Heading to the Home Stretch--Blackhawks Snatch Another 'W'

WINNIPEG, MB -- Heart Attack Hawks are back!

After a rather eventful game, the boys managed to pull out a big W, ending their 4-game road trip, leaving the trip 3-1. Not bad, guys, not bad.

With Keith out for six games (we got reeeeally lucky with that), the defense needs to be better (I sound like Toews all of a sudden) as a whole, and tonight proved they could be.

But, we didn't leave the game unscathed--Shaw (upper body, day-to-day) and van Riemsdyk both went out with injuries in the second period. Hopefully, they won't be too bad and they'll be ready come playoffs. Toews got knocked by a puck, and ended up getting some stitches in his ear. Looks like it's a stitch-y kind of year for him, I guess.

Also, Panarin is back! I'm really glad he played well tonight, getting two goals and two assists. Great start, and hopefully the playoffs will bring him some luck. He's a good player, and going nine games without a goal must have been frustrating. He also broke our power play drought, so that's good, too.

And, can we talk about Alternate Captain Kane? Here for it. I love seeing the 'A' on him, which is good since we might see it for the remaining 5 games of Keith's suspension. And, a goal and an assist is nice--2 more points closer to 100. I think he's at 96 at the moment, which is something he can definitely do in the remaining 4 games. One a game.

Oh, god, but we can't end this post without Seabrook's OT game-winner. He's been in a bit of a slump lately, even though he's at a career high with 14 goals on the seasons so far. His Corsi is lower than usual at 48.2, but I think he'll pick up speed going into the playoffs.

The boys are looking good, but can they keep it up? There are only four games left in the regular season, which is crazy to say, but that includes three home games and the final game at Columbus. It won't be an easy stretch, but it's the final one, and they just need to push through to the playoffs. Once they get there, they seem to kick it into full gear.

The Blackhawks play the Bruins at home on April 3rd, at 12:30 pm for an early game on NBC.

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