Playoffs: Blackhawks vs WildRound 2 Game 5 Win

"Rise Above the Sentiment"
The Blackhawks were back in the United Center, Sunday night to face the pesky Wild in game 5 of their second round series. The Blackhawks were coming off two unimpressive games in St. Paul that allowed the Wild back into the series. The good news was that the Wild still can't seem to win a game on the road, and the Hawks have home ice in the series.

The game started off on quite a sour note with the Blackhawks taking an early penalty, and got worse late in the first period when the Hawks surrendered the lead. The second period was much better for Hawks fans, as they out shot the Wild 15-6 and tied the game, continuing that momentum into the third period, where they took the lead for good. The game was fairly uneventful but the Blackhawks were able to take care of the task at hand, giving them a chance to close out the series in Minnesota on Tuesday night.

The Good

• The Hawks finally tied up the game on Ronnie Pickle's 6th of the playoff, on the powerplay, half way through the second period. They were out shooting the Wild 10-3 at the time. Sharp threw a long shot on net, Bickell tipped it straight down and past Bryzgalov. This goal tied Bickell for the league lead in goal scoring.
• Peter Regin played and looked good. He had a few good chances and he also set up some chances. Remind me what was so undesirable about this guy, again? Oh, lets not forget that he was the 3rd star of the game. How man times has Bollig been named a star in these playoffs.
• The Blackhawks took a 2-1 lead about 5 minutes into the third period. Two very important events made the shift for the Hawks. The first was Toews laying a pretty big hit on Granlund, and the second was Hossa's head fake on Granlund. They eventually lead to a Sharp shot that bounced around and ended up in the feet of Toews. We all know how that story ends.
• Patrick Kane made a huge play late in the third, with Bryzgalov on the bench, as he out raced a Wild defender to negate icing and keep the clock running.
• Corey Crawford had a HUGE game. After a mediocre game followed up by a bit of a stinker, he was enormous in this one. The only goal given up was more on the defense than anything.
• The Blackhawks housed the Wild at the dots, winning 57%. Granlund was the only Wild player over 50%
• Patrick Sharp didn't score but he assisted on both goals. For whatever reason, he is in a funk, though.

The Bad

• Cody McCormick was listed as having 8 hits. Both Niederreiter and Cooke had 6 each. The official scorer must have been on a cocaine bender.
• Duncan Keith was unspectacular in this one. He was listed as having 4 giveaways, and made a stupid decision on the Haula goal.

The Ugly

• Let me also take a swipe at the NBC scheduling crew for not only making the game an 8:00 Sunday night start, but then putting the damn game on MSNBC in favor of the stupid Rangers/Pens game. Nevermind that it was a beautiful Mothers Day and a Sunday afternoon game would have been perfect. Oh but it gets better. The game was apparently by word of mouth only, because none of the channel guides listed the game. Why is this important, you ask? So people that have lives can DVR the game. So not only were people not able to find the game, but they weren't able to record it either. Fail from top to fucking bottom.
• The Wild took a 1-0 when the Hawks (more specifically Keith, Seabrook, Handzus and Kane) decided to LET Eric Haula skate up the rink, take a shot, and then get a whack at the rebound. Crawford made the first and second save, but the puck popped up in the air and barely into the net. How the Blackhawks didn't box him out is really beyond me. You can't let a guy have a free path to the net to feast on your goalie. Not sure what the hell Keith was doing lunging at Haula, at the blue line either.

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Playoffs: Blackhawks at MinnesotaRound 2 Game 4 Loss

"Days Turn Blue to Gray"
The Blackhawks were in Minny-haha Friday night trying to take a 3-1 series lead back to West Madison Street. The Blackhawks were without Andrew Shaw once again, who was out with alleged leg injury. Hawks Coach Quenneville scratched Kris Versteeg, while dressing both Jeremy Morin and Joakim Nordstrom.

The first period was even on the scoreboard at 1-1, but the Blackhawks only managed fur shots on net to seven Wild shots. The second was no better for the Blackhawks, as they were out shot 18-9 and out scored 2-1. Once again, the Hawks were left with a deficit in the third period, and were not able to come back. When all was said and done, the Blackhawks lost 4-2 and were out shot pretty convincingly, 31-20.

Next game is at the United Center Sunday night at 8pm.

The Good

• Patrick Sharp finally broke his goal drought with a first period goal, to tie the game at one with 40 seconds remaining in the first period. Even though he scored, it wasn't really a vintage Sharpie goal he rushed up the boards and banked the puck off Bryzgalov. I'll take the goal, but something still seems wrong with Sharp. He had a breakaway in the second period that would have tied the game and couldn't beat Bryzgalov.
• Even after all the BS of the Wild scoring a pretty soft second goal to go up 2-1 the Blackhawks battled back with Handzus tipping a long point shot from Seabrook just enough to beat Bryzgalov, and tie the game.
• Morin did have a penalty, but he also had a great chance on a Bryan Bickell set up. Bryzgalov made the save, but Morin was in position, driving the net, and engaged. More than we can say for Versteeg, well, ever.

The Bad

• Everybody's idiot hero, Brandon Bollig, took a stupid penalty for checking from behind. Absolutely no need for that in his 4:44 of ice time. When are we going to finally relize that he's bringing NOTHING to this team in the playoffs?
• Hjalmarsson and Kruger hurt in the second period, but both returned for the third period. Kruger actually looked like he was more seriously hurt, but apparently wasn't.
• Following a Michal Rozsival penalty for closing the hand on the puck, the Wild put he nail in the Blackhawks coffin with a powerplay goal. Kruger had actually played the pass well, but Koivu was able to get the pass up and over Kruger to Spurgeon, for an easy back door goal.
• Not only were the Hawks grossly out shot but they were beat a the faceoff dots too. Toews was the only Hawks center that could manage to win a faceoff, and in a game where they could have used better possession numbers they were not starting the plays off very well. Mikael Granlund won 8 of 9 faceoffs for the Wild.
• Clayton Stoner and Keith Ballard were minus 2 for Wild. Quenneville needs to exploit that, period.
• According to the stat lines, Duncan Keith had no shots on net and 4 shots blocked. Back to "I love shin pads" Duncan Keith.
• I didn't think he would make a difference, but Matt Cooke had a good game back following his suspension for a knee to knee hit in the previous series. He had an assist, 5 hits, 3 blocked shots and 2 takeaways.

The Ugly

• Hawks turnovers were glaring and plentiful. They started off with a Michal Rozsival turnover deep in the Blackhawks zone that the Wild pounced on and Justin Fontaine snapped from a tight angle past Crawford. when you're running around in your own zone like clowns, some of the last people you want to see defending are Roszival, Leddy, and Handzus. Well, that's exactly what the Wild had.
• Both the second and third Wild goals, just terrible. The second goal, by Pominville, was atrocious but I've certainly been there. Jason Pominville picked up a puck behind the net, that Suter had lost, and banked it off Crawford's skate into the net. The third goal
• The back breaker of the game was the Wild third goal from Nino Niederreiter, just 44 seconds after the Handzus goal tied the game. Niederreiter just skated to Crawford's left, up the wing, and snapped a shot past Crawford, who looked surprised, and off his angle. The Blackhawks were never really the same after that goal.

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Playoffs: Blackhawks at MinnesotaRound 2 Game 3 Shutout Loss

"Shattering The Skies Above"
The Blackhawks traveled to Minnesota, Tuesday night, to face the Wild in game three of the second round. The Hawks were looking to take a 3-0 lead, but the Wild had other plans. The first forty minutes seemed like a boring eternity and lulled even the home crowd to sleep. In the third period, the Wild took a quick lead and soon after took a two goal lead. The Blackhawks never recovered and ended up getting shutout 4-0.

The Good

• You see it in Mens league, but you rarely see a player turn around and dump the puck back into his own zone during a penalty kill, but Kruger pulled it off in the first period. I love it. Smart play. That's all the good we have, folks.

The Bad

• It doesn't get much worse than Nick Leddy being scratched in front of family and friends. Obviously it worked out in the end, right?
• Bollig was back...blech
• During a late first period powerplay Patrick Sharp and Duncan Keith got crossed up at the Wild blue line and Sharp missed a chance to keep the puck in the zone. All this resulted in Haula getting a breakaway. Keith raced back and was able to annoy Haula enough to get him to not only miss the net, but miss the puck completely
• Saad had several chances in the first two period, and each time made one too many moves.
• I had a good night with predictions. I stated we were due for a Crawford stinker where he, "gives up like 3 or 4 goals on something like 19 or 22 shots". The Wild scored 3 on Crawford with 17 shots. THEN I predicted their PK streak would end. I was off by one PK. Not too shabby. I should go out and grab a very scratch off lottery cards.

The Ugly

• The best Blackhawks chance in the first two periods was a 2-on-1 led my, yes you guessed it, Brandon Bollig. The other player was some guy named Pat Kane and he never saw the puck.
• Early in the third period, Eric Haula was able to slide in behind Kane and Rozsival and was able to chip a saucer pass into the net on Crawford's back door. The miscommunication between Hawks players was just enough to give Haula the room he needed.
• Two and a half minutes after the Haula goal, the Wild took a rare center ice faceoff, made 4 quick passes and Mikael Granlund found himself in a favorable position with Crawford leaning the wrong way. That fast, it was 2-0 Minny
• The Blackhawks night ended with 2:35 left, when an Oduya took a tripping penalty and the Hawks just laid down. Parise stood in front of Crawford and tipped a long shot off the post. The rebound sat just outside the crease and Captain America chipped it in.

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Playoffs: Blackhawks vs WildRound 2 Game 2 Win

"In Waves"
The Blackhawks took a 1-0 series lead into game number two, Sunday afternoon at the United Center against the Minnesota Wild. There were a few lineup changed do to injuries and illnesses, but the Blackhawks had a goal in mind.

The Blackhawks scored goals in each of the first two periods to take a lead into the third period. They gave up a goal early in the third period, but then followed up with two goals to take a 2-0 series lead. Not the Blackhawks best game, but enough to get a win.

The Good

• Morin started for Bollig and Nordstrom started for the injured Shaw. Versteeg was back after his chronic case of suckitis.
• The Hawks opened up a 1-0 lead just over halfway through the first period. Hossa snuck way behind the Wild defense and came in 1-on-1 against Bryzgalov. Bry made a great toe save after Hossa deked him, but El Capitan followed the play and was able to smack the can-o-corn into the net. Cannot fault Bryzgalov on that one AT ALL.
• Saad, Kruger and Nordstrom played together while Versteeg, Handzus and Morin spent time together.
• A Nick Leddy retaliation penalty in the second period led to a few tense moments on the penalty kill, but Crawford was huge and made a nice desperation save.
• Bryan Bickell had a two on one break late in the third period that he blasted off the post, but just a few minutes later he had a 2-on-1 from he other side and shot to the same side, beating Bryzgalov for a 3-1 Hawks lead. I guess there is something to this "Bickell is a playoff performer and that's what he is paid to do" stuff. in this game alone he had 2 goals and an assist, 2 shots, 2 shots blocked and 3 shots missed the net.
• Brandon Saad had 2 goals, including a shot off Captain America's stick immediately following a powerplay, late in the second period. His second goal was an empty netter.
• Hossa, once again, had a very quiet three point game. Minnesota needs to control Hossa's production if they are going to make a series out of this.
• Crawford had another wonderful game. Unfortunately, that means we're in for a real stinker, in the near future.

The Bad

• Hjalmarsson was hit in the cake hole later in the first period, which was enough to stop play, but recovered and later came back.
• The Wild came out with an agenda in the second period, but couldn't tie the game early on. Instead the Blackhawks gained momentum and took control back.
• Minnesota beat the Hawks at the dots due to Mikko Koivu winning 74% of his faceoffs. Marcus Kruger only won 30%, and needs to get better.
• For a game that had a surprising amount of action, the hots were only 22-19. I call bullshit.
• Even though I don't remember seeing him on the ice at all, Jeremy Morin was minus 1 in 5:42 of ice time, so he was basically no worse than Bollig.

The Ugly

• Early in the third period the Wild caught the Versteeg/Handzus/Morin line out on the ice with the 3rd defensive pair, and all hell broke loose. Eventually, the puck ended up going in, with Roszival spinning around like a top.
• Duncan Keith decided that playing with fire was something that he was interested in when the Hawks were pressed in their own end, midway through the third period. He tried a fancy cross ice pass deep in the Hawks zone that was picked off. Luckily for Keith, his partner bailed him out big time.
• Spurgeon, Suter and Parise were all minus 3 on the afternoon.

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Playoffs: Blackhawks vs WildRound 2 Game 1 Win

"Spill The Blood"
The Blackhawks opened up the second round, Friday night, at home against the surprising Minnesota Wild. The Wild are a team that no one expected to be playing. Fans, the media, and probably even the players looked right past the Wild from the start of the playoffs, and assumed that the second round would be a match up against the pesky Avalanche. That wasn't to be, and we all have the Wild to thank for that. On to game 1.

The Blackhawks jumped out to a 1-0 and eventually, a 2-0 lead before the Wild decided to make the game interesting in third period, and tied up the game. The Blackhawks were having none of those shenanigans and exploded for a three goal outburst, icing the game.

Game 2 will be at the United Center on Sunday, at 2:00 PM.

The Good

• Ben Smith continued to play #2 center and looked good there. He may just be this year's solution for that hole. His fancy pass for the second Kane goal was really impressive.
• The Hawks took advantage of a Minnesota double minor for high sticking, late in the first period. A big stop by Crawford came back down and Hossa dropped a short pass to Seabrook, who one timed the shot. Bickell redirected the Seabrook shot past Bryz for a 1-0 Blackhawks lead.
• Just past the midway point of the second period, and just after killing off a Too Many Men penalty, the Blackhawks got another powerplay of their own. Saad knifed across the Wild zone and looked to throw a backhand shot on net, but instead he hit Hossa on the back door for a 2-0 Hawks lead.
• Right after the Wild tied the game, Patrick Kane decided it was his turn to whip his hog out on the table. He took the puck just about end to end with a faked drop pass along the way, and then backhanded the puck top shelf from a near impossible angle. Maybe the best goal of the playoffs thus far. 3-2 Hawks.
• Kane followed up his highlight goal with a much easier goal, after what looked to be a beautiful feed from Ben Smith. Sharp shot from the point and Smith redirected it blindly between his legs to a wide open Kane on the back door. Kane slammed it home, and the Wild lost all hope.
• With 2:41 the Wild pulled their goalie and Ronnie Pickle nailed the game shut.
• For as much flak as Bickell has gotten this year, it looks like he is poised to repeat his playoff performance of last year, which is great news for this team. With four goals already in the playoffs, no one can complain about that.
• Call me an asshole but after Dany Heatley hit Seabrook late, after the whistle in the first period, I didn't take much issue with Nick Leddy's shoulder/elbow penalty later. Fuck that guy. He got away with killing a guy, and he's a gutless little prick.
• This is starting to become repetitive, but Corey Crawford once again held the Hawks together long enough to bust the game wide open. This is the epitome of "eating crow".
• Marian Hossa quietly had a 3 point night.

The Bad

• Andrew Shaw was hurt by a hard Clayton Stoner check in the first period and never returned. Official word is Day-to-Day with a lower body injury. Looked like maybe an ankle issue.
• Minnesota finally got on the board about two and a half minutes into the third period. Oduya made a save on a shot that went through Crawford but the second chance slowly rolled out of Crawford's reach and into the net. After a call to the war room in Toronto, it was confirmed that the puck was in the net.
• The Blackhawks looked to have another goal earlier in the game, when Nordstrom went hard to the net from behind and the puck eventually went into the net, but the ref claimed that he had blown the play dead. That wonderful "intent to blow" rule.

The Ugly

• The Hawks gave up two very good Wild shorthanded chances during the early game double minor. REALLY sloppy play, but it'll all be forgotten because of the goal.
• Shortly after the first Wild goal, they caught the Blackhawks with their forth line on the ice and forced Bollig to turn over the puck in the neutral zone. Fast forward and Crawford is picking the puck out of the net. Los Suckholes. Other than Nordstrom, that fourth line is now irrelevant, and Handzus is only useful on the PK, now.
• Defensive prodigy Jonas Brodin had 6 penalty minutes and the Blackhawks scored on 2 of those 3 powerplays.

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Playoffs: Blackhawks vs BluesGame 6 Series Win

"The Crusade"


Sunday afternoon the Blackhawks had their first chance to eliminate the St. Louis Blues after coming back from a 0-2 deficit to go up in the series 3-2. I threw a prediction out there that the Blackhawks would win in 6 games, and they were right on track to do that. With all the games in this series, that was not going to be easy.

The Blackhawks took an early lead that the Blues matched late in the first period, Sunday. The second period saw the Hawks dominated for the entire twenty minutes, but giving up no ground on the scoreboard. The third period was all Blackhawks as they came out and took a lead and followed up with 3 more goals, sending the Blues back home series losers.

The Good

• The Blues had the early pressure out shooting the Blackhawks 5-1 early, but the Hawks used a defensive faceoff win to take an early lead. Keith's work to keep the puck in the zone, eventually ended up on the stick of Seabrook, who let a long wrist shot go. He was looking for a Bickell tip, and that is exactly what Seabrook got when Bickell redirected the puck just enough to beat Miller.
• After the abortion of a second period, the Blackhawks show the Blue how to work a powerplay just 44 seconds into the third period. Keith found Toews across the ice and Toews drove to the slot, beating Miller.
• 1:16 after the Toews goal, Sharpie blocked a shot attempt at the point and the puck ended up on the stick of Kane. Sharp had taken off behind the defenders and Kane hit him on the tape for a breakaway. Sharp shielded the puck and fought off a high sticking penalty from Shattenkirk to direct the puck towards the net. Weak goal that Miller needed to stop. That opened up the flood gates.
• Five minutes after the Sharp goal, Andrew Shaw tipped a long Keith shot up and over Miller for a 4-1 Blackhawks lead. The Hawks had their boots on the throats of the Blues at this point.
• The icing on the cake was a Shaw/Keith 2-on-1 rush that resulted in Keith hitting a gaping net for a 5-1 Blackhawks lead.
• Seabrook came back to a 2 assist and a plus 3 performance.
• Crawford haters can, once again, eat a bag of bull balls. He was stellar on the second period that saw the Hawks get out shot 17-3. Overall he made 35 saves, and out dueled Mr "Big Game Goaltender", who only stopped 22 of 27 shots.
• We all finally got our wishes to see Kris Versteeg sit, but Quenneville dresses Nordstrom instead of the player we expected, Jeremy Morin.

The Bad

• Right after a late first period TV timeout the Blues caught the Hawks running around in their zone a little. Steen found a wide open Oshie right in front of the net. Oshie was SO wide open and he was able to pound the puck past Crawford so hard that no one but the official realized it went into the net. I went in and out so fast, that even Oshie himself didn't know.

The Ugly

• The Hawks started the game killing 4 straight penalties, including a Hossa double minor, until Steen was called for a slash about half way through the second period. Luckily the Steen call cut the Hossa double in half. The calls against the Hawks continued throughout the second period after that. The
• Again, the Hawks were out shot 17-3 on the second period alone, and the Hawks didn't yield a goal. How that happened is beyond me, because every Hawks fan was just waiting for the goal to come. Total shitshow of a period, and the penalties didn't help.
• Berglund, Ott, and Jackman were all minus 3. I can't laugh hard enough at that.
• You would like to see Bollig and Nordstrom play more than a total of 8 shifts for 3:57, but I guess we can attribute that to the penalty discrepancy.

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Playoffs: Blackhawks at St. LouisGame 5 OT Win

"STRIFE"

The Blackhawks headed back to St. Louis Friday night to face the Blues in game 5 of the series. The Blackhawks had 1-0 and 2-1 leads but lost both before heading to overtime for the 4th time in 5 games. The Hawks took their 3rd game in a row with a break-a-way goal midway through the first OT.

The Good

• The Blackhawks struck first when Bryan Bickell squeezed past a Roman Polak and led a 2-on-1 with Hossa. Bickell's pass to Hoss was a terrible one that Hossa struggled to control. Hossa stuck with the play long enough to find it on his stick with a wide open net. Backes was in his typical asshole mode, checking Hossa into his own goaltender and eventually into the net.
• The Hawks almost went up 2-0 on an early powerplay as Duncan Keith's shot squirted by Miller, but Miller was able to reach back and cover the trickling puck before Andrew Shaw was able to jump on it.
• Late in the second period, Ben Smith finally capitalized on his strong play. He picked up a rebound in front of the net and backhanded it over Miller's blocker for a 2-1 Blackhawks lead.
• Just when everyone was holding their breath and Backes was pressuring the Blackhawks in their own zone, Crawford made a big save and Keith chipped the puck to a wide open Jonny Toews for a break-a-way the other way. El Capitan does what he does, and finished the game for a huge Blackhawks win in St. Louis.
• Hjalmarsson was a stud, once again, blocking 6 shots, which was double any other player.

The Bad

• TJ Oshie tied the game just over halfway through the second period. The play started off with Bickell making a big hit on Steen. The puck was still able to make its way across to the streaking Oshie, who originally mishandled the puck. That led to Crawford committing early and taking himself out of the pay. Oshie stayed with the puck and pushed it past Crawford.
• Eary in the third period Nick Leddy decided that a 1 goal lead was enough to take an end to end rush. His shot missed the net and rang around to lead a Blues 2-on-1 the other way. No one covered for Leddy and puck ended up on the stick of Pietrangelo who beat Crawford to tie the game.
• For the first time this series, the Blackhawks were beaten at the dots

The Ugly

• Barret Jackman winning the Calder trophy is the equivalent of Jim Carey winning the Vezina in 96. Fucking piece of smoldering garbage.
• David Backes finally came and skated to the tune of minus 2 and 35% at the dots. El poopoo.
• How bout that Brandon Bollig? The right response is "who?".

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Playoffs: Blackhawks vs BluesGame 4 OT Win

"Ember to Inferno"

The Blackhawks carried the momentum of their game three shutout win into game four Wednesday night. The Blackhawks jumped out to a 2-0 lead and it looked like the game was over, but the Blues had other plans, scoring three straight goals at the end of the second and beginning of the third periods. The Blackhawks woke up long enough to tie the game back up and eventually send the game to overtime. It was a see-saw overtime and the Blackhawks ended it just over halfway through, and the Hawks headed back to St. Louis all tied up.

The Good

• If you were writing the first goal of this game as a story, you would have to have your hero with the tragic flaw, like Andrew Shaw taking dumb penalties. And then you would have that hero score a hard working goal to redeem himself. That is exactly what happened. Shaw batted a puck out of the air and into the net with his back to the net, on the powerplay no less. You want to condemn him for his stupid play, but he ALWAYS bails himself out. He was the only Hawk that was a minus 2, but he had the goal that made you forget all about that.
• Late in the second period, Johnny Oduya rushed the puck up to Miller's right. When he was absolutely out of room, he sent a perfect pass rink wide to a breaking Patrick Kane, who was able to cleanly beat Miller for a 2-0 Hawks lead. If that pass was 6 inches either way, the play was a bust. Oduya as perfect on that one.
• Bryan Bickell decided to add to his playoff legend with just under 4 minutes left in the game. He station his big ass in front of Ryan Miller and tipped a long Rozsival shot just inside the post to tie the game up. They didn't deserve to be tied at this point, but they were.
• In overtime, The Lineblender was in full effect. Ben Smith was centering Kane and Sharp, which is not a terrible option. Just makes one wonder what took so long.
• About halfway through the overtime, the Blues got caught very similar to what happened to the Hawks on the Blues third goal. The result was very similar. When Patrick Kane is leading the rush in overtime, opposing goalies should be terrified. Game, Set, Match.
• Hey not so bad without Seabrook, eh?

The Bad

• Good for the Blackhawks but bad for the Blues, David Backes didn't dress for this one.
• Max LuckyPierre started up where he left off in game 3 by tripping Brookbank and forcing him awkwardly into the board, just moments into the game.
• The Blackhawks took a litany of stupid, sloppy penalties in the second period.
• With the Tarasenko goal, the Blues found their stride, and just a minute later the Blackhawks were caught chasing a bouncing puck around like a puppy with a superball. The biggest douche on the ice, Lapierre, ended up with the goal with just 3 seconds remaining in the period.
• The way the Blackhawks were playing in the third period, it was just a matter of time before the Blues struck. Vlad Tarasenko was the guy that made them pay, again. Four Hawks players were caught late in a shift and deep in the Blues zone. The Blues came out 2-on-1 and Tarasenko beat Crawford to take the lead, with about 8 minutes left in the game.
• Schwartz and Berglund were each minus 3. Woofaroo!
• Not Crawford's best game but the Hawks survived. Neither goalie was really that exceptional, but Crawford was slightly better than Mr. Allstar Miller.

The Ugly

• Steve Ott really said a lot about himself, trying to start a fight with the 100 year old Michael Handzus. What a total scumbag.
• Tarasenko was able to finally break the Blues scoreless streak late in the second period. Kane was sent off for one of those stupid delay of game penalties and Tarasenko score just a few seconds into the kill.

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Puckin Hostile proudly presentsThe Inaugural Shoutcast

Gatekeeper and Patrick Stankus talk about everything from the Blackhawks playoffs, to prospects, and the Brent Seabrook suspension.

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