Yippie kai yay, motherfucker.
That’s probably more what people were expecting at the start of this series, no? For 60 minutes, both teams took turns taking the momentum, trading scoring chances and the lead. In the end, the difference was a deflected point shot on the second consecutive power play with same Blackhawk taking both penalties.
There was also the whole Ben Bishop and Andrei Vasilevskiy taking turns in the third period which was certainly unique.
Really one for the books, Jerry. Let’s get to it.
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Game Time: 6:15PM Central
TV/Radio: NBC, CBC, TVA, WGN-AM 720
As The Eternal Cowboy: Raw Charge
With Wednesday night’s late two-goal rally to claim Game 1 in Tampa, the Hawks have already on paper accomplished what they needed to prior to the series turning north. But now is not the time of year to cede absolutely anything to the opponent, as the Lightning found out in emphatic fashion 3 nights ago.
The Chef.
Time to just go through some numbers popping out from Game 1 and beyond. You love it when we get nerdy. Nerds are in, you know it, I know it. If only I paid this much attention to math in high school (I think I got a 590 on the Math section on the SAT while rocking the verbal, and my Rain Main-like father never forgave me for it, despite the fact that he was a writer. It was a strange family).
38.2%
That was Jonathan Toews’s Corsi number for Game 1, and that’s with the score adjusted. It’s the third lowest number he has produced in the past two playoffs, as Kopitar kicked him down to a 37% in Game 6 last year in L.A. (while Kane dragged them out of the pits like little Miho got Clive Owen), and earlier last spring Mikko Koivu held him to a 25% in Game 4 against Minnesota. But that’s it, and I guess it says a lot that the Hawks went 2-1 in those games. It’s not a formula the Hawks would have any intention on repeating, though. And just how likely is it the Lightning can keep Toews down… down on the ground…
Into the flood again, same old trip it was back then.
All quiet on the chomping front:ESPN CHICAGO
TVR? Let’s Go Hawks
Yes but only for Vermette:BU
**Listen to Spiegs & Goff, for Sam’s spots & Jason Goff has the best nickname for #80**
Literally…Sweet Jesus! PD
Probably not:NBC
Well its hard to get warm in a skybox:TS
Yes if he isn’t cute:SCH
Sour Grapes…Draft Better:NJ.com
I figured this was fitting:Chicago Tribune
Dolla Dolla Bills Y’all:USA TODAY
For the foodies:NY Times
This is going to keep happening:Montreal Gazette
I heard a lot about most of it, but what I did hear, I did not hear any of that:TSN
Non-Hockey but Wow:Globe and Mail
HOO AH.
ATTICA.
