Chicago Blackhawks center Marcus Kruger, right, shoots against St. Louis Blues goalie Brian Elliott during the second period in Game 6 of an NHL hockey first-round Stanley Cup playoff series Saturday, April 23, 2016, in Chicago.
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Artem Anisimov, Artemi Panarin and Marian Hossa scored the regulation goals for the Blackhawks, while Robby Fabbri, David Backes and Jaden Schwartz scored for the Blues. Kane received a four-minute high-sticking penalty in Game 3, which gave up the win to the Blues in a 3-2 contest.
After a first period surge, the St. Louis Blues looked like they were primed to take game 6 and eliminate the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Then Vladimir Tarasenko, who has developed quite the reputation as a Hawks killer, scored again on a shot from the right circle to make it 3-1 and hush the home crowd. The Second period ended with the Blues giving up another late second period goal on a face-off they “won” thanks to a very poor play by Jay Bouwmeester.
On the heels of slow starts and lackluster offensive efforts in their first two playoff games, the Celtics knew they would need to play like a desperate bunch in their Game 3 matchup with the Hawks.
What’s next: Game 7 is Monday at Scottrade Center (8:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports, CSN-CH).
Patrick Kane scored 3:07 into the second overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night in Game 5 of their opening-round playoff series. Shaw has been quick to apologize for the language he used and has claimed the incident was out of character for him.Chicago were down 4-3 and needed a victory to level the series at two games apiece. Blackhawks LW Tomas Fleischmann was a healthy scratch for the second straight game.
“They raised their level, (and) we didn’t match it”, Hitchcock conceded. In six games against the Blackhawks, he made 229 saves. When you get those kind of opportunities, sometimes you come up big. Their defense did a solid job as they held St. Louis to just six shots, but the offense didn’t do a good enough job of dictating pace in the game, and that simply can not happen again on Saturday. Less than 20 seconds later, Upshall buried a one-timer on a two-on-one rush to even the score at 1.St. Louis grabbed a 2-1 lead on a slap shot by Pietrangelo with 11:09 remaining in the first period.
If you’re a fan who is on your way to Costco to buy a 48 pack of Bud and a 1000 count of aspirin, that’s fine too.
“I started to feel comfortable last game, confident in my abilities”, Weise said. Three games later, the Ducks have the Predators on the brink of elimination.
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Partially because of both team’s recent playoff history, the Blues did not expect the Blackhawks to go away quietly.
