"You're up 4-0 in the first few minutes, it can't get any better than that," said Patrick Kane, who had an assist. "Everyone got a little confidence out of it, and I think everyone got pretty excited."
Toews and Hossa both added assists in the first period, and defenseman Brent Seabrook set up two goals for the Blackhawks, who scored over three goals in a game only once during their losing streak (0-8-1). Chicago, which had 22 shots, was 0-6-1 during the first seven games of a nine-game trip that ends Saturday at Columbus.
The Rangers went 0-for-7 on the power play.
New York came out much better in the second period, pressuring Crawford and drawing penalties, but the early deficit was too much to overcome. Defenseman Marc Staal wrecked Crawford's hopes of a shutout when he brought the Rangers to 4-1 at 3:04 of the second period with his first goal of the season.
Carl Hagelin scored with 4:45 left to make it 4-2.
Crawford bounced back from a loss to San Jose on Friday night, in which he gave up five goals on 27 shots, and won for the first time since Jan. 18. Ray Emery was the starter and loser in the Blackhawks' previous two games.
Even with their long skid, the Blackhawks are still in a playoff position in the West, sitting in sixth place.
In other games *
At Tampa, Fla., Martin St. Louis scored his second goal of the game 4:27 into overtime, Steven Stamkos had two goals and two assists in his 300th NHL game, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks, 6-5.
Before the game, the Sharks announced they had acquired center Dominic Moore and a seventh-round draft pick this year from the Lightning for a 2012 second-round pick. A solid two-way forward, Moore has four goals and 19 points in 56 games this season.
The trade could be the first of several for Tampa Bay, which is a longshot to make the playoffs.
