Sunday, March 23, 2008
Hawks vs. Blues
This afternoon the Blackhawks returned to the United Center for a matinee game against the St. Louis Blues. Although there was not much scoring early, there were plenty of hits. Niklas Hjalmarsson got in his first NHL fight. In the second period St. Louis scored first when Lee Stempniak stole the puck from Jason Williams in the corner, walked right out in front of Khabibulin, and scored. Chicago evened the game with a few minutes remaining in the second when rookie Troy Brouwer, while behind the Blues' net, chipped the puck out in front. The puck happened to bounce off of Adam Burish's skate and past Hannu Toivonen, and the game was tied. The third period was intense. About half way through, Pat Kane made a sweet backhand pass to Dustin Byfuglien, who was all alone in front of the net, and the Hawks grabbed a 2-1 lead. St. Louis answered back about two minutes later when DJ King tapped a rebound into a wide open net. Just as the game appeared to be going to overtime Pat Kane mishandled the puck at St. Louis' blueline and Keith Tkachuck was off to the races. He beat Khabibulin with just over a minute remaining. Khabibulin was on his way to the bench for an extra attacker when James Wisniewski let a bomb go from the blueline and the game went to overtime. Just a bit over a minute into OT Niklas Hjalmarsson took a shot from the blueline and Patrick Kane scored on the rebound. Now the Hawks are just 4 points out of the last playoff spot.
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