The Hawks Are Still In It!

ST. LOUIS, MO -- I don't even know where to start with last night's game.
I should preface with the fact that I went to bed at about 12:30am EST. I have classes this morning, so I had to get some sleep, and I thought whatever the outcome was, I'd just have to find out in the morning.

So, waking up to a 2OT win? Pretty damn special.

Let's start at the beginning, though, shall we? The boys played well the first period, though it was a mostly dull period. No goals, no penalties--but a lot of incredible saves made by both Elliot and Crawford. Their battle is incredibly intense, and I've been impressed by both of them the past few nights.

Now, the second period is when things started to get crazy. The Hawks played well again, killing off a few penalties here and there. They weren't able to capitalize on the one they received, but they at least staved the Blues off for a while and Hossa even managed a shorty. He's basically the king of shorthanded goals by now. The Blues' Schwartz answered not a minute later, tying the game up. But, the Hawks' second line wasn't having any of that. No sir. Anisimov and Panarin both scored in the second period--Anisimov's was the tie-breaker, and Panarin's was a buzzer-beater. Seriously, probably the best period the Hawks have played in the entire series.

And, oh, god, did things fall apart for a bit. Fabbri and Backes both scored for the Blues, tying up the game again. Both of these goals could have been avoided if the Hawks were more diligent about turnovers. And, I can't believe it, but the Blackhawks got the 'Too Many Men On the Ice' call again. I swear, I'm cursed. But aside from all of that mess, the Hawks managed to keep it at least tied, forcing overtime.

From my understand, nothing incredible happened in the first overtime. Shots were CHI 24, STL 34 going into the first overtime, and by the end of it, were up 31, 43 respectively. It's clear that St. Louis was dominating puck possession last night, but that wasn't enough.

And, here comes Patrick Kane, swooping in when you least expect it. I was able to watch his wrap-around goal this morning, and let me tell you--I have never seen something so beautiful in my life. Talk about an incredible play. There's a reason he got the belt after the game.

Waking up to the notification that Game 6 is on Saturday at 8pm EST was a pretty good something to wake up to.

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