history. Scotty Bowman, a Blackhawks senior adviser, did it in 1,002 games.