Blues 2, Blackhawks 1 (OT) – Recap

By Kevin Schroeder
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Updated: April 8, 2016

Scoring

1^st Period

None

2^nd Period

12:40 CHI Toews (Kane, van Riemsdyk)

3^rd Period

18:44 STL Tarasenko (Shattenkirk, Steen)

OT Period

3:37 STL Tarasenko (Pietrangelo, Stastny)

Penalties

1^st Period

17:55 STL Jaskin: 2 min. – Tripping against Hjalmarsson

2^nd Period

4:55 CHI Panik: 2 min. – Hooking against Berglund

7:24 CHI Svedberg: 2 min. – Hooking against Stastny

12:13 STL Tarasenko: 2 min. – Hooking against Panik

12:13 CHI Panik: 2 min. – Embellishment against Tarasenko

15:34 STL Reaves: 5 min. – Fighting against Mashinter

15:34 CHI Mashinter: 5 min. – Fighting against Reaves

15:34 STL Upshall: 10 min. – Misconduct

18:09 STL Berglund: 2 min. – Hooking against Fleischmann

3^rd Period

15:02 STL Bouwmeester: 2 min. – Hooking against Ladd

OT Period

None

The Blackhawks are now locked into the 3-seed in the playoffs after a disappointing loss in which they outplayed the Blues for most of the game, but a couple defensive breakdowns led to the two goals necessary for the Blues to win. The Hawks got some good chances, but Brian Elliot had a great game in net for St. Louis. Toews and Panik in particular were very good. The team was good defensively for most of the game and Darling had an outstanding outing. Crawford will be back for Saturday’s game in Columbus. I’m not sure how many key players Q will play in that one, since it really doesn’t matter for anything. On the one hand, the rest couldn’t hurt for some of these guys. On the other, you might want to put a decent group in front of Crawford for his first game in weeks.

My picks for 3 stars:

★★★ Scott Darling, G, CHI (33 SV, 2 GA)

★★ Jonathan Toews, C, CHI (1 G)

★ Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (2 G (GTG, GWG))

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