CHICAGO — No breather for the Chicago Blackhawks, just another home victory.

Chicago got an unassisted goal from Patrick Kane early in the game, built a three-goal lead and held on to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Friday night.

“You never relax,” said Chicago’s Troy Brouwer, whose second-period power-play goal put the Blackhawks up by three. “It doesn’t matter where teams are in the standings. They can be dangerous at any time.”

Phil Kessel’s second goal of the game, 5:33 into the final period, pulled Toronto to 3-2 before Chicago held on behind goalie Cristobal Huet, who made 29 saves in the Blackhawks’ sixth straight home win.

One of Huet’s best saves of the night came in the third with the Maple Leafs on a power play when he stopped a hard shot from the circle by Matt Stajan on a give-and-go.

“Huet made the saves when we needed him. And for the most part we did a good job of keeping pressure on and not giving up too much,” said Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith, who had a goal and assist.

Brouwer deflected in teammate Patrick Sharp’s shot on the power play to put the Blackhawks up 3-0 in the second and it looked as if Chicago was on its way to an easy

“We let it unravel a little bit,” Chicago coach Joel Quenne-ville said. “I don’t know if we were letting up. They scored a goal late in the (second) period and that gave them some life. At 3-2 it’s a ball game.”

Toronto’s Vesa Toskala made 31 saves, including a nice stop on Jonathan Toews near the end of the third that would have extended Chicago’s lead to three goals.

Also on Friday:

Capitals 3

Wild 1

WASHINGTON — Brian Pothier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Washington won its fourth in a row without Alex Ovechkin, beating Minnesota.

Thrashers 7

Kings 0

ATLANTA — Ilya Kovalchuk and Maxim Afinogenov each had two goals and two assists for Atlanta, and Ondrej Pavelec made 38 saves for his first career shutout.

Sabres 2

Flames 1

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jason Pominville scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout, and Ryan Miller made 25 saves for Buffalo.

Blue Jackets 3

Ducks 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rick Nash scored the shootout winner and also had a goal in regulation for Columbus, and Mathieu Garon stopped both Anaheim shooters in the tiebreaker after making 32 saves in regulation and overtime.

Islanders 4

Hurricanes 3

RALEIGH, N.C. — Kyle Okposo scored with 14.4 second left in overtime, and rookie John Tavares had his first two-goal game to help New York extend Carolina’s winless streak to 14 games — matching the franchise record.