GAME THREAD: NHL: CHICAGO (4-3) at TORONTO (3-5)

NHL: CHICAGO at TORONTO

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CHICAGO 1 0 5 --6
TORONTO 2 1 1 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Chicago, Jason Williams 3 (power play)
(Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane), 4:13. 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 4
(shorthanded) (Unassisted), 7:43. 3, Toronto, Tomas Kaberle 3 (Jason
Blake), 17:08. Penalties: J Pohl, Tor (holding stick), 2:49; A
Ponikarovsky, Tor (holding), 5:48; D Koci, Chi (major fighting), 9:29;
W Belak, Tor (major fighting), 9:29; T Ruutu, Chi (interference),
9:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Toronto, Mats Sundin 5 (Jason Blake),
13:23. Penalties: A Ponikarovsky, Tor (hooking), 17:07; A Wozniewski,
Tor (tripping), 19:01; H Gill, Tor (delay of game), 19:40.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Chicago, Andrei Zyuzin 1 (power play)
(Patrick Kane, Jason Williams), 1:04. 6, Chicago, Duncan Keith 1
(Brent Sopel, Sergei Samsonov), 1:34. 7, Chicago, Robert Lang 5 (Jason
Williams, Jim Vandermeer), 7:15. 8, Chicago, Patrick Sharp 3 (power
play) (Brent Sopel), 11:47. 9, Toronto, Chad Kilger 3 (Darcy Tucker),
17:05. 10, Chicago, Tuomo Ruutu 3 (power play) (Robert Lang, Jason
Williams), 19:35. Penalties: J Pohl, Tor (hooking), 10:47; A
Ponikarovsky, Tor (hooking), 19:06.

Shots on goal:
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CHICAGO 11 12 16 --39
TORONTO 10 10 12 --32
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Power-play Conversions: CHI - 4 of 8, TOR - 0 of 2. Goalies : Chicago,
Patrick Lalime (32 shots, 28 saves; record: 2-0-0). Toronto, Andrew
Raycroft (38 shots, 33 saves; record: 1-1-2). A: 19,314. Referees:
Dean Warren, Greg Devorski. Linesmen: Jean Morin, Steve Miller.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

CHICAGO TORONTO
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
P Sharp 1 0 even 2 A Steen 0 0 -1 3
S Samsonov 0 1 -1 7 M Sundin 2 0 +3 3
T Ruutu 1 0 +1 3 M Stajan 0 0 even 1
K Adams 0 0 -1 1 T Kaberle 1 0 +4 1
J Toews 0 1 even 5 D Tucker 0 1 even 2
D Keith 1 0 -1 2 C Kilger 1 0 even 6
R Lang 1 1 +1 2 J Pohl 0 0 even 1
M Lapointe 0 0 -1 0 A Ponikarovsky 0 0 +2 5
J Vandermeer 0 1 +1 0 B McCabe 0 0 -2 0
A Zyuzin 1 0 -3 2 H Gill 0 0 even 3
J Williams 1 3 even 3 W Belak 0 0 even 0
A Burish 0 0 -2 0 P Kubina 0 0 +3 0
J Wisniewski 0 0 +1 4 B Battaglia 0 0 even 1
D Koci 0 0 -1 0 S Gamache 0 0 -1 2
B Sopel 0 2 even 1 J Blake 0 2 +2 2
B Seabrook 0 0 -2 0 A Wozniewski 0 0 -1 0
P Kane 0 2 even 5 I White 0 0 even 0
Y Perreault 0 0 -2 2 N Antropov 0 0 even 2
D Richmond HEALTHY B Devereaux BACK INJURY
R Bourque GROIN
M Johansson HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: CHICAGO at TORONTO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
CHICAGO 6
TORONTO 4</div>

 

TORONTO (Ticker) -- On Friday, the Chicago Blackhawks watched atwo-goal lead disappear in the third period. Just 24 hourslater, they performed some magic of their own.


Defensemen Andrei Zyuzin and Duncan Keith scored 30 secondsapart early in the third and Robert Lang, Patrick Sharp andTuomo Ruutu tallied later in the session as the Blackhawkserased a two-goal deficit and posted a 6-4 victory over theToronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.


Jason Williams had a goal and two assists and teenage rookiePatrick Kane set up a pair of tallies for Chicago, which has wonfour of its last five games.


"We showed a lot of character," said Blackhawks goaltenderPatrick Lalime, who turned aside 28 shots. "We've showed that afew times already this season, and it was just a great teameffort."


The Blackhawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead over the ColoradoAvalanche on Friday before squandering it, needing a late goalby Ruutu to emerge victorious. In this one, Chicago fellbehind, 3-1, after two periods before erupting for five talliesin the final session in its first visit to Toronto sinceFebruary 3, 2004.


"We struggled a little bit in the first two periods, but we knew(the third-period outburst) was coming," Kane said. "Fivegoals in the third period. You can't ask for much more."

Atoning for an earlier miscue, Zyuzin shoveled a shot pastgoaltender Andrew Raycroft from the high slot off a feed by the18-year-old Kane just as the first of two Maple Leaf penaltiesexpired 64 seconds into the session.


Shortly thereafter, Keith received a cross-slot pass by fellowdefenseman Brent Sopel and unleashed a shot that beat Raycroftat 1:34 to deadlock the contest at 3-3.


A seemingly harmless wrist shot by Robert Lang from the top ofthe right faceoff circle at 7:15 sailed by Raycroft and went inoff the left goalpost, giving the Blackhawks their first lead ofthe night.


"It's one of those things when you don't have much on the rushand you just try to pull off a good shot," Lang said. "You needa little bit of luck, but I think the shot was pretty good. Iwas going one way and shooting the other way."


Less than five minutes later, Sharp tipped Sopel's rising slapshot from the right point out of mid-air and by Raycroft duringa power play to make it 5-3.


"When you're up 3-1 at home, you should be feeling pretty goodabout how you're playing," Toronto captain Mats Sundin said."The way we came out in the third, we didn't skate well or movethe puck well at all."


"It's unacceptable," Maple Leafs center Alex Steen added."Blowing a 3-1 lead against a team that played the night beforeis unacceptable. We were working on it, I thought we had it outof our system. But apparently not."


Chad Kilger made it a one-goal game with 2:55 remaining with his100th career goal, but Ruutu scored into an empty net in thefinal minute to secure the win for Chicago.


"Good character win," Chicago coach Denis Savard said. "TheLeafs are a tough team to come back against, and I'm glad we gotit done."


The Blackhawks struck first in this one on the power play.

Rookie Jonathan Toews emerged from the right corner but lostcontrol of the puck near the goalpost. It found its way toWilliams, who fired it past Raycroft from the inner edge of theleft circle at 4:13 of the first period for a 1-0 lead.

Toews' assist gave him a point in each of his first six NHLgames.


"It didn't take much for me to get up for this game," saidToews, a native of Winnipeg who was playing in Canada for thefirst time as a professional. "It was a night I was lookingforward to and it was a lot of fun."


With five seconds remaining on Chicago's second man advantage,Toronto came up with a shorthanded tally to even the contest.Sundin skated in on a breakaway and backhanded the puck insidethe left post at 7:43 to forge the tie.


The Maple Leafs moved ahead with 2:52 left in the openingperiod. From low in the left circle, defenseman Tomas Kaberlethrew the puck toward the net. It hit the stick of Zyuzin andgot past Lalime, giving Toronto a 2-1 edge.


Sundin extended the advantage in the second period following aturnover. Jason Blake stole the puck from Sharp and skated downthe slot as the puck drifted forward, allowing Sundin to swoopin and fire it by Lalime at 13:23 to make it 3-1.


Raycroft made 33 saves for Toronto, which allowed four goals onseven power-play opportunities in losing for the third time infour games.


"We didn't handle the puck well," Maple Leafs coach Paul Mauricesaid. "We did some strange things with the puck that turnedinto turnovers. We took way too many penalties in that game."

 

TORONTO (Ticker) -- On Friday, the Chicago Blackhawks watched atwo-goal lead disappear in the third period. Just 24 hourslater, they performed some magic of their own.


Defensemen Andrei Zyuzin and Duncan Keith scored 30 secondsapart early in the third and Robert Lang, Patrick Sharp andTuomo Ruutu tallied later in the session as the Blackhawkserased a two-goal deficit and posted a 6-4 victory over theToronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.


Jason Williams had a goal and three assists and teenage rookiePatrick Kane set up a pair of tallies for Chicago, which has wonfour of its last five games.


"We showed a lot of character," said Blackhawks goaltenderPatrick Lalime, who turned aside 28 shots. "We've showed that afew times already this season, and it was just a great teameffort."


The Blackhawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead over the ColoradoAvalanche on Friday before squandering it, needing a late goalby Ruutu to emerge victorious. In this one, Chicago fellbehind, 3-1, after two periods before erupting for five talliesin the final session in its first visit to Toronto sinceFebruary 3, 2004.


"We struggled a little bit in the first two periods, but we knew(the third-period outburst) was coming," Kane said. "Fivegoals in the third period. You can't ask for much more."

Atoning for an earlier miscue, Zyuzin shoveled a shot pastgoaltender Andrew Raycroft from the high slot off a feed by the18-year-old Kane just as the first of two Maple Leaf penaltiesexpired 64 seconds into the session.


Shortly thereafter, Keith received a cross-slot pass by fellowdefenseman Brent Sopel and unleashed a shot that beat Raycroftat 1:34 to deadlock the contest at 3-3.


A seemingly harmless wrist shot by Robert Lang from the top ofthe right faceoff circle at 7:15 sailed by Raycroft and went inoff the left goalpost, giving the Blackhawks their first lead ofthe night.


"It's one of those things when you don't have much on the rushand you just try to pull off a good shot," Lang said. "You needa little bit of luck, but I think the shot was pretty good. Iwas going one way and shooting the other way."


Less than five minutes later, Sharp tipped Sopel's rising slapshot from the right point out of mid-air and by Raycroft duringa power play to make it 5-3.


"When you're up 3-1 at home, you should be feeling pretty goodabout how you're playing," Toronto captain Mats Sundin said."The way we came out in the third, we didn't skate well or movethe puck well at all."


"It's unacceptable," Maple Leafs center Alex Steen added."Blowing a 3-1 lead against a team that played the night beforeis unacceptable. We were working on it, I thought we had it outof our system. But apparently not."


Chad Kilger made it a one-goal game with 2:55 remaining with his100th career goal, but Ruutu scored into an empty net in thefinal minute to secure the win for Chicago.


"Good character win," Chicago coach Denis Savard said. "TheLeafs are a tough team to come back against, and I'm glad we gotit done."


The Blackhawks struck first in this one on the power play.

Rookie Jonathan Toews emerged from the right corner but lostcontrol of the puck near the goalpost. It found its way toWilliams, who fired it past Raycroft from the inner edge of theleft circle at 4:13 of the first period for a 1-0 lead.

Toews' assist gave him a point in each of his first six NHLgames.


"It didn't take much for me to get up for this game," saidToews, a native of Winnipeg who was playing in Canada for thefirst time as a professional. "It was a night I was lookingforward to and it was a lot of fun."


With five seconds remaining on Chicago's second man advantage,Toronto came up with a shorthanded tally to even the contest.Sundin skated in on a breakaway and backhanded the puck insidethe left post at 7:43 to forge the tie.


The Maple Leafs moved ahead with 2:52 left in the openingperiod. From low in the left circle, defenseman Tomas Kaberlethrew the puck toward the net. It hit the stick of Zyuzin andgot past Lalime, giving Toronto a 2-1 edge.


Sundin extended the advantage in the second period following aturnover. Jason Blake stole the puck from Sharp and skated downthe slot as the puck drifted forward, allowing Sundin to swoopin and fire it by Lalime at 13:23 to make it 3-1.


Raycroft made 33 saves for Toronto, which allowed four goals onseven power-play opportunities in losing for the third time infour games.


"We didn't handle the puck well," Maple Leafs coach Paul Mauricesaid. "We did some strange things with the puck that turnedinto turnovers. We took way too many penalties in that game."

 

NHL: CHICAGO at TORONTO

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Chicago 1 0 5 --6
Toronto 2 1 1 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Chicago, Jason Williams 3 (power play)
(Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane), 4:13. 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 4
(shorthanded) (Unassisted), 7:43. 3, Toronto, Tomas Kaberle 3 (Jason
Blake), 17:08. Penalties: J Pohl, Tor (holding stick), 2:49; A
Ponikarovsky, Tor (holding), 5:48; D Koci, Chi (major fighting), 9:29;
W Belak, Tor (major fighting), 9:29; T Ruutu, Chi (interference),
9:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Toronto, Mats Sundin 5 (Jason Blake),
13:23. Penalties: A Ponikarovsky, Tor (hooking), 17:07; A Wozniewski,
Tor (tripping), 19:01; H Gill, Tor (delay of game), 19:40.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Chicago, Andrei Zyuzin 1 (power play)
(Patrick Kane, Jason Williams), 1:04. 6, Chicago, Duncan Keith 1
(Brent Sopel, Sergei Samsonov), 1:34. 7, Chicago, Robert Lang 5 (Jason
Williams, Jim Vandermeer), 7:15. 8, Chicago, Patrick Sharp 3 (power
play) (Brent Sopel), 11:47. 9, Toronto, Chad Kilger 3 (Darcy Tucker),
17:05. 10, Chicago, Tuomo Ruutu 3 (power play) (Robert Lang, Jason
Williams), 19:35. Penalties: J Pohl, Tor (hooking), 10:47; A
Ponikarovsky, Tor (hooking), 19:06.

Shots on goal:
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Chicago 11 12 16 --39
Toronto 10 10 12 --32
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Power-play Conversions: Chicago - 4 of 7, Toronto - 0 of 1. Goalies :
Chicago, Patrick Lalime (32 shots, 28 saves; record: 2-0-0). Toronto,
Andrew Raycroft (38 shots, 33 saves; record: 1-1-2). A: 19,314.
Referees: Dean Warren, Greg Devorski. Linesmen: Jean Morin, Steve
Miller.</div>

 

NHL: CHICAGO at TORONTO

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CHICAGO 1 0 5 --6
TORONTO 2 1 1 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Chicago, Jason Williams 3 (power play)
(Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane), 4:13. 2, Toronto, Mats Sundin 4
(shorthanded) (Unassisted), 7:43. 3, Toronto, Tomas Kaberle 3 (Jason
Blake), 17:08. Penalties: J Pohl, Tor (holding stick), 2:49; A
Ponikarovsky, Tor (holding), 5:48; D Koci, Chi (major fighting), 9:29;
W Belak, Tor (major fighting), 9:29; T Ruutu, Chi (interference),
9:37.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Toronto, Mats Sundin 5 (Jason Blake),
13:23. Penalties: A Ponikarovsky, Tor (hooking), 17:07; A Wozniewski,
Tor (tripping), 19:01; H Gill, Tor (delay of game), 19:40.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Chicago, Andrei Zyuzin 1 (power play)
(Patrick Kane, Jason Williams), 1:04. 6, Chicago, Duncan Keith 1
(Brent Sopel, Sergei Samsonov), 1:34. 7, Chicago, Robert Lang 5 (Jason
Williams, Jim Vandermeer), 7:15. 8, Chicago, Patrick Sharp 3 (power
play) (Brent Sopel), 11:47. 9, Toronto, Chad Kilger 3 (Darcy Tucker),
17:05. 10, Chicago, Tuomo Ruutu 3 (power play) (Robert Lang, Jason
Williams), 19:35. Penalties: J Pohl, Tor (hooking), 10:47; A
Ponikarovsky, Tor (hooking), 19:06.

Shots on goal:
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CHICAGO 11 12 16 --39
TORONTO 10 10 12 --32
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Power-play Conversions: CHI - 4 of 7, TOR - 0 of 1. Goalies : Chicago,
Patrick Lalime (32 shots, 28 saves; record: 2-0-0). Toronto, Andrew
Raycroft (38 shots, 33 saves; record: 1-1-2). A: 19,314. Referees:
Dean Warren, Greg Devorski. Linesmen: Jean Morin, Steve Miller.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

CHICAGO TORONTO
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
P Sharp 1 0 even 2 A Steen 0 0 -1 3
S Samsonov 0 1 -1 7 M Sundin 2 0 +3 3
T Ruutu 1 0 +1 3 M Stajan 0 0 even 1
K Adams 0 0 -1 1 T Kaberle 1 0 +4 1
J Toews 0 1 even 5 D Tucker 0 1 even 2
D Keith 1 0 -1 2 C Kilger 1 0 even 6
R Lang 1 1 +1 2 J Pohl 0 0 even 1
M Lapointe 0 0 -1 0 A Ponikarovsky 0 0 +2 5
J Vandermeer 0 1 +1 0 B McCabe 0 0 -2 0
A Zyuzin 1 0 -3 2 H Gill 0 0 even 3
J Williams 1 3 even 3 W Belak 0 0 even 0
A Burish 0 0 -2 0 P Kubina 0 0 +3 0
J Wisniewski 0 0 +1 4 B Battaglia 0 0 even 1
D Koci 0 0 -1 0 S Gamache 0 0 -1 2
B Sopel 0 2 even 1 J Blake 0 2 +2 2
B Seabrook 0 0 -2 0 A Wozniewski 0 0 -1 0
P Kane 0 2 even 5 I White 0 0 even 0
Y Perreault 0 0 -2 2 N Antropov 0 0 even 2
D Richmond HEALTHY B Devereaux BACK INJURY
R Bourque GROIN
M Johansson HEALTHY</div>

 

NHL: CHICAGO at TORONTO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
CHICAGO 6
TORONTO 4</div>

 

NHL: CHICAGO at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO AT TORONTO
NOTE: RESENDING BOX SCORE TO CORRECT POWER PLAY
CONVERSIONS.</div>