Anaheim Ducks vs Chicago Blackhawks, Game 7
Blackhawks 5 Ducks 3 | Blackhawks win series 4-3
Game 7 in a nutshell: Chicago has had a fast start, opening a 2-0 lead thanks to a pair of first period goals from Jonathan Toews. From then on, the Ducks had to chase the game. Chicago potted a pair of goals in the second period to create a little "longer distance. Anaheim was a good period for the third team all year, and managed to score once at the end of the second and twice in the last frame, but it was too late. The Blackhawks play for the Stanley Cup for the third time since 2010 and the season of the Ducks "is over after a Game 7 loss at home for the third year in a row.
Turning point: Blackhawks did before. In all games of this series, scored the winner first. For some reason, there are few things more important in every game in the series to get the first goal. It will mark the inauguration Jonathan Toews' came very early just 2:23 into the game. That set the tone for the rest of the war. The Ducks, a team that has been resilient throughout the year, just could not get the answer you need to Find falling behind early. Historically, only points in Game 7 is a big advantage. The team that scores the first goal in Game 7 improved to 119-42 all-time in the Stanley Cup playoffs. It's a record of ridicule.
Three things we learned
1. Again, in the heart of Chicago's Stanley Cup - the seven players who have been in each of the last two Cup victories - came through. Four of the five goals were scored by members of the core of the cup, with a pair of captain Jonathan Toews. Brent Seabrook and Marian Hossa were other key players to highlight, while Patrick Kane had three assists. Duncan Keith led all Blackhawks in the ice age. This group, which also Niklas Hjalmarsson and Patrick Sharp, because these situations. They have won two of the four 7s games and now will play for the Stanley Cup for the third time since 2010. They were successful in each of the two previous trips, and they were one goal away from what last year. In order to keep this group together and be as effective as having been more than seven years, it is a modern NHL great.
2. The biggest change was the Blackhawks in Game 7 than the other games in Anaheim which was a much more aggressive lines. Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, Jonathan Toews was out. More importantly, as Ryan Kesler, Toews was not looking. This has been the case for most of the first period. Joel Quenneville left Toews go head to head for a large part of the series against Kesler. Changed in Game 6 at home, and despite the lack of recent change, has done it again in race 7. In fact, Toews scored two goals from his shadow. The Blackhawks did not let a distraction, had a fortress. This is not always easy to do when you have to pay close attention to them on the ice. The Ducks took a bit 'to adapt to it, perhaps waiting for a game similar as the others played at the Honda Center in this series. In addition, the Blackhawks regularly win face-offs strategy made especially advantageous, especially in the beginning of the game.
3 stars, the Anaheim Ducks' Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf and coach Bruce Boudreau, fired after this game. Getzlaf and Perry fell 1-4 in Game 7s in his NHL career, all spent with ducks. Boudreau is a miserable 1- 6 as head coach during his career. The stories are based on these data, although it may be unfair. However, it can be said with some certainty that neither Perry and Getzlaf played particularly well, while often compared to Jonathan Toews. Boudreau was not much of an answer when Quenneville did good fit when playing online. This loss is not only Perry and Getzlaf or Boudreau, but this level of uselessness in Game 7s, especially after each of his last three seasons ending in a Game 7 at home yet not put under the microscope.
Games: Jonathan Toews opened the scoring and the word "clutch" probably started a trend on Twitter in a few seconds after the next point. When a second goal came on a wrist shot high past Frederik Andersen screenshot Toews helped add a new chapter to his growing legend. That made it 2-0 and allowed the Blackhawks to really take control of the game. Blackhawks captain was an artist good game and now has four goals in four career games 7s.
