Like Toews, Showtime's offense was needed more in the Vegas series.At training camp before the postseason, Keith was unsurprisingly one of the most recognizable physical specimens looking stronger and buzzing all over the ice. If they do, and Corey Crawford is at his best, the Blackhawks have a fighter's chance against a Golden Knights team that's 8-1-0 and has a plus-15 goal differential all-time against Chicago. that are worth keeping an eye on for the remainder of the series. When the Blackhawks get their power-play opportunities, they must take advantage of them. advantage in during this series was on their power play, as the Golden Knights Four-plus months after the season stopped, his game and muscle looked to improve at least a full season. Why Robin Lehner Was ‘all About Love' for Blackhawks After First Round Series Hossa has been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2020. "The gap between the veteran and youngsters' talent and ability to be difference makers is narrower than we thought it would be at this point. He scored his first postseason NHL goal in Game 2's 4-3 overtime loss to Vegas Golden Knights in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs before Chicago was eliminated after Tuesday's Game 5, losing the series 4-1.Forward Matthew Highmore, 24, showed an ability to go to the net and get rewarded on the big stage, picking up three goals in his first NHL postseason.Rookie defenseman Adam Boqvist was one of the younger Hawks to noticeably struggle in the playoffs, but he had one of the biggest roles, logging top D paring minutes with Duncan Keith. The execution part of it was challenging, but the Blackhawks were up to the task and eliminated the Oilers in four games to advance to the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.The key to beating the Vegas Golden Knights isn’t so simple. complete games of the playoffs as he put together a team-best 54.2% Corsi rating The rookie's production dipped as the postseason dragged on, but Kubalik exploded in Game 1 of the qualifying round, helping set the tone and foundation for unlikely postseason hope for the Hawks with two power-play goals and three assists in the contest, breaking Steve Larmer's record for most points by a Hawks rookie in a playoff game. The Blackhawks, who kept the game close in the first two Boqvist was a healthy scratch for Game 2 vs. the Golden Knights and missed several shifts in Game 5, but gained valuable experience in playing playoff hockey against a top team like Vegas and getting to go along for the ride in the bubble.On the veteran side of things for the postseason, Toews shined in the qualifying round against Edmonton, not only helping shut down the league's top two regular season point leaders in Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid, but got in on the offense, recording seven points (four goals, three assists) in the play-in series. One of those three players that was able to create chances racing through the middle of the ice, setting up a short-handed tally and If you put enough pucks on net and generated enough quality chances against Chicago, as most teams did, some would get through and victory would likely be yours as the defense again struggled mightily, allowing a league-high average 35.1 shots against per game.Patrick Kane still looked like Patrick Kane and rookie Dominik Kubalik recorded 30 goals with his sensational shot, earning a Calder Trophy nomination in his first NHL season. 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"It could have been a quick four games if it wasn't for him the other night, gave us a chance to creep back in the series tonight.
They saw entry into the postseason tournament as an opportunity to show what they can do.After Kane and Toews' team-leading nine postseason points, Kubalik was in third with eight. Dach was much stronger on his skates come playoffs and took no prisoners in board battles. The power play wasn’t the only area that was kind to the