Chicago will get something from the power play: How is it that a team can be so effective playing five-on-five, but turn every chance with the extra man into a vintage Keystone Kops routine?
Simple. They don?t get pucks to the net. Instead of deploying a couple of redwoods to plant themselves in front of Tuukka Rask, they dish the puck around the perimeter, looking for the perfect one-timer that befits their exotic skills.
So far, that approach hasn?t exactly paid off. In fact, after wasting a 53-second two-man advantage in Game 1, the Hawks allowed three blown power-play chances in the first two periods of Game 2 to suck away all of their early momentum. That has to change.
In a series this tight, Chicago has to commit to playing ugly hockey with the extra man. Look for Joel Quenneville to unleash Bryan Bickell, who has seen a total of 13 seconds of power play time in the series, with an eye on creating some crease havoc in Game 3.
Simple. They don?t get pucks to the net. Instead of deploying a couple of redwoods to plant themselves in front of Tuukka Rask, they dish the puck around the perimeter, looking for the perfect one-timer that befits their exotic skills.
So far, that approach hasn?t exactly paid off. In fact, after wasting a 53-second two-man advantage in Game 1, the Hawks allowed three blown power-play chances in the first two periods of Game 2 to suck away all of their early momentum. That has to change.
In a series this tight, Chicago has to commit to playing ugly hockey with the extra man. Look for Joel Quenneville to unleash Bryan Bickell, who has seen a total of 13 seconds of power play time in the series, with an eye on creating some crease havoc in Game 3.
