THREE THINGS: Script Flipped, Cat Crazy and Seabs Salute
The Blackhawks did now not enjoy their simplest evening, however they found a methodology to shut back from two- and one-purpose deficits to net a shootout victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday evening at the United Heart, 4-3.
Alex DeBrincat scored twice within the net, pushing his most modern level race to eight video games, and Dominik Kubalik stumbled on the third period equalizer to invent no longer lower than a degree for the 2d evening in a row. Rookie Philipp Kurashev and netminder Malcolm Subban snagged the 2d within the shootout, the forward with the a hit snipe and the goalie with three key stops. Subban totaled 39 saves within the victory.
“A colossal two capabilities for us, no look at. We weren’t as right as we want to be, we can play considerable greater. And give them credit score, they came out exhausting,” head coach Jeremy Colliton acknowledged. “It changed into once a challenge for us.”
“This changed into once a colossal group net,” acknowledged Adam Boqvist, who had two assists on the evening. “I mediate we played greater final evening, however obviously right goaltending and I mediate we played somewhat right overall. These are two great capabilities for us, however now we’re going to valid reset for Sunday. Tampa’s going to shut out in truth exhausting luxuriate in they did tonight. We’ve got acquired to be willing for it.”
Video: DeBrincat rankings twice in 4-3 shootout victory
Listed below are three takeaways from the shootout net:
SCRIPT FLIPPED
Correct 24 hours after the Blackhawks saw a two-purpose lead evaporate sooner than falling in extra time to the Lightning, they returned the settle on on Friday evening. Tampa Bay raced out to a 2-0 lead on eight shots within the outlet half of of the first period, however Chicago climbed back to tie things at 2-2, and later 3-3. One more back-and-forth extra time did now not arrangement a final-tenth-of-a-2d-purpose this time around and the residence aspect captured their first net of the season over Tampa Bay.
“We confirmed a resiliency and a functionality to leap back,” Colliton acknowledged. “We stagger down 2-0 and uncover a methodology to race back into the game. They stagger up 3-2 and we uncover a methodology to create a purpose. A couple colossal kills leisurely within the third after which in extra time, guys valid paying the label and doing the little things that allow you to to enjoy a chance to net video games… We did now not in truth play that properly, however we valid stumbled on a methodology. That’s what right teams enact.”
“We’re no longer giving up video games,” DeBrincat acknowledged. “You stagger down to a group luxuriate in that 3-2, a few teams will valid fold, however we’re available working exhausting. Kuby had a nice purpose at the conclude, valid exhausting-working purpose, gets to the get hang of and attach one in. That’s great for us.”
No group has picked up no longer lower than a degree in back-to-back conferences in opposition to the Lightning since Columbus misplaced in extra time on Jan. 21 after which won in law two nights later.
Video: Subban on thrilling net over TBL
CAT CRAZY
No longer simplest did Alex DeBrincat‘s two targets on the evening push his most modern level race to eight video games (6G, 6A), one off his career simplest (Jan. 17-Feb. 12, 2019), however they marked the 100th and 101st targets of his career.
Desiring valid 255 video games to reach the century set, DeBrincat grew to changed into valid the 14th Blackhawk to reach 100 in lower than 300 video games, and is now the eighth quickest to enact so.
FASTEST HAWKS TO REACH 100 GOALS
Invoice Mosienko – 190
Steve Larmer – 203
Jeremy Roenick – 207
Darryl Sutter – 217
Max Bentley – 217
Denis Savard – 241
Alex DeBrincat – 255
Jonathan Toews – 267
“It obviously doesn’t occur without my teammates passing me the puck,” DeBrincat acknowledged. “I’m valid there at the actual time and lucky sufficient to enjoy them stagger in.”
“He’s been a colossal-time participant for us this year,” Colliton acknowledged. “He, too, more or less fought the puck tonight, however he works so exhausting a ways from it.. he locations himself in a arrangement where he can make contributions.”
It moreover changed into once the seventh purpose out of the final 12 Chicago has scored that the winger has either scored or assisted on.
Video: DeBrincat on two targets, net over TBL
SALUTE FOR SEABS
Following the announcement earlier Friday that Brent Seabrook changed into once calling it a career, highlights from his 15 seasons in Chicago played all around the video board valid thru the first TV timeout of the outlet frame.
Teammates, associates and even foes watched intently from both benches, along with the scratched and injured Blackhawks within the suite alongside the 35-year-extinct and sooner than play resumed, all had been standing and applauding the three-time Cup winner.
“He’s obviously a colossal leader, a colossal teammate,” DeBrincat acknowledged. “My time right here, he’s made me in truth feel luxuriate in nothing however residence right here and from the 2d I acquired within the locker room. He’s regarded as this kind of guys that’s constantly there to cheer you up while you occur to would possibly perhaps well be down. It be tricky to gaze, however he’s a colossal excellent friend and he’s a colossal person off the ice and changed into once a colossal participant. Seeing that tribute, he scored a few key targets for the Hawks, extra time targets and stuff luxuriate in that, so he’s a myth right here for obvious. I changed into once lucky sufficient to play with him for a few years and win to understand him. Stunning sad this day.”
“One-hundred percent,” Subban acknowledged the incentive to net for Seabrook. “You already know the arrangement considerable he’s accomplished for the group and to whole on an harm, you by no come want to whole luxuriate in that. I will be succesful to simplest imagine how tricky that’s for him. We wished to win the net for him tonight and it wasn’t clear-gash in opposition to a group luxuriate in this, however valid chuffed we would possibly perhaps well pull it out.”