Steve Montador, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Patrick Kane also scored for the Blackhawks, who got 22 saves from Ray Emery.

Chicago vaulted past Minnesota Wild into first place in the NHL standings with a league-leading 46 points. The Blackhawks improved to 7-0-1 in their last 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. He took over five games into the 2008-09 season.

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.

Quenneville received the game puck from team captain Jonathan Toews.

“You don’t get to that point without knowing a thing or two about hockey,” Toews said. “He’s done nothing but good things since he’s come into this locker room, for the guys in here.”

The Blackhawks keep looking better. They haven’t lost in regulation since Nov. 29.

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