The Blackhawks attempted to be converted into lately the fourth team in Stanley Cup Playoff history to win four straight, but as a substitute became lately the fourth team to rally back and fall in Game 7.
The defending Stanley Cup champions join the 1939 New York Rangers, 1945 Detroit Red Wings and 1975 New York Islanders as the single other teams to fall succinct of winning four straight later than down the elementary three in a sequence.
"We constantly kept back believing and it showed rectify plow the tip," thought defenseman Duncan Keith, who won Olympic gold in addition to a Stanley Cup final season. "To catch it to overtime was lately a realistic take the part of by (Jonathan Toews) on the penalty exterminate and it's a exalted effort to catch it to overtime. But in the tip, it was in the back of (our) lattice."
Chicago, who snuck into the playoffs thankfulness to a Dallas Stars loss in the final game of the regular season, leave as one 7-2, 5-0 and 4-3 wins later than getting behind in the sequence, single to trickle a 2-1 decision in overtime by the side of Rogers Arena in Game 7.
"Being outdated in the elementary rotund is tough to take," Keith thought. "I'm lately proud of the way we fought back and made it a sequence, but by the side of the same count its still tough to take. Knowing with the intention of if we were better in the regular season, we could've enhanced our probability at this point."
After getting down 1-0 on a Alexandre Burrows goal by the side of 2:43 in the elementary cycle, the Blackhawks managed to fend inedible the Canucks thankfulness in substantial part to the stellar goaltending performance from recruit Corey Crawford.
With lately 1:56 enduring in the third Toews united things up by the side of 1 on a worry take the part of, shorthanded, preference up lately his elementary goal of the postseason.
Patrick Sharp had an superb possibility in the elementary overtime to tip things on a cross-ice feed, which was stopped by Roberto Luongo.
Then by the side of 5:22 of the addition session, Chris Campoli bowed more than the puck lately inside the Blackhawks' blue line and Burrows managed to catch a rolling puck former Crawford.
"It was lately kind of a bouncing puck and (Burrows) grabbed it by the side of filled rate and came into the slot – teed single up," thought Crawford, who made 36 saves in the loss. "I don't think he got his superlative shot inedible, it was kind of a loose change up or crash into our guy's stick. It was kind of a weird single."
Chicago coach Joel Quenneville thought his team simply came up a goal succinct.
"From the start of the time it was a battle and to catch to Game 7 and catch to overtime," thought Quenneville. "The way we did it reminded me of whilst we united it up shorthanded counter to Nashville (in the 2010 playoffs) – we were fortunate therefore, but not tonight."
