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Hawks top Bruins in OT, tie series
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June 21, 2013, Friday
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THE Chicago Blackhawks kept taking the lead until there were no more chances for Boston to come back, beating the Bruins 6-5 in overtime on Wednesday to tie the Stanley Cup finals at 2-2.
Brent Seabrook's slap shot beat Boston goalie Tuukka Rask with 9:51 gone in overtime in Boston, capping a performance in which Chicago finally regained its scoring touch.
"I guess it was just our turn to score again," said Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane after the back-and-forth game in which Boston come back to tie the score three times. "It was a fun game to play. I'm sure the fans enjoyed that, for sure."
Game 5 of the best-of-seven series will be in Chicago tomorrow, with Game 6 back in Boston on Monday.
Kane had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who had only totalled five goals in the first three games of the series and hadn't put the puck past Rask in more than 129 minutes coming into Game 4. Bryan Bickell and Michal Rozsival had two assists apiece, and Corey Crawford made 28 saves for Chicago.
"They keep coming," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "One of those nights."
Patrice Bergeron scored twice, and Zdeno Chara and Jaromir Jagr each had two assists for Boston, which had won 11 of its previous 13 playoff games. Rask made 41 saves but he was screened on the game-winner, which quickly quieted the building where Boston had earned a dominating, 2-0 victory two nights earlier.
"One of things we have talked about, get pucks to the net," said Seabrook, a defenseman who also had the overtime goal in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals. "I just tried getting it on net, we had a great screen in front. ... It just found a way."
It was the third overtime game in the finals, but the free-flowing spectacle bore little resemblance to the three tightly contested games that opened the series. The teams combined for five goals in the second period - as many as in Games 2 and 3 combined - as Chicago repeatedly sprinted into the lead only to have Boston come back and tie it.
The Blackhawks led 1-0, 4-2 and 5-4, but each time the Bruins evened it up, the last just 55 seconds after Chicago took the lead when Johnny Boychuk slapped it over a sliding Johnny Oduya with 7:46 left in regulation.
Brent Seabrook's slap shot beat Boston goalie Tuukka Rask with 9:51 gone in overtime in Boston, capping a performance in which Chicago finally regained its scoring touch.
"I guess it was just our turn to score again," said Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane after the back-and-forth game in which Boston come back to tie the score three times. "It was a fun game to play. I'm sure the fans enjoyed that, for sure."
Game 5 of the best-of-seven series will be in Chicago tomorrow, with Game 6 back in Boston on Monday.
Kane had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who had only totalled five goals in the first three games of the series and hadn't put the puck past Rask in more than 129 minutes coming into Game 4. Bryan Bickell and Michal Rozsival had two assists apiece, and Corey Crawford made 28 saves for Chicago.
"They keep coming," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "One of those nights."
Patrice Bergeron scored twice, and Zdeno Chara and Jaromir Jagr each had two assists for Boston, which had won 11 of its previous 13 playoff games. Rask made 41 saves but he was screened on the game-winner, which quickly quieted the building where Boston had earned a dominating, 2-0 victory two nights earlier.
"One of things we have talked about, get pucks to the net," said Seabrook, a defenseman who also had the overtime goal in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals. "I just tried getting it on net, we had a great screen in front. ... It just found a way."
It was the third overtime game in the finals, but the free-flowing spectacle bore little resemblance to the three tightly contested games that opened the series. The teams combined for five goals in the second period - as many as in Games 2 and 3 combined - as Chicago repeatedly sprinted into the lead only to have Boston come back and tie it.
The Blackhawks led 1-0, 4-2 and 5-4, but each time the Bruins evened it up, the last just 55 seconds after Chicago took the lead when Johnny Boychuk slapped it over a sliding Johnny Oduya with 7:46 left in regulation.
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