Today's News Clips April 3, 2019

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   April 3, 2019

ChicagoBlackhawks.com

PREVIEW: Blackhawks vs Blues 4/3
By Chris Wescott
April 2, 2019

The Blackhawks (34-33-12) return to the United Center to host the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night.

Chicago is looking to bounce back from their 4-3 overtime loss to Winnipeg on Monday. Including that game, the
Blackhawks have managed at least a point in three-straight outings.

St. Louis has won two in a row heading into this matchup.

Chicago is led in scoring by Patrick Kane , who has 105 points (41G, 64A) through 78 games played. Alex DeBrincat has
tied Kane for the team lead in goals with 41 this season. He's third on the team in points with 74 (41G, 33A) in 79 games.
Jonathan Toews is second in points with a new career-high of 78 (34G. 44A) through 79 outings.

In net, Corey Crawford has a 14-18-5 record this season with a 2.96 GAA and .907 SV%. Cam Ward has a 14-11-4 record
to go along with his 3.27 GAA and .893 SV%.

Ryan O'Reilly is the Blues leading scorer with 74 points (27G, 47A) in 79 appearances. Vladimir Tarasenko is second with
62 points (31G, 31A) in 73 games.

Between the pipes, Jordan Binnington has posted great numbers with a record of 22-5-1 to go along with a 1.85 GAA
and .928 SV%. Jake Allen has posted a record of 19-17-7 with a 2.83 GAA and .905 SV%.

SEASON SERIES: The Blackhawks haven't met the Blues since Nov. 14, playing the first four of five meetings in the first
two months of the season. Chicago is 3-1-0 in those games. Their last game against each other was a 1-0 win over
Chicago on Nov. 14 at the United Center.

OPPONENT TO WATCH: O'Reilly has been stellar for St. Louis, after arriving via trade from Buffalo on July 1. His 74 points
are a new career-high for the 28-year-old forward.

O'Reilly is currently on a five-game point streak.

ChicagoBlackhawks.com

RECAP: Jets 4, Blackhawks 3 OT
By Chris Wescott
April 1, 2019

RAPID REACTION: A wild finish to regulation saw the Blackhawks come from behind and score the equalizer to gain a
necessary point in the standings by sending it to overtime. Unfortunately for the home team, Kevin Hayes scored in OT
to lift the Jets to a 4-3 win and that extra point. The loss puts Chicago six points back of Colorado for the final Wild Card
spot with three games left to play.

Jonathan Toews continued his resurgent offensive season when he scored his 34th goal of 2018-19 at 4:25 of the first
period, on the power play. Toews was assisted by Erik Gustafsson, who reached 40 assists on the year, and Dylan
Strome.

Adam Lowry tied things up for Winnipeg at 10:49 of the opening frame as his shot from the faceoff dot beat Corey
Crawford up high.

The Jets made it 2-1 with just 34 seconds left in the first, courtesy of Jack Roslovic.

Crawford denied Mark Scheifele's penalty-shot attempt 40 seconds into the second period to keep it a one-goal game.

However, Roslovic scored his second of the night at 5:11 of the second to give the visiting Jets a 3-1 advantage.

Strome put Chicago back within one just moments later as he got in behind the defense and potted his 18th of the
season. Drake Caggiula and Gustafsson recorded the helpers.

It looked as though Scheifele closed out the game by giving Winnipeg a 4-2 lead with three minutes remaining in
regulation. However, Chicago challenged that the goal was offside and the call was reversed, making it 3-2 once again
and giving the Blackhawks a chance.

Strome played the hero role with his second of the night at 17:40 of the third period, tying the game at 3-3. He was
assisted by Toews and Gustafsson.

Crawford was magnificent early in overtime, but Hayes managed to beat the Blackhawks netminder for the win.

CAREER YEAR FOR THE CAPTAIN: Toews' goal in the first period gave him 34 for the season, which ties his career-high set
in 2008-09. It was also his 77th point of the season, which is now a new career-high for the captain, surpassing the 76 he
recorded back in 2010-11. Toews later added an assist to increase his new career-high to 78 points. What a year of
offense it has been for Toews and the Blackhawks.

TALKING POINTS: "It would have been nice to get a win. But it seems like that's a recurring theme. A lot of games just
slip away from us and it's tough to make the playoffs when that happens." - Corey Crawford on the loss to Winnipeg

"We're working hard every day...There hasn't been a game where we've felt terribly about ourselves and we're right in
every game." - Dylan Strome on the Blackhawks performance down the stretch

ESPN.com

15 minutes of ... insane - From accountant to NHL goalie
By Emily Kaplan
April 3, 2019

There are two things Scott Foster would like to clear up. One: Despite ribbing from the Chicago Blackhawks equipment
staff, he did not use a wooden stick in his 14 minutes of heroism last spring (his sticks are quite old, but they are foam
core). Two: Yes, Foster is an accountant, but despite the convenient narrative that he came to save the day, stopping all
seven shots he faced against the high-powered Jets, in the middle of tax season, he does not, in fact, do taxes. Foster's
specialty is financial services.

Other than that, everything about this everyman's improbable tale is as wild as you remember. One year later, the 37-
year-old finally feels comfortable embracing it.

Foster is the most celebrated beer league hockey player in America. After he signed an emergency amateur tryout
contract (for a grand total of $0) and helped Chicago preserve a 6-2 win, he celebrated with the team. The guys asked
him to make a speech. "It was probably terrible," says Foster, who, because of adrenaline, has a hard time remembering
details of his big debut. "I think I just thanked them for the night. It was very short, and it probably should have been
better."

Then the real pros scrambled; the Blackhawks were whisked away to the team bus, off to the tarmac and a flight to
Denver. Foster, meanwhile, had to ask a staffer where he could take a shower. As he walked out of the United Center,
the media requests were already flooding in. They came from as far away as Turkey, from every morning show and from
every major radio station. They came from podcasts with a dozen listeners and late night shows with audiences of
millions. As Foster shoved his equipment back into his SUV (squeezing it beside his daughter's car seat), he decided he
wouldn't do any of it.

In a society defined by digital oversharing and shameless self-promotion, Foster's choice was refreshingly modest -- and
completely on brand with hockey culture, in which most players are averse to calling attention to themselves. But when
the Blackhawks invited Foster and his family to watch his anniversary game from a suite, he agreed to let ESPN come
along for one of his few interviews over the past year.

"I'm guilty of downplaying everything," Foster says. "At one point, I called it 'The Incident.' And I had to ask myself, was I
stripping my own fun out of it? Just because you take advantage of an opportunity doesn't mean you have to feel guilty
for enjoying it."

And so, sitting at his dining room table in the Chicago suburbs, alongside his wife, Erin, their two daughters, Morgan, 6,
and Wynnifred, 3, his parents and his in-laws, Foster agreed to share a glimpse into his life since that experience.

"A lot of people have probably put themselves in my shoes," he says. "It probably reinvigorated the kid in them. Those
are the cool stories I've had with people -- that they can instantly see themselves in your place and know, sitting in the
stands, it's still OK to dream."

Erin and Scott Foster met the second week of their freshman year at Western Michigan. She was an Indiana native who
ran track. He was a Canadian on the hockey team. It was love ever since he helped her with jammed quarters in the
laundry room.

After settling in Chicago, Foster joined a men's league at Johnny's IceHouse. When the Blackhawks needed a new group
of emergency goaltenders, they called Johnny's and asked for names. Foster was hesitant when he got the email. Erin
convinced him.

"I travel for work, and he picks up a lot of slack around the house, especially with the girls," Erin says. "I said, 'You don't
really do that much for yourself. You love hockey. It was basically your life before you met me. Go do it.'"

Erin used to often say, "What are the odds?" She never uses that phrase anymore.

After a full day of work, Foster was driving to the United Center on March 29, 2018, when he got a call around 6:45 p.m.
The Blackhawks' starting goaltender that night, Anton Forsberg, was injured in warm-ups, and the minor league call-up,
Colin Delia, would start. That meant Foster -- who typically watched the games from the stands -- would need to dress.

From there, it was a whirlwind. He was greeted in the players' lot. The equipment managers scrambled to make a No. 90
jersey. The media relations staff texted one another and Kyle Davidson, the team's capologist, to check that they had the
correct Foster from his Elite Prospects page (which would go from 696 views to nearly 30,000 overnight).

When the game started, Foster had on his full gear and his jersey, and he took a seat on a leather couch in the player's
lounge, sandwiched between Corey Crawford and Jonathan Toews, both injured. They watched the game on TV. "There
was some small talk that went on," Foster says. "Basically like, 'Who are you?'"

Foster was told there was a spread of food available, but dressed in his full pads, he didn't feel like walking across the
tile floor. There was no protocol for where he should go and what he should do, so during the first and second
intermissions, he decided he would sit in the vacant goalie stall in the locker room. "I mean, if you get the chance to sit
in an NHL locker room and listen to [Joel] Quenneville talk, I'm going to listen to that," he says. (Most Blackhawks players
later said they never even noticed Foster sitting there.)

Then, in the third period, Delia began cramping up. Jimmy Heintzelman, an equipment assistant, was radioed to alert
Foster in the locker room. "I had to actually tell him twice," Heintzelman recalled last year. "He was kind of in shock. He
didn't really say anything, just sat there. So I say it again, slowly: "He's ... coming ... off ... You're ... going ... in."

Says Foster: "That's when a lot goes blank, like instantly dark. There's a lot of people running around and, like,
commotion happening, but it's one of the classic cases of it just being quiet. You can only hear the one person that's
speaking to you, and maybe you don't want to hear them."

On Monday night, Foster is back at the United Center -- the Blackhawks are again facing the Jets -- and things are slowly
coming back to him. There's a TV timeout, and the ice crew comes to shovel. "I remember when that happened in my
game, I didn't know where to go," he says. "I was kind of just standing there, skating around in circles. The last thing I
wanted was to get run over by the ice crew."

Foster also recalls his warm-up. Jordan Oesterle and Vinnie Hinostroza alternated shots; Foster didn't know where they
were coming from. They took about 12. He thinks he let six in. "Do you want us to keep going?" Oesterle asked. "The
whole thing was so awkward," Foster recalls. "I was like, 'No, let's just get this thing going.'"

Foster is easily recognized (he even sees someone wearing his No. 90 jersey as he walks into the arena). As the Jets take
a 3-1 lead, a man from the adjacent suite shouts over, "Hey, Scott, can you suit up?"

Foster deadpanned: "I prefer leads."

Foster then flashes back to last year, when he returned home after the game and just stared at Erin, silently. He drank
one craft beer and got in bed. He lay awake all night (often checking his relentlessly buzzing phone) and did not sleep.
He went downstairs before the rest of the family woke up and turned on the game, which Erin had recorded. He kept
laughing when the announcer called him a kid. "The second I stepped onto the ice, I was the oldest one on it," he says.

Then he went to work, mainly because he didn't know what else to do. Foster was famished -- having not eaten dinner --
and he picked up a barbeque breakfast once he got into the city. "I just sat down at my desk and thought, 'This is going

to be awesome,'" Foster says of his breakfast. "'I just want to eat this so bad.' But it was just a flood of people. Like 50
people at my desk, 'So what were you up to last night?'"

One coworker had printed photos of him and pasted them all over the office. Foster patiently fielded everyone's
questions, and by the time he could finally eat, his food was cold.

By then, things had spiraled. Two news crews had shown up at the Fosters' house (lesson to anyone who might have a
bout of fame: Buying a house means your property records are public, and the media will find you). Erin was receiving
phone calls and emails. So were Foster's parents in Canada. The president of Foster's company sent a staff-wide email
with a list of links to online stories about Foster -- everything from People magazine to CNBC.

"Finally, I was taken aside," Foster says. "They said, 'I know you came in to do some stuff, but whenever you're ready,
you can go home.'" (On Fridays, the office provides lunch; Foster waited for that, then left).

As he sat on the Green Line, he was exhausted and then a bit paranoid. "That's when I became hyper self-aware," he
says. "Anybody with a cellphone on the train, I felt like they were taking a picture of me. None of that was probably
happening, but after that, things just felt different." At his beer league game the next week, he noticed a referee taking
a picture of him ... while the game was going on. Soon, someone at work had printed T-shirts: "Keep Calm and Let Our
Goalie Handle It."

Foster's life, quite simply, would never be the same.

The Blackhawks instantly welcomed Foster as family. Quenneville texted Foster while on the team plane to Denver. So
did a few players. Within two weeks, he was invited to a Blackhawks alumni meeting.

Chicago's media relations staff offered to assist Foster with whatever he needed to return to a normal lifestyle. By the
Monday after his debut, he took them up on the offer.

In October, the Blackhawks called upon Foster again. Quenneville wanted to know if he'd help with some optional
morning skates, to help relieve the other goalies. Foster and the team worked out a schedule, and he tended the net for
one morning skate, ahead of a game against the New York Rangers. However, shortly after, Quenneville was fired, and
the new coach, Jeremy Colliton, wanted to do things differently, so Foster's services were no longer needed. The goalie
has no hard feelings. "Doing things once is kind of my thing," he says.

Foster decided this season that he wasn't going to be an emergency goaltender again. Part of the decision, he admits,
was "being protective of the story."

"You can probably only make it worse," he says.

The other aspect was the time commitment. He did show up once this season; the Blackhawks were in a bind for a game
right before Christmas, so Foster was the emergency backup to the emergency backup.

Of course, he loves taking his daughters to games. But there's something about being an emergency goalie that fulfilled
him as a hockey player, something he acknowledges he misses a little bit.

"Parking in the loading dock, riding up the elevator, you watch the game from a perch. Being in the weeds,
anonymously, watching NHL games, there's nothing like it," he says. "It's just like being the ultimate hockey geek. You
don't need any attention to you. You just sit there, watch the hockey game and go home. I don't know if that will ever be
the same."

NBCSportsChicago.com

Four main reasons why the Blackhawks missed the playoffs
By Charlie Roumeliotis
April 2, 2019

For the second straight season, the Blackhawks have been eliminated from playoff contention. Last year everything that
could've gone wrong went wrong, highlighted by Corey Crawford's injury and down seasons from their top players
collectively.

This season was different. There's plenty of blame to go around.

Here are four main reasons why the Blackhawks won't be participating in the Stanley Cup playoffs this season:

1. Defensive issues

The Blackhawks' defense was a problem last season and didn't get any better this season. In fact, it got worse.

In 2017-18, the Blackhawks ranked 24th in shots on goal against per game (32.9), tied for 23rd in goals against per game
(3.10), 23rd in 5-on-5 scoring chances allowed per game (22.3) and 27th in 5-on-5 high-danger chances against per game
(9.7), according to naturalstattrick.com.

In 2018-19, the Blackhawks have given up the second-most shots on goal per game (34.5), second-most goals per game
(3.57), most 5-on-5 scoring chances per game (24.7) and most 5-on-5 high-danger chances per game (11.2).

If the Blackhawks want to avoid missing the playoffs for a third straight year, this is the area that needs to get cleaned up
the most.

2. Poor penalty kill

The Blackhawks have had defensive issues at 5-on-5 this season, as documented above. So obviously their numbers
down a man aren't great, either.

The Blackhawks have committed the third-fewest penalties, but have a penalty kill percentage of 73.2. If that number
holds, they would be the third team in 30 years to finish with a kill rate that low, joining the 2017-18 New York Islanders
(73.2) and 1988-89 Toronto Maple Leafs (72.7).

Not much more needs to be said.

3. Lack of secondary scoring

The Blackhawks were expecting their horses to have bounce-back seasons and their young guys to take the next step.
The underlying metrics said they would. And they did in a huge way.

Alex DeBrincat exploded for a 40-plus goal campaign, Erik Gustafsson became the first Blackhawks defenseman in a
decade to score at least 17 goals in a season, Patrick Kane is on a career-high pace in points, Duncan Keith has tripled his
goal total from last season, Brandon Saad has surpassed his totals in all three scoring categories (goals, assists and
points) from last year and Jonathan Toews has already established a new career high in points and is one away from
doing so in the goals department as well. Even Dylan Strome turned into a valuable acquisition, averaging nearly a point
per game in a Chicago uniform.

Where they haven't gotten as much success is from their bottom-six forwards. It's the top guys who have carried the
load all season long, both in scoring and important minutes. The drop-off is significant.

In today's NHL, most playoff-contending teams are rolling a consistent four-line rotation. The Blackhawks have a chance
to patch things up this summer with lots of money to spend on a loaded free agent class. A majority of that money
should go to rounding out their top-nine forward group.

4. Possession numbers down

The best way to mask your defensive deficiencies is by possessing the puck more than the opponent. In the past, the
Blackhawks have been very good at that.

At 5-on-5 play last season, the Blackhawks ranked second in shot attempts for per 60 minutes (63.9) and first in scoring
chances for per 60 minutes (30.3). It was the high-danger chances per 60 minutes where they ranked 16th (10.8),
indicating they weren't generating as many quality shots from the key areas.

This season, the Blackhawks are ranked 13th in shot attempts per 60 minutes (56.9), 12th in scoring chances for per 60
minutes (26.9) and 22nd in high-danger chances per 60 minutes (10.2). The numbers got better down the stretch, which
is encouraging. And maybe they'll continue to improve with a full training camp and 82-game season under Jeremy
Colliton.

The Blackhawks became a powerhouse over the last decade-plus by being in the top tier of those three categories. If
they want to turn things around next year, getting back to being in the upper echelon in puck possession numbers is a
good place to start.

NBCSportsChicago.com

Blackhawks reassign Dylan Sikura to help Rockford IceHogs in playoff
push
By Charlie Roumeliotis
April 2, 2019

The Blackhawks kept their playoff hopes alive on Monday by picking up a point against Winnipeg, but the odds are still
stacked against them. They need to win out in the final three games and receive major help around them to have a
chance.

Because of that, the Blackhawks reassigned forward Dylan Sikura to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey
League for the stretch run in hopes of earning another Calder Cup playoff berth. The IceHogs are three points out of the
fourth and final spot in the Central Division with six games remaining, and could use an offensive player like Sikura,
considering the team ranks last in goals per game (2.40).

Sikura noticeably looked like a different player when he got called up to Chicago in February, and played his way onto
the top line with Jonathan Toews for a few games. But through 38 career NHL appearances, he’s still looking for his first
goal and it’s unfortunate that he’ll have to take that with him into the summer.

Sikura has been very productive with the IceHogs this season, accumulating 30 points (13 goals, 17 assists) in 40 games.
Four of his goals have been game-winners. He joins forwards Brandon Hagel and Reese Johnson and defenseman Chad
Krys as late reinforcements for the IceHogs’ playoff push.

Chicago Tribune

Blackhawks eliminated from playoff contention for 2nd straight season
with Avalanche's victory
By Jimmy Greenfield
April 2, 2019

The hole the Blackhawks dug for themselves in the first half of the season was so enormous that a month after they
showed signs of turning their season around, they still had the worst record in the NHL.

After going 6-2-1 over a three-week stretch in December and January, the Hawks went 0-3-2 during a five-game losing
streak. On the morning of Jan. 20, they were 16-24-9 and woke up 11 points out of a Western Conference playoff spot
with the fewest points in the league.

Fewer than the Kings, the Red Wings and even the Senators.

It was almost unthinkable that the Hawks, who had 11 regulation wins to that point, would remain in the playoff race
until April. But with three games remaining, they still were mathematically alive Tuesday.

The Hawks’ hopes rested on winning all three games and the Avalanche losing their remaining three in regulation. But
the Avs didn’t cooperate, defeating the Oilers 6-2 on Tuesday night in Denver to finally — officially — end the Hawks’
postseason chances.

“We want to drag it out as long as we (can),” coach Jeremy Colliton said after Monday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Jets.
“Would love to (get in), still have a chance. We want to keep getting points. But certainly not satisfied with where we’re
at. We’ve made some progress, but we’re all competitors. We want to go all the way.”

This season is already an improvement from last season, when the Hawks were essentially out of the playoff race by
mid-February and were eliminated with eight games remaining. They have gone 18-9-3 in their last 30 games and even
briefly moved into playoff position for a few hours in late February.

“It’s been a lot more fun playing meaningful games at this time of year compared to last year for sure,” Duncan Keith
said. “Still feel like we’ve got a long way to go, but there’s definitely a lot of improvement since January and that’s a
good sign.”

Only mostly dead: The Hawks have been trying to return from the dead all season, but they took it to another level
against the Jets on Monday night.

With three minutes left in regulation, Mark Scheifele appeared to give the Jets a 4-2 lead, virtually clinching a win in
regulation that would have eliminated the Hawks from the playoffs.

But Hawks video coach Matt Meacham noticed that when the Jets entered the zone, they may have been offside. So
after Scheifele scored, Meacham got word to the bench to challenge.

Colliton requested a review, and a couple of minutes later the goal was wiped off the board. The stage was set for Dylan
Strome to score his second goal and send the game into overtime, keeping the Hawks alive.

“It’s hockey,” Strome said. “Sometimes crazy things happen. I’m sitting there at 4-2 thinking our season is pretty much
done. They’re going up 4-2 with three minutes left, and then no goal and then (we tie it). You take the positives.”

Chicago Tribune

Dylan Sikura's 1st NHL goal will have to wait until next season as he is
sent to Rockford
By Jimmy Greenfield
April 2, 2019

Dylan Sikura’s first NHL goal will have to wait at least another six months.

The Blackhawks reassigned Sikura to Rockford on Tuesday, likely ending his NHL season with no goals and eight assists in
33 games. Sikura also failed to score a goal during a five-game stint with the Hawks when he made his NHL debut at the
end of last season.

Sikura failed to make the Hawks’ opening-day roster, then struggled during his first 11-game stretch this season before
going back to Rockford.

But since being recalled Feb. 11, he has looked more like an NHL player despite not getting that elusive first goal. Coach
Jeremy Colliton has played him on a line with Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews at times, a show of confidence in the 23-
year-old forward.

Sikura will be asked to help the IceHogs reach the Calder Cup playoffs. With six games remaining, the IceHogs are three
points out of the final playoff spot in the AHL Central Division with three teams in their way.

Despite playing nearly half his season with the Hawks, Sikura is still fifth on the IceHogs with 30 points (13 goals, 17
assists) in 40 games.

Chicago Sun Times

Avalanche eliminate Blackhawks from playoff race by beating Oilers
By Jason Lieser
April 2, 2019

The Blackhawks stuck around in the playoff hunt to the final week of the season, but they were eliminated tonight with
the Avalanche’s 6-2 win over the Oilers.

The victory moved the Avalanche to 88 points, leaving the Hawks eight out with three games remaining. The Wild are
also eliminated, trailing by five points with two games left, so the race is down to the Avalanche and Coyotes.

The Hawks hung in later than last season, when they went 33-39-10. The team can still finish above .500 in points
percentage this season and goes into the final three games at 34-33-12. They host the Blues on Wednesday, the Stars on
Friday and visit the Predators on Saturday.

They still had an incredibly slim chance after losing 4-3 in overtime to the Jets on Monday, but needed to win out in
regulation or overtime and have the Avalanche lose their remaining games in regulation. When presented with the
unlikelihood of that happening, coach Jeremy Colliton brushed it aside.

Nathan MacKinnon and the Avalanche still have work to do to win a wild-card spot, but they knocked the Blackhawks
out of the race tonight. David Zalubowski/AP

“Doesn’t concern me,” he said. “I just want us to play well. I want us to perform to our highest level. That’s how we’re
going to move this thing forward, and let the results fall as they may.”

Colliton was insistent on going all out until mathematical elimination, but now that the playoffs are officially out of reach
for the Hawks, it could be time to shift playing time to the younger players and potentially retiring veterans Chris Kunitz
and Cam Ward.

The Hawks started 6-6-3 under Joel Quenneville before the team brought Colliton in and eventually plummeted to 9-18-
5 in mid-December.

They turned it around and went 17-8-4 to briefly take possession of the second wild card Feb. 20. They struggled to keep
it going at the end and have gone 8-7-3 since.

The Hawks slipped to eight points out in early March, then won five straight. They were within four points March 21
before splitting a weekend back-to-back against the Avalanche (the Hawks’ win was in overtime, so the Avalanche out-
gained them three points to two).

Chicago Sun Times

With elimination inevitable, Corey Crawford says Blackhawks owe fans
a show
By Jason Lieser
April 2, 2019

One of the most endearing things about Corey Crawford, something that has made him one of the city’s most popular
athletes over the last decade, is that he says what he thinks.

He doesn’t guard his words. He doesn’t sugarcoat. So while his Blackhawks teammates tried to stay on the bright side
Monday after delaying elimination from the playoff race for another day despite losing to the Jets in overtime, Crow let
it fly with no filter.

“It’s been a long time since I faced that, where you’re playing without a reason,” he said of the inevitable. “I don’t know.
We’ll see. It’s still fun to play the game. We’re pretty lucky to have the building full. We could be in Florida or something
with 7,000 fans in the crowd.

“So we’re pretty lucky to be here and still have a full building to come see us play hockey. At least we have them to play
for, to try and put on some kind of show and play hard for the people that come out and pay to come see us play.”

That’s likely to be all that’s left other than personal pride when the Hawks hit the ice for a home game against the Blues
on Wednesday. They would be knocked out of the playoff race if the Avalanche pick up at least one point in their game
against the Oilers late Tuesday.

It’s a harsh ending for the Hawks after they were on course for a playoff spot in late February. They overcame a 9-18-5
start to rise to eighth in the Western Conference, but have gone 8-7-3 since then and fallen behind the Avalanche,
Coyotes and Wild.

“We’ve let a lot of points go,” Crawford said.

Very little of that is his fault. He’s a big reason they stayed afloat as long as they did, and his resurgence after missing
more than two months with a concussion — coming off a 2017-18 season also derailed by a concussion — earned him a
nomination for the Masterton Trophy for perseverance from the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Crawford rode out some tough games at the beginning of his latest comeback, then played like an All-Star. In his last 12
games, he had a .931 save percentage and 2.00 goals against average.

Two weeks ago, he held the Canucks and Flyers to two goals in regulation and lost both games. With the playoff race on
the line last week, he held the Coyotes to one goal in a loss and gave up two in regulation against the Kings before losing
in overtime. He deserved better.

The advanced statistics on how Crawford has played during this stretch are equally impressive. He is third in the NHL
with a .894 save percentage on high-danger shots in five-on-five situations and in goals saved above average at 6.97,
according to Natural Stat Trick.

“It’s tough to go through what he’s been through the last couple years,” coach Jeremy Colliton said. “You can’t help but
wonder what your future is when you don’t know and it doesn’t seem like you’re getting better and it takes a long time.

“Happy for him to not only get healthy and back playing, but playing as well as he has. He’s been so good for us here.”

Colliton owes Crawford a break once the Hawks are eliminated, so there’s a good chance Cam Ward will get one or two
starts in the final three games.

There was a point when Crawford’s contract at $6 million per year was thought of by some as a hindrance to the Hawks,
but there’s optimism after how he’s played since returning.

The team is fortunate to have him signed for next season with Ward likely moving on, perhaps to retirement, and rookie
Collin Delia still an unknown. If he stays healthy, Crawford is a good bet for next season — and possibly beyond.

Chicago Sun Times

Blackhawks send F Dylan Sikura back to Rockford IceHogs
By Jason Lieser
April 2, 2019

Dylan Sikura never got going for the Blackhawks and now he’s headed back to the Rockford affiliate.

The Hawks reassigned Sikura to the IceHogs after he went scoreless in 33 games. He had eight assists and was a plus-3 in
373 minutes on the ice.

Despite not getting any goals, coach Jeremy Colliton thought Sikura gave the Hawks a strong contribution.

“You evaluate the performance, and he’s been fantastic for us,” Colliton said Saturday. “His work ethic is outstanding.
He wins a lot of puck battles. He’s working away from the puck. His back pressure is excellent. He’s responsible
defensively. He helps us get pucks out. He’s made some plays. Yeah, the goals aren’t there, but he’s produced offense.
Very happy with his progression.”

Daily Herald

Blackhawks officially eliminated from playoffs
By John Dietz
April 2, 2019

It's official: The Blackhawks will miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for a second straight season.

Colorado's 6-2 victory over Edmonton on Tuesday gives the Avs 88 points, 8 more than the Blackhawks, who have just
three games remaining. Colorado is still fighting with Arizona for the final wild-card spot in the West.

The Avs overcame a 2-0 deficit by scoring 4 goals in just more than seven minutes against Edmonton. Nathan MacKinnon
got the comeback started with his 40th goal of the season.

The Hawks, whose final games are against St. Louis, Dallas and Nashville, have a 3.5 percent chance of moving up to the
top pick in the draft, according to tankathon.com and an 11.4 percent chance of earning any of the top three picks. The
draft lottery will be shown on NBCSN at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Daily Herald

Toews' resurgence no surprise to Chicago Blackhawks
By John Dietz
April 2, 2019

Right from the start, it was clear that Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was a new man this season.

He scored and earned high praise from coach Joel Quenneville in a season-opening victory at Ottawa. He potted the
game-tying and game-winning goals at St. Louis two nights later. He scored yet again in a thrilling 7-6 overtime loss to
Toronto in the Hawks' home opener.

And he went on to notch 4 assists in the next three games as the Hawks started 3-1-2.

Five-and-a-half months later, Toews eclipsed his career high in points and tied his career high in goals during a 4-3
overtime loss to Winnipeg at the United Center.

One of the sport's best captains accomplished those feats despite a coaching change that forever altered the landscape
of his team. He remained consistent despite the many shuffling of lines and a pair of stressful eight-game losing streaks.

But most amazing of all, he erased the memories of three disappointing campaigns by investing in himself and in the
game he loves so much.

Some pundits are no doubt surprised that Toews revived his career. Some players and coaches may be as well.

Just don't count teammate Duncan Keith as one of them.

"He's got a lot of pride," Keith said, "and last year was a situation for everybody where it was a tough year. … You could
sit here and name a bunch of things (that went on), but at the end of the day, I think Tazer's a great player.

"He's always been a great player in this league. … He's still that top-line centerman that we've got on our team that a lot
of teams would like to have."

Almost exactly a year ago to the day, Toews put the onus on himself to come back a better player this season. He vowed
to forget about the numbers and to have more fun -- to play the game as it was meant to be played.

As a game.

"(I) put a lot of pressure on myself to create offense and put numbers on the board and sometimes when that didn't
happen, it just seemed to snowball in the wrong direction," Toews said last April. "In some cases maybe that pressure
kind of trickled down and was applied to my linemates a little bit.

"You watch the top players in the league nowadays -- the way they play with the puck -- you've got to go out there and
not only have all your ducks in a row as far as feeling good and working on your skill, but go out and let it happen and let
it be natural."

Credit Toews for doing exactly that.

He was far looser in practices -- messing with teammates, playing games after Quenneville or Jeremy Colliton blew the
final whistle, laughing all the time and celebrating with linemates after they'd score a goal.

That kind of positive energy seemed to translate to games and helped us remember why he was named one of the
greatest 100 players in NHL history.

Now we'll see what he does for an encore in 2019-20 and if he can help the Hawks become a force to be reckoned with
once again.

Play for the fans:
Even if the Hawks have nothing to play for in their final two home games of the season Wednesday and Friday, that
doesn't mean they're just going to lie down against the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars.

Corey Crawford said as much after a 4-3 overtime loss to Winnipeg on Monday in which the goaltender made 35 saves.

"It's been a long time where I've faced (a situation) where you're playing without a reason," Crawford said. "It's still fun
to play the game and we're pretty lucky to have the building full. We could be in Florida or something and having 7,000
fans in the crowd. …

"If it does happen where we're eliminated, at least we have them to play for to try and put on some kind of show."

Crawford allowed 10 goals in his first two games after returning from a concussion, but he is 6-3-3 with a .931 save
percentage and 2.04 goals-against average in his last 12 contests.

Sikura to Rockford:
The Hawks assigned forward Dylan Sikura to Rockford on Tuesday, leaving them with 13 forwards on the roster. Sikura
has no goals and 8 assists in 33 games with the Hawks and 13 goals and 17 assists in 40 games with the IceHogs.

The Athletic

Six reasons why the Blackhawks missed the playoffs again
By Scott Powers
April 2, 2019

Three Stanley Cups in six seasons bought the Blackhawks patience when their fortune began to turn.

When they were eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2016, mostly everyone understood. It’s
difficult to win consistently in the salary-cap era, so an early exit was inevitable at some point. It was still a competitive
season and a competitive first-round series against the St. Louis Blues.

But their first-round sweep at the hands of the Nashville Predators in 2017 was shocking. The underlying numbers
indicated the Blackhawks, who led the Western Conference with 109 points, probably weren’t as good as their stellar
regular-season record, but the ending was unexpected. Management expressed outrage and made significant changes.

When the Blackhawks failed to make the playoffs in 2018 for the first time in a decade, fans’ patience grew thinner.
Marian Hossa’s sudden absence and Corey Crawford’s concussion were among the reasons given for the Blackhawks’
rocky season, but the issues ran deeper. They were flawed from the start, finishing 19 points out of the last wild-card
spot.

Now the Blackhawks will miss out on the playoffs for a second consecutive season after being officially eliminated from
contention on Tuesday night with Colorado’s 6-2 win over Edmonton. It’s the first time since the 2007 and 2008 seasons
the Blackhawks will be sitting out consecutive postseasons.

Fans are still packing the United Center and interest remains high, so the Blackhawks’ overall state isn’t as gloomy as the
late 1990s and early 2000s. But relative to where they’ve been recently and to where chairman Rocky Wirtz, president
John McDonough and others in the organization have set expectations, they’ve fallen well short.

Fans are as displeased as they’ve ever been with the Blackhawks since Wirtz took over 12 years ago, and they have a
right to be. There’s no viable excuse the Blackhawks can now give for missing the playoffs again and being without a
playoff series victory since 2015.

Here are six reasons why the Blackhawks are sitting out of the playoffs again.

1. The season was largely lost before it ever began.

The Blackhawks’ roster missteps can be traced back to last season. It was apparent the Blackhawks’ greatest weakness
was their defense, and it needed an overhaul. Stan Bowman didn’t see it that way. He began doubling down on the
defense he had. He re-signed Jan Rutta to a one-year, $2.25 million contract and Erik Gustafsson to a two-year contract
with a $1.25 million cap hit before last season ended. Gustafsson’s signing has certainly paid off, but Rutta’s re-signing
diminished the Blackhawks’ cap space and impeded their ability to make defensive changes. More on that later.

Even with those signings, there was a belief by many around the league the Blackhawks would be serious players in free
agency. The Athletic’s Craig Custance even wrote about how they could be involved in the John Tavares sweepstakes. To
be a player, though, the Blackhawks needed to trade Hossa’s contract before July 1, which didn’t happen.

Bowman has said he couldn’t find any takers for Hossa’s contract until later in July when the Arizona Coyotes stepped
up. There’s no reason to doubt that. The question is, how aggressive was he? Honestly, he probably should have worked
to package the Blackhawks’ second first-round pick in 2018 to move Hossa’s contract at the draft. Doing so might have
also saved them from having to trade Vinnie Hinostroza, who would have helped them this season.

While being that aggressive at the draft may have leveraged their future a bit and cancelled out the Ryan Hartman trade,
such a deal would have opened the door to spending on July 1, giving the Blackhawks real hope for this season. If you’re
Jonathan Toews, who has now set a new single-season mark for points at the age of 30, Patrick Kane, who is on course
to set a new high at 30, and Duncan Keith, who’s had a bounce-back season at 35, you’d probably be frustrated with the
Blackhawks’ lack of urgency. Their seasons, plus Alex DeBrincat’s 40-plus goals and Brandon Saad’s 20-plus goals, were
wasted because the Blackhawks weren’t complete enough from top to bottom.

When the Blackhawks didn’t trade Hossa’s contract early enough, they had to walk away from every conversation they
had with the top unrestricted free agents. Tavares and James van Riemsdyk weren’t possibilities any longer. They
couldn’t afford Ian Cole. In the end, the Blackhawks signed defenseman Brandon Manning to a two-year deal with a
$2.25 million cap hit, goalie Cam Ward to a one-year deal with a $3 million cap hit and forward Chris Kunitz to a one-
year deal with a $1 million cap hit.

It was an underwhelming free-agent class at the time, and it hasn’t gotten any better. Although Bowman has said they
signed Manning to fit Joel Quenneville’s style, Bowman and his pro scouts should have been able to identify Manning’s
defensive issues and how he probably wasn’t going to improve the defense. He was on the ice for nine goals for and 26
against before Bowman traded him to the Edmonton Oilers. Ward has had positive stretches, but overall he’s struggled
with the Blackhawks just as he had with the Carolina Hurricanes in recent years. His current .893 save percentage is his
lowest since his rookie season in 2005-06. At 39, Kunitz has been a healthy scratch at times and mainly played on the
fourth line. He has four goals and five assists in 53 games.

2. They fired Joel Quenneville on November 6.

Whether or not you believe Quenneville should have been fired, the Blackhawks should definitely not have done it on
Nov. 6 after 15 games. There couldn’t have been a worse time to make a coaching change.

Jeremy Colliton was a first-time NHL coach taking over for a legend, trying to earn trust with a new team, attempting to
implement a new system and doing so with a busy game schedule — all far from ideal. By the time the Blackhawks were
able to take a breath at the December holiday break, they had fallen to 13-20-6 overall and the playoffs seemed like a
pipe dream.

If the Blackhawks were going to fire Quenneville and replace him with Colliton, they should have done so before the
season. It would have allowed Quenneville a more graceful exit, given everyone time to come to terms with the change
and permitted Colliton the time to get his team ready for a season. The Blackhawks have since adapted to Colliton’s
system, but that could have been expedited with more practices and a full training camp.

That or the Blackhawks should have given Quenneville more time. The season wasn’t lost after 15 games. Nine of the
Blackhawks’ 25 best Corsi percentage games this season occurred under Quenneville. Connor Murphy wasn’t back from
his injury yet. The thought of trading Nick Schmaltz for Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini hadn’t occurred yet. Rutta and
Manning hadn’t been dealt yet. Maybe the Blackhawks become a playoff team under Quenneville, maybe they don’t.
Either way, Nov. 6 wasn’t the ideal time to make a coaching change.

3. The defense continued to struggle.

It has to be said the Blackhawks have been better defensively the last month under Colliton, and forwards are part of
the team defensive game too. But even so, there can be a lot of fingers pointed at the Blackhawks’ defensemen again
for this season’s failures.

The Blackhawks’ biggest issues in recent years have been allowing scoring chances and high-danger chances. You know,
the Grade A opportunities that often lead to goals. Last season, they had the eighth-worst scoring chance rate against
per 60 minutes in 5-on-5 play and fourth worst in high-danger chances against per 60 minutes, according to
NaturalStatTrick.com. This season, they have the worst rate for scoring chances against and high-danger chances
against.

Individually, Brent Seabrook has been on the ice for the highest rate of scoring chances against among all NHL
defensemen with a minimum of 400 minutes played. Gustafsson is third, Gustav Forsling is seventh and Carl Dahlstrom
is 20th.

In high-danger chances against per 60 minutes, Dahlstrom has the worst on-ice rate in the league. Seabrook is third,
Gustafsson is fifth, Forsling is sixth, Connor Murphy is eighth and Keith is ninth. By the way, Michal Kempny is seventh.

If the Blackhawks bring back the same defense again, it’s hard to imagine those results changing. As of now, Keith,
Seabrook, Murphy, Gustafsson and Dahlstrom are signed for next season. Forsling and Slater Koekkoek will be restricted
free agents after the season.

4. The goaltending couldn’t save the day.

The defense put the goaltenders in tough spots time after time, and they weren’t able to stand on their heads
consistently. The Blackhawks’ overall save percentage of .897 is 27th in the league and their .917 save percentage in 5-
on-5 play is 20th.

Crawford has certainly come on as of late, but his season numbers are down from recent years. His .907 overall save
percentage and .915 save percentage in 5-on-5 play are his lowest numbers since the 2011-12 season. His quality-start
percentage is a single-season low of .421, according to hockey-reference.com.

Ward has had a higher quality-start percentage at .481 in 30 games, but his overall save percentage is .893. His 5-on-5
save percentage is .914. Collin Delia had a .421 quality-start percentage in 16 games. He had a .908 overall save
percentage and a .925 save percentage in 5-on-5 play.

5. Finding the right lineup combinations has been a struggle all season.

Of the Blackhawks’ top-four line combinations for positive 5-on-5 goal differential, which player do you think has played
on all four lines this season?

Bet you didn’t guess Dominik Kahun.

The line of DeBrincat, Strome and Kahun has a plus-6 goal differential, the line of Kahun, Artem Anisimov and Kane has a
plus-5 differential, the line of Saad, Toews and Kahun has a plus-4 differential and the line of John Hayden, David Kampf
and Kahun has a plus-3 differential, according to Corsica.

That Drake Caggiula-Toews-Kane line that Colliton went with for a while? It has just a plus-2 goal differential. It’s been
on the ice for 11 goals for and nine against.

DeBrincat-Strome-Kane: Minus-2.

DeBrincat-Toews-Kane: Plus-1

Saad-Toews-Dylan Sikura: Plus-1

DeBrincat-Strome-Perlini: Plus-1

Saad-Toews-Kane: Zero differential.

You get the point. The Blackhawks have had 31 line combinations that have played at least 30 minutes together, and
nearly all of them have been around the same differential range.

Some lines have been more offensive, others more defensive. In the end, they’ve all been just OK. There certainly
haven’t been any line fixtures like Artemi Panarin, Anisimov and Kane or Saad, Toews and Hossa. It’s been a lot of line
juggling, and Colliton can’t be blamed. Very few lines have clicked.

The Blackhawks were hoping to be deeper and more balanced before the season, but that fell apart. Trading Hinostroza
impacted that. It also didn’t help that neither Sikura nor Victor Ejdsell came flying out of the gates as expected.

The defenseman pairings have been a similar story.

Keith is like Kahun when it comes to the Blackhawks’ defenseman pairing. Of the four pairings with the best goal
differential, Keith has been on all four. The Keith-Gustafsson pairing is a plus-9, Keith-Murphy plus-6, Keith-Rutta plus-5
and Keith-Seabrook plus-4.

Colliton has stuck with the Keith-Gustafsson pairing the longest this season, and they have played 519 minutes of 5-on-5
ice time. The second pairing with the most ice time is Dahlstrom-Murphy, and they have a 46.47 Corsi percentage and
minus-1 goal differential. Lately, Dahlstrom hasn’t been consistently in the lineup.

Keith and Seabrook have also been a paring for 375 minutes, Keith and Jokiharju for 346 minutes, Gustafsson and
Seabrook for 249 minutes, and Forsling and Seabrook for 219 minutes. The Forsling-Seabrook pairing has been together
lately and has a 47.87 Corsi percentage and minus-3 goal differential.

If you’re curious about the worst goal differentials from pairings this season, the Manning-Seabrook pairing was a
minus-9, Keith and Jokiharju a minus-4 and there are three pairings at minus-3. The Keith-Jokiharju pairing did drive
possession and had a 53.68 Corsi percentage.

You would think next season the Blackhawks try to find some stability in their lines and pairings.

6. They couldn’t complete the comeback.

As far back as the Blackhawks were in December, they made up all that ground by late February. As of Feb. 20, they
were 26-26-9 with 61 points and were only out of the final wild-card spot because of a tiebreaker.

From there, others surged ahead and the Blackhawks fell behind. Over the last 18 games, they’ve gone 8-7-3. The
Colorado Avalanche went 11-5-3 in that span, and the Arizona Coyotes went 11-5-3. The Blackhawks also picked up just
two points and allowed five points in three meetings with the Avalanche since Feb. 20. They also won and lost in
regulation against the Coyotes. Going 0-1-2 against the Los Angeles Kings and finishing 6-13-5 against the Pacific wasn’t
helpful either.

In this last stretch, the Blackhawks have played better defense, but their offense has dried up. In the last 18 games,
they’ve scored an average of 2.85 goals and allowed an average of 3.07 goals. From Jan. 1 to Feb. 20, a 20-game span
where the Blackhawks went 11-6-3, they were averaging 4.19 goals for and 3.85 goals against.

StLouisBlues.com

Blues top Avalanche in shootout, move into second in Central Division
By Chris Pinkert
April 2, 2019

TEAM SNAPSHOTS
Colorado scored two third period goals on great deflections, including one in the final minute of the third period on
Monday night, but the Blues persevered for a 3-2 shootout win against an Avalanche squad desperate for points.

Ryan O'Reilly scored the deciding goal and Jordan Binnington stopped all three Avalanche shooters in the shootout.

The win briefly put the Blues into second place in the Central Division.

"We've earned it," Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo said of climbing into second place. "It's been a long road to get here,
but we've earned the spot we're in right now."

The Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Tuesday night to bump the Blues back to third place. However, Winnipeg's
loss to Minnesota on Tuesday means a win for the Blues would put them into a three-way tie for first in the Central
Division on Wednesday.

The Chicago Blackhawks made a late-season surge, posting the second-most wins of any team in the Central Division
(18) over the last 30 games (trailing only the Blues' 21 wins), but they weren't able to climb back into the playoff picture.

Colorado's win against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night eliminated Chicago from postseason contention.

Most recently, the Blackhawks dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
Wednesday's game will be the fifth and final meeting between the clubs this season. The Blues are 1-1-2 against the
Blackhawks this season but are 6-3-1 in their last 10 trips to Chicago.

Wednesday's matchup will be the 315th regular-season meeting between the clubs - the most against any opponent for
the Blues.

HOT VS. CHICAGO
Vladimir Tarasenko has 23 points in his last 18 games (16 goals, seven assists)
Ryan O'Reilly has eight points in his last five games (two goals, six assists)
Brayden Schenn has 11 points in his last 10 games (five goals, six assists)
Alex Pietrangelo has seven points in his last seven games (two goals, five assists)

BLUE NOTES
Vladimir Tarasenko scored his 209th career goal on Monday against Colorado, moving him past Keith Tkachuk (208) and
into fifth all-time on the franchise goal-scoring list... Jordan Binnington tied a franchise record for most wins by a rookie
goaltender with his 22nd win on Monday. Jake Allen posted 22 wins in the 2014-15 season... The Blues have killed off 55
of 62 penalties (88.7 percent) since Feb. 7, the most of any NHL club in that span... Since March 6, the Blues rank second
in the NHL on the power play at 29.4 percent.

StLouisBlues.com

Blues top Avalanche in shootout, move into second in Central Division
By Louie Korac
April 1, 2019

The St. Louis Blues moved into second place in the Central Division after recovering for a 3-2 shootout win against the
Colorado Avalanche at Enterprise Center on Monday.

St. Louis (43-28-8), which has won two straight and is 7-1-1 in its past nine games, is tied in points with the Nashville
Predators but has one more regulation/overtime win. Each team has three games remaining and is two points behind
the Winnipeg Jets for first place.

The Blues were last in the NHL on Jan. 2 (15-18-4) but have gone 28-10-4 since.

"Obviously, it's been a great run with all the stuff we have (went through) during this year," Blues forward Vladimir
Tarasenko said. "It's really good and I'm really proud of everyone on this team, how we went from last place in the
League. There's still a lot of stuff to play for. There's no time to rest and hang on to this success. We need to improve
this and keep going."

Jordan Binnington made 24 saves for his 22nd win, tying Jake Allen (2014-15) for the most by a rookie in Blues history.

Colorado (36-29-14), which is 6-0-2 in its past eight games, leads the Arizona Coyotes by two points for the second wild
card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. Philipp Grubauer made 25 saves.

"I'm happy to get a point," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. "I wish we had two, but pretty happy to come into a
really tough building against a real good team and get a point here tonight. It'll be a big point."

St. Louis won all four games against Colorado, the first time it has swept a season series against the Avalanche/Quebec
Nordiques since 1991-92.

Gabriel Landeskog cut it to 2-1 at 6:30 of the third period with a deflection of Patrik Nemeth's initial shot, and Alexander
Kerfoot tied it 2-2 with 47 seconds remaining after the Avalanche pulled Grubauer for the extra skater.

"It was just kind of a desperation play, but I know obviously the puck went out of the zone and guys did a good job
regrouping quickly," Kerfoot said. "I think it was kind of a blown coverage by them a little bit and [Landeskog] did a good
job getting it to the net, and I just got a stick on it."

The Blues were stuck in their zone for an extended amount of time before clearing the puck out of the zone, where it
was taken at center ice by Nathan MacKinnon and quickly brought back in.

"It's tough to change everybody there because a guy like MacKinnon, he gets back on the offense so quick," Blues
defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said. "It's not much of shot. It's a good tip play. [Binnington's] got no chance on that.
We've just got to find a way to be a little bit tighter at the change."

Tyler Bozak appeared to score for St. Louis 1:40 into the first period, but Bednar challenged for offside, and the call was
reversed after a video review.

Jaden Schwartz gave the Blues a 1-0 lead at 7:07 of the first period after redirecting Oskar Sundqvist's centering pass.

Tarasenko scored 14 seconds into the third period to make it 2-0, getting to a rebound at the left post and beating
Grubauer short side.