Patrick Kane is Killing the Game. Blackhawks up 3-0

06 May, 2015

Patrick Kane has been playing like he never left. Corey Crawford has resolutely rebounded from being benched.

The Chicago Blackhawks have only begun to rev up their game, and the Minnesota Wild have lost their touch at the wrong time.

Kane scored on a power play in the first period, and Crawford and the Blackhawks made the superstar’s goal stand up for a 1-0 win over the Wild on Tuesday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

“Obviously we’d be very happy if you told us we’d be in this position before the series,” said Kane, who has six goals and five assists in nine playoff games to bounce back from the broken collarbone that kept him of the last quarter of the regular season.

“We have to keep it going. We know the hardest game is the one to close it out.”

Game 4 is in Minnesota again on Thursday.

Crawford made 30 saves, giving him 90 on 94 shots in the three games. “As much confidence as he has, we have in him,” Kane said.

Crawford, who was pulled for Scott Darling in the first round against Nashville, returned to his post at the end of that series and has solidified it with this stellar performance against the Wild.

Reuters 

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