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What’s Behind a ‘Hot’ Goalie’s Bad Game (Besides a Jinx)

Ahead of Wednesday night’s Chicago Blackhawks-Los Angeles Kings game, I wrote about the “hottest” goalies of the Stanley Cup playoffs to date. No. 1 on the list? Chicago’s Corey Crawford, who promptly had the worst game of his playoff career, allowing five goals on 30 shots in the Kings’ runaway victory. It probably seems self-serving not to merely […]

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What’s Behind a ‘Hot’ Goalie’s Bad Game (Besides a Jinx)

Ahead of Wednesday night’s Chicago Blackhawks-Los Angeles Kings game, I wrote about the “hottest” goalies of the Stanley Cup playoffs to date. No. 1 on the list? Chicago’s Corey Crawford, who promptly had the worst game of his playoff career, allowing five goals on 30 shots in the Kings’ runaway victory. It probably seems self-serving not to merely […]

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Why the Blackhawks’ Offense Is Struggling Against the Kings

In Wednesday night’s 6-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, the Chicago Blackhawks spent 46.2 minutes playing five on five against the Kings, scoring only one goal and taking only 18 shots. That’s well below the Blackhawks’ regular season pace of 2.73 goals and 32.6 shots per 60 minutes of five-on-five play (second best in the […]

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Why the Blackhawks’ Offense Is Struggling Against the Kings

In Wednesday night’s 6-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, the Chicago Blackhawks spent 46.2 minutes playing five on five against the Kings, scoring only one goal and taking only 18 shots. That’s well below the Blackhawks’ regular season pace of 2.73 goals and 32.6 shots per 60 minutes of five-on-five play (second best in the […]

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