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Lucky 7! Hawks on a Roll

Posted on November 10, 2011 at 04:44 PM.

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For a team getting so many points, they never want to put together a full 60 minute effort. The Hawks came out firing, Patrick Kane redirected a Seabrook slapshot past Backstrom to give the Hawks an early 1-0 lead. That didn't last long as the Wild were able to create all sorts of traffic in front of Crawford and that led to two Wild goals. The Hawks are in an unfamiliar position on the scoreboard, they will need to get in on the forecheck if they want to change things.

Much of the same in the second period. The Wild are cutting off the neutral zone not allowing the Hawks to use speed or talent to create offensively. For the second period in a row the Wild carried the play, this time thanks to a power play but Corey Crawford made some quality saved to keep it a one goal game. Expect the Hawks to be way more aggressive with their D jumping into the zone and chipping pucks deep to create some offense.

Things were not looking good for the Hawks until their Captain took charge. With just under two minutes left in the game a sweet feed from Patrick Sharp left a wide open net staring at Jonathan Toews and he made no mistake tying the game up at 2. Still not a lot of room out there thru the neutral zone, going to OT should favor the Hawks as there should be a ton of ice compared to the previous three periods.

Davey Bolland! The rat will not be denied, and the Hawks bag their seventh straight victory when it seemed as though this would be the end of the streak. Corey Crawford stood tall when needed and the Hawks clutch scoring continues. Bolland won an offensive zone draw, then got the puck back looking to go around the net, instead had room, and crashed the net and buried it, seven in a row!

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

Kane's Deflection Makes it 1-0

Kane's Beauty in Slo-Mo

Spurgeon's Shot Has Eyes

Setoguchi Scores for the Lead

Toews Ties it Late!

BOLLAND WINS IT!

Dec 14, 2011	1	2	3	OT	F
CHI (21-9-1)	1	0	1	1	3
MIN (13-15-4)	2	0	0	0	2

Three Stars
	Corey Crawford, CHI 35 Saves
	Jared Spurgeon, MIN 1 Goal; 1 Assist
	Dave Bolland, CHI 1 Goal

Team Stats Comparison
	CHI	MIN
Shots on Goal	26	35
Hits	6	11
Faceoffs Won-Lost	19-15	15-19
Penalty Minutes	9:00	7:00
Power Plays Converted	0	0
Power Play Opportunities	1	2
Time on Attack	6:25	5:40

Scoring Summary
FIRST PERIOD
CHI	Patrick Kane (10), (Seabrook, Hjalmarsson) - 2:34
MIN	Jared Spurgeon (4), (Ortmyer, Stoner)) - 8:50
MIN	Devin Setoguchi (15), (Heatley, Spurgeon) - 15:32
THIRD PERIOD
CHI	Jonathan Toews (8), (Sharp, Seabrook) - 18:03
OVERTIME
CHI	Dave Bolland (13), (Montador) - 4:35