Video: Andrew Shaw's 3OT Game-Winning Goal
After two full overtime periods, the Blackhawks and Bruins were understandably exhausted.
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After two full overtime periods, the Blackhawks and Bruins were understandably exhausted.
The Bruins did not know they were facing the most relentless team they had seen all season when they went up against the Blackhawks.
The clock struck midnight Thursday morning at the United Center and the hockey gods decided that after 112 grueling minutes on the ice, the Bruins and the Blackhawks needed to go home.
Andrew Shaw skated off to the side and pumped his arms furiously. One shot from the right point plus two deflections was just enough to beat Tuukka Rask in the fifth-longest Stanley Cup finals game in history.
NHL Hall of Fame center Phil Esposito knows the Blackhawks and Bruins extremely well.
As expected, Brandon Bollig will be in the lineup for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Boston Bruins Wednesday night.
The bronze lion statues outside the Art Institute of Chicago got ready for the Blackhawks fight for the Stanley Cup, donning team helmets ahead of the Stanley Cup Final opener on Wednesday.
If there is any grumbling still going on, I can't hear it.
If these two teams are mirror images of each other, as many observers have noted, the chess game between Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville and Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien could have a decisive impact on the Stanley Cup Final.
Think you're the Blackhawks' most loyal fan? You've probably got nothing on a guy from Skokie who's been to more than 2,100 consecutive home games.
