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Blackhawks' Kane a big fan of gold-medal victory by U.S. women

After the Blackhawks defeated Ottawa on Wednesday, Patrick Kane went home, flipped on the TV and started watching the USA-Canada women's gold-medal game.

The U.S. prevailed thanks in large part to a late third-period goal by Monique Lamoureux-Morando and a shootout goal by her twin sister, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson.

Kane found himself on the edge of his seat the entire time.

"I was watching it with my girlfriend, and she's like, 'Do you have money on this game?' " Kane said, smiling. "I was pretty into (it). … I felt like a true fan. It was fun to watch."

Jocelyne's spectacular shootout move to beat the Canadian goalie was shown on myriad morning shows across the country and dubbed, "The greatest goal in U.S. women's hockey history," by The Washington Post.

"I think you'd score on an NHL goaltender with that one," said Kane, who played for Team USA in 2010 and '14. "Didn't really know what she was going to do when she was coming down.

"She was kind of swerving a little bit, (then) slowed it down. It kind of reminded me of a move that Sam Gagner would do where he throws it on his backhand and brings it to his forehand and the goalie's on the other side of the net.

"And I know that goalie for Canada is one of the best, so that's pretty impressive under those circumstances in that big of a game."

Rutta returns:

Defenseman Jan Rutta was expected to return to game action for just the third time since Jan. 21 when the Blackhawks host San Jose at the United Center on Friday. Rutta, who was on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury, got off to a strong start this season but struggled quite a bit in his past 8 games.

Rutta was a minus-4 in a 7-3 loss to the Islanders on Jan. 20 and a minus-3 in a 4-2 loss at Vancouver on Dec. 28.

"Getting acclimated to our (team) game right off the bat was a pretty good trait," said Hawks coach Joel Quenneville. "(He's) shown that he has that capability of playing in a variety of different situations.

"But it is a good league and consistency is the best way of evaluating defensemen. Nailing it is not an easy thing to do."

Rutta gave the Hawks a 1-0 lead at 5:46 of the second period when his shot went between Martin Jones' legs. Rutta, who has played in just 42 games, leads all Hawks D-men with 6 goals.

He said it:

"I've got another 22 guys in there that (I) need more (out of)."

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