UA-59049186-1 Western Conference Round 1, Game 4: Blues 4, Blackhawks 3 - Recap - Good if it Goes

Western Conference Round 1, Game 4: Blues 4, Blackhawks 3 – Recap

Scoring

1st Period

14:02 STL Tarasenko (Lehtera, Schwartz)

2nd Period

9:12 CHI Shaw (Hossa, Gustafsson)

13:09 CHI Keith (PP)(Shaw, Kane)

17:31 STL Tarasenko (PP)(Steen, Shattenkirk)

3rd Period

1:36 STL Schwartz (PP)(Shattenkirk, Tarasenko)

4:46 STL Steen

14:40 CHI Keith (Panarin, Shaw)

Penalties

1st Period

None

2nd Period

0:39 CHI Panik: 2 min. – Hooking against Steen

7:05 STL Edmundson: 2 min. – Holding against Panik

11:54 STL Fabbri: 2 min. – Goaltender interference against Crawford

11:54 CHI Crawford: 2 min. – Roughing against Fabbri

11:54 CHI Ladd: 2 min. – Roughing against Shattenkirk

11:54 STL Shattenkirk: 2 min. – Roughing against Ladd

11:54 STL Pietrangelo: 2 min. – Roughing against Ladd

12:15 STL Steen: 2 min. – Slashing against Panarin

12:15 CHI Panarin: 2 min. – Roughing against Steen

17:09 CHI Ladd: 2 min. – Interference against Steen

3rd Period

1:01 CHI Keith: 2 min. – Holding against Lehtera

17:56 CHI Shaw: 2 min. – Interference against Bouwmeester

20:00 STL Steen: 2 min. – Roughing against Shaw

20:00 CHI Shaw: 2 min. – Roughing against Steen

20:00 CHI Shaw: 2 min. – Unsportsmanlike conduct against Steen

20:00 CHI Shaw: 10 min. – Game misconduct

20:00 CHI Ladd: 10 min. – Game misconduct

20:00 CHI Toews: 10 min. – Game misconduct

20:00 CHI Seabrook: 10 min. – Game misconduct

20:00 STL Steen: 10 min. – Game misconduct

20:00 STL Stastny: 10 min. – Game misconduct

20:00 STL Pietrangelo: 10 min. – Game misconduct

20:00 STL Brouwer: 10 min. – Game misconduct

20:00 STL Bouwmeester: 10 min. – Game misconduct

 

Well, it’s gut check time now. The Blackhawks have had their chances, they outshot the Blues again in this one, but they’re not making the most of those opportunities, although Brian Elliott has had a lot to do with that. Patrick Kane needs to start making plays. He had more than a couple blunders in this one that almost cost the Hawks. Some of that, I think, is him trying to do too much. On the flip side, Teräväinen had a pretty nice game and was playing more aggressively. Michal Rozsival had another clunker. TvR wasn’t particularly great. Corey Crawford has got to be better. Period. A couple of those weren’t his fault and the Steen goal was a breakaway, but the great ones step up. Elliott’s stepping up. Why can’t Crawford? The penalty kill has to be better; they gave up a pair in this one. And Andrew Shaw has to be smarter. The Hawks had a chance to tie the game and he took one of the dumbest penalties you’ll ever see and really put his team behind the 8-ball. I love his ability to get to the dirty areas, but this kind of nonsense can’t happen and it double can’t happen in the playoffs.

My picks for 3 stars:

★★★ Alexander Steen, LW, STL (1 G (GWG), 1 A)

★★ Duncan Keith, D, CHI (2 G)

★ Vladimir Tarasenko, RW, STL (2 G, 1 A)

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