Blackhawks Even Series

After losing a tough game at home the other night, the Chicago Blackhawks looked to even the series in the best of seven Stanley Cup Final.

Neither team scored in the first period.  In the second, Jonathan Toews gave the Hawks a 1-0 lead at 6:40.  Patrick Sharp had a breakaway and a shot off the right post but they kept the pressure on.  Sharp deflected a shot on net and pushed a rebound to the left.  Toews was near the far post and put the puck in for his 10th goal of the playoffs and first of this series.

Alex Killorn tied it at 11:47.  Valtteri Flippula carried the puck behind the Chicago net and slipped a pass past two Blackhawks defenders.  Killorn was alone and put his shot in the net before Blackhawks net minder Corey Crawford noticed.

6:22 into the third period, Brandon Saad scored to give the Blackhawks the lead and eventual win.  It was assisted by Patrick Kane.  Kane tapped the puck to Saad near the bottom of the left circle, and he took it to the front of the net.  He lost it for a second but found the puck and backhanded it into the net for his eighth goal of the playoffs.

With the series tied at two, it now shifts back to Tampa at Amalie Arena this Saturday at 8.  Game 6 will return to Chicago on Monday.