Blackhawks 1, Lightning 0 (OT) – Recap

Scoring

1^st Period

None

2^nd Period

None

3^rd Period

None

OT Period

0:17 CHI Toews. Assists: Kane, Seabrook

Penalties

1^st Period

3:37 TBL Nesterov: 2 min. – Tripping against Kane

10:55 CHI Rundblad: 2 min. – Hooking against Paquette

16:31 CHI Hjalmarsson: 2 min. – Hooking against Palat

2^nd Period

0:46 CHI Rundblad: 2 min. – Interference against Condra

19:21 CHI Shaw: 2 min. – Interference against Hedman

3^rd Period

3:33 TBL Filppula: 2 min. – Hooking against Teräväinen

12:51 TBL Killorn: 2 min. – Interference against Hossa

OT Period

None

 

The Lightning controlled the action in the first period and then the Hawks mostly controlled it in the next two. Neither was able to light the lamp in sixty minutes, though. Bickell was a healthy scratch again. Tikhonov got more time in the lottery spot, so I guess Q really likes him. To me, he wasn’t any better than Bickell was in the last couple games he played. Garbutt had a great game. Even if he didn’t register a point, I would have picked him as one of the three stars were it not for two great goaltending performances. Rundblad was pretty good on offense, on defense, he’s still Rundblad. So, yeah, might want to look into another blueliner.

My picks for 3 stars:

★★★ Kristers Gudlevskis, G, TBL (31 SV, 1 GA)

★★ Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (1 G (GWG))

★ Corey Crawford, G, CHI (21 SV, SO)

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