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Blackhawks 7, Maple Leafs 2 – Recap

Scoring

1st Period

2:33 CHI Mashinter

11:39 CHI Shaw (PP)(Kane, Keith)

2nd Period

1:55 CHI Seabrook (PP)(Shaw, Kane)

3rd Period

2:07 CHI Panarin (PP)(Kane, Keith)

4:51 CHI Kane (Anisimov, Panarin)

8:39 CHI Teräväinen (PP)(Hjalmarsson, Keith)

10:20 CHI Svedberg (Toews, Shaw)

11:06 TOR Arcobello (Parenteau, Greening)

15:08 TOR Parenteau (PP)(Boyes)

Penalties

1st Period

10:41 TOR Greening: 2 min. – Hooking against Kane

2nd Period

1:23 TOR Polak: 2 min. – Delay of game – puck over glass

2:45 CHI Rozsival: 2 min. – Tripping against Clune

6:34 TOR Greening: 2 min. – Tripping against Hinostroza

15:28 CHI Panarin: 4 min. – High-sticking against Reilly

3rd Period

1:26 TOR Grabner: 2 min. – Holding against Keith

6:18 TOR Marincin: 4 min. – High-sticking against Rasmussen

7:18 TOR Froese: 2 min. – Slashing against Toews

13:40 CHI van Riemsdyk: 2 min. – Interference against Holland

 

The Blackhawks needed a game like this after their last few performances. The team absolutely dominated this one from the start. The power play was rolling, scoring four goals, with Svedberg’s coming just seconds after a power play ended. After that goal, the Leafs kind of woke up a bit. I’m not sure why they waited until they were down seven goals halfway through the third to start actually playing, but they got a couple goals of their own late, so moral victory for them, I guess? Even with those two goals, Darling was phenomenal, recording 35 saves, including the best one by any Hawks goalie since, well, Darling in game one of the playoffs against Nashville, where he went post-to-post.

Marian Hossa looks to be out two weeks or so with a leg injury. To fill his spot, the Hawks called up Vinnie Hinostroza from Rockford. I was hoping we’d see Dano, and if it wasn’t going to be him, I was surprised it wasn’t Hartman, but Hinostroza was fine in this one, and should be going forward as well.

My picks for 3 stars:

★★★ Andrew Shaw, F, CHI (1 G, 2 A)

★★ Patrick Kane, RW, CHI (1 G, 3 A)

★ Scott Darling, G, CHI (35 SV, 2 GA)

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