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Crawford, Toews star in Game 1 for Hawks
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COREY Crawford made 25 saves and Jonathan Toews scored an important goal in the third period as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 in Game 1 of the Western Conference final on Sunday.
Brandon Saad added a goal and an assist for defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago, which remained perfect in seven home playoff games this year. Duncan Keith had a tiebreaking score in the third period.
Playing just two days after a Game 7 victory over Anaheim, the Kings got a second-period score from Tyler Toffoli and outshot the Blackhawks 26-20 in the opener of a rematch from last year’s Western Conference final. But Crawford made a couple of solid stops in another terrific performance.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is tomorrow night.
Meanwhile, in Minsk, Belarus, Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin was taken to a hospital with a right leg injury on Sunday after colliding with an opponent during Russia’s game against Germany at the ice hockey world championships.
Ovechkin took a hit to his right knee from forward Marcus Kink midway through the third period and stayed on the ice for several minutes before he needed assistance to leave the ice.
Ovechkin struggled to put weight on his right leg and did not return to the game, which Russia won 3-0.
Kink was not penalized for the incident.
Russia coach Oleg Znarok said he couldn’t “share any information now” about the injury, and that more details would be disclosed after Ovechkin was examined.
The Capitals said in a statement their medical staff was “working with Ovechkin and Team Russia to gather additional information.”
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