Blackhawks rally past Islanders

Hawks right wing Marian Hossa, left, celebrates with Ryan Hartman after scoring a goal during the first period against the New York Islanders on Thursday night in New York. (Associated Press)

New York Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss stops a shot on the goal by Chicago Blackhawks' Andrew Desjardins (11) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane (88) and New York Islanders' Nikolay Kulemin (86) fight for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Chicago Blackhawks goalie Scott Darling (33) stops a shot on the goal by New York Islanders' John Tavares (91) as Brent Seabrook (7) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss (1) stops a shot on the goal by Chicago Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews (19) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York Islanders' Nikolay Kulemin, right, checks Chicago Blackhawks' Brian Campbell during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Chicago Blackhawks goalie Scott Darling (33) reacts as the New York Islanders celebrate a goal by Ryan Strome during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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By Allan Kreda (Associated Press)

NEW YORK — Richard Panik scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:13 left in the third period to lift the Blackhawks over the New York Islanders 5-4 on Thursday night.

Artemi Panarin scored twice on the power play for the Blackhawks, who lead the Western Conference with 44 points. Artem Anisimov and Marian Hossa each had a goal.

Panik’s eighth of the season gave the Hawks their fourth victory in five games and eighth in the last 10 meetings with the Islanders.

Scott Darling made 28 saves as the Blackhawks (20-8-4) rallied from an early 2-0 deficit.

Andrew Ladd, Casey Cizikas, Ryan Strome and Anders Lee scored for the Islanders.

The teams entered the third period tied at 4-4.

Lee scored his ninth goal of the season, and eighth in the last 11 games, to break a 3-all tie 22 seconds into the second. That followed a wild first period in which each team scored three times.

Panarin tied it at 4-4 with his second goal of the game at 19:41 of the second. He fired his 13th of the season past goalie Thomas Greiss with Josh Bailey serving an interference penalty.

Ladd and Cizikas scored early for the Islanders before the Blackhawks roared back with goals by Panarin, Anisimov and Hossa in a span of just more than 4 minutes.

Strome tied it at 3 with his goal at 15:20 of the first.

Ladd, the former Blackhawk, scored his fourth of the season at 2:14, whipping the puck past Darling. Alan Quine and Jason Chimera assisted. It was the ninth time in the last 10 games the Islanders scored first.

Cizikas made it 2-0 at 3:48, backhanding a rebound of a shot by Nikolay Kulemin past Darling for his fourth this season.

Panarin cut the deficit in half at 9:47. Panarin, who won the Calder Trophy last season as the league’s best rookie, one-timed a laser shot off a pass from Brent Seabrook past Greiss.

Anisimov tied the game at 2 on the power play at 13:03 of the first. Hossa, the 38-year-old winger, scored his team-leading 16th goal at 14:08 after a giveaway by Bailey in front of Greiss. Ryan Hartman and Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews had assists.

Strome tied it with his third goal when his shot from the point glanced off a Blackhawks defender before eluding Darling, making his seventh straight start.

Crawford skates:

Goalie Corey Crawford, who missed his seventh straight game Thursday night since undergoing an appendectomy, skated for the first time Wednesday. He didn’t take any shots.

“He had some movement,” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “I think it was all good.”

Ladd struggling:

Former Hawks winger Andrew Ladd signed a seven-year, $38.5-million contract with the Islanders over the summer, with the expectation that he’d be the left wing for John Tavares. It has been something of a disaster, as Ladd has just 4 goals and 3 assists and has spent much of the season on the fourth line.

“You try to deal with it as it comes and get up every day to get better and try to figure it out,” Ladd said Thursday morning. “I guess it’s as frustrating as you allow it to be, and you try not to let that consume you.”

Tavares said that in Ladd’s case “positive reinforcement from your peers is crucial.”

“He’s had a great attitude and work ethic,” Tavares said. “You try not to make it all about him. I don’t think that’s ever been the type of guy that he is. But you just try to focus on how he can help the team.

“At the same time, he’s a proud guy and wants to go out there and play the best he can play and produce and be counted on as the big reason why we signed him.”

Roster report:

Michal Kempny returned to the Hawks’ lineup after being a healthy scratch for four straight games. Gustav Forsling and Michal Rozsival were scratched.

Tyler Motte was a healthy scratch for the first time.

• This report also was produced in partnership with the Chicago Sun-Times. For related coverage, check chicago.suntimes.com.