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. 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.

“I’ve been fortunate in a lot of ways,” Quenneville said. “I’m in a great spot here, very content, and I’ve got a nice team to work with.”

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.

“We’re building our confidence every game,” Toews said. “The last couple of games, we’ve distanced ourselves a little bit.”

Chicago built a 3-0 lead against the Flames and was in control throughout.

Calgary’s Olli Jokinen and Curtis Glencross scored power-play goals in the third period, and both had an assist. Miikka Kiprusoff made 21 saves.

“I think we were just too easy on them in general,” Calgary forward Lee Stempniak said. “We needed to make them play in their end to force them out of their comfort zone, and we just didn’t do it.”

Also on Sunday:

Panthers 3

Hurricanes 2

SUNRISE, Fla. — Kris Versteeg scored 3:08 into overtime, giving Florida a victory over Carolina. Stephen Weiss’ shot from in front was blocked, but Versteeg found the loose puck and swept it in from the left side of the crease for his team-leading 16th goal of the season.

Blues 6

Blue Jackets 4

ST. LOUIS — Jason Arnott triggered a four-goal, third-period rally with the tiebreaking tally to lead St. Louis over Columbus. St. Louis won for the fifth time in six games and improved to 13-3-1 at home, tying Detroit for the most home wins.