The Cobra
06-04-2015, 02:49 AM
Teravainen, Vermette score late to give Blackhawks win
The Canadian Press
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Antoine Vermette Teuvo Teravainen Duncan Keith, Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
TAMPA, Fla. - If these playoffs have proven anything about the Chicago Blackhawks, it's that they don't go down easily.
A rough start in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final was merely a stumbling block for the Blackhawks as they came back to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 Wednesday night at Amalie Arena to take the series lead.
Teuvo Teravainen and Antoine Vermette scored two goals in under two minutes in the third period to stun a sellout crowd. It was a matter of time before Chicago broke through after dominating and testing Ben Bishop for the latter stages of the game.
"I thought our team got better and better as the game went on," said Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp.
It was the 14th third-period comeback in these playoffs, according to the NHL.
Bishop finished with 19 saves and Chicago's Corey Crawford had 22. Alex Killorn scored Tampa Bay's lone goal early on a highlight-reel deflection.
Game 2 is Saturday night at Tampa Bay.
In the first Cup final game in Tampa since 2004, the Lightning jumped all over the Blackhawks from the opening faceoff. Killorn shot wide and Valtteri Filppula fanned on two chances in the game's first minute.
Two shifts later, that line of Killorn, Filppula and Steven Stamkos cashed in. Stamkos sent the puck deep into Chicago's end, where Filppula beat Duncan Keith to the puck and got it to Anton Stralman at the point.
As Stralman's shot was fluttering toward the net like a knuckleball, Killorn eyed up the puck and batted it behind his back and in on a bounce. Just 4:31 in, the Lightning had the lead.
Killorn's goal was his eighth of the playoffs, and his 17th point tied him with Stamkos for third on the team.
Penalty kills were clicking, and Bishop made a save on Patrick Kane late in the first period to keep the Lightning up. The Blackhawks endured a nine-minute, 31-second shot drought in the second period, broken when Brad Richards fired away from the slot.
Bishop was there to make another key save, and the Lightning counted on him to make more as the night wore on. Tampa Bay endured a shot drought of 13:22 from late in the second until a Ryan Callahan breakaway in the third.
Crawford's save on Callahan kept the Blackhawks in striking distance, and then Teravainen broke up Bishop's shutout bid. The rookie's shot went through a ton of traffic and beat the goaltender clean at 13:28 of the third to tie it.
"I just tried to shoot high there and sometimes good things happen," Teravainen said.
A turnover by J.T. Brown led to Vermette's goal at 15:26 that gave the Blackhawks the lead.
Notes — Lightning coach Jon Cooper again went with 11 forwards and seven defenceman, playing Nikita Nesterov and scratching Jonathan Marchessault. ... The Blackhawks' bottom-pairing of David Rundblad and Kyle Cumiskey didn't combine to play as many minutes as any other defenceman.
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The Canadian Press
http://www.tsn.ca/polopoly_fs/1.299359.1433386525!/fileimage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/antoine-vermette-teuvo-teravainen-duncan-keith.jpg
Antoine Vermette Teuvo Teravainen Duncan Keith, Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
TAMPA, Fla. - If these playoffs have proven anything about the Chicago Blackhawks, it's that they don't go down easily.
A rough start in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final was merely a stumbling block for the Blackhawks as they came back to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 Wednesday night at Amalie Arena to take the series lead.
Teuvo Teravainen and Antoine Vermette scored two goals in under two minutes in the third period to stun a sellout crowd. It was a matter of time before Chicago broke through after dominating and testing Ben Bishop for the latter stages of the game.
"I thought our team got better and better as the game went on," said Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp.
It was the 14th third-period comeback in these playoffs, according to the NHL.
Bishop finished with 19 saves and Chicago's Corey Crawford had 22. Alex Killorn scored Tampa Bay's lone goal early on a highlight-reel deflection.
Game 2 is Saturday night at Tampa Bay.
In the first Cup final game in Tampa since 2004, the Lightning jumped all over the Blackhawks from the opening faceoff. Killorn shot wide and Valtteri Filppula fanned on two chances in the game's first minute.
Two shifts later, that line of Killorn, Filppula and Steven Stamkos cashed in. Stamkos sent the puck deep into Chicago's end, where Filppula beat Duncan Keith to the puck and got it to Anton Stralman at the point.
As Stralman's shot was fluttering toward the net like a knuckleball, Killorn eyed up the puck and batted it behind his back and in on a bounce. Just 4:31 in, the Lightning had the lead.
Killorn's goal was his eighth of the playoffs, and his 17th point tied him with Stamkos for third on the team.
Penalty kills were clicking, and Bishop made a save on Patrick Kane late in the first period to keep the Lightning up. The Blackhawks endured a nine-minute, 31-second shot drought in the second period, broken when Brad Richards fired away from the slot.
Bishop was there to make another key save, and the Lightning counted on him to make more as the night wore on. Tampa Bay endured a shot drought of 13:22 from late in the second until a Ryan Callahan breakaway in the third.
Crawford's save on Callahan kept the Blackhawks in striking distance, and then Teravainen broke up Bishop's shutout bid. The rookie's shot went through a ton of traffic and beat the goaltender clean at 13:28 of the third to tie it.
"I just tried to shoot high there and sometimes good things happen," Teravainen said.
A turnover by J.T. Brown led to Vermette's goal at 15:26 that gave the Blackhawks the lead.
Notes — Lightning coach Jon Cooper again went with 11 forwards and seven defenceman, playing Nikita Nesterov and scratching Jonathan Marchessault. ... The Blackhawks' bottom-pairing of David Rundblad and Kyle Cumiskey didn't combine to play as many minutes as any other defenceman.
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