While You Were Sleeping, The Blackhawks Were Winning
22 Apr, 2015
They played for 101 grueling minutes, beginning Tuesday night and running into early Wednesday morning.
The Chicago Blackhawks, looking for control of the first-round series. The Nashville Predators, searching for a split of their first four playoff games.
Enter Brent Seabrook, a physical defenseman with a penchant for big postseason goals.
Seabrook scored on a booming slap shot 1 minute into the third overtime, and the Blackhawks beat the Predators 3-2 in the longest game of this year’s NHL playoffs so far.
“Long game, it was a late night,” a smiling Seabrook said. “It’s nice to end that one.”
Seabrook’s long drive off a pass from Patrick Kane beat a screened Pekka Rinne on the 100th shot of the longest game in Nashville history. Rookie Scott Darling made 50 saves for Chicago.
Brandon Saad and Antoine Vermette also scored for the Blackhawks, who grabbed a 3-1 series lead and can close out the Predators with a win in Nashville on Thursday night.
Colin Wilson and James Neal scored for Nashville, which carried a 2-1 lead into the third period. Rinne finished with 45 stops.
“Our guys are a resilient group,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. “They will not cave. They will not go away quietly. They’ll be ready to play Game 5, I promise you.
Seabrook also scored the last goal in Chicago’s 4-2 victory in Game 3 on Sunday. He also had two overtime winners in the Blackhawks’ run to the Stanley Cup title in 2013.
“He’s had some big ones,” Quenneville said.
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