Game 4: Chicago 6, Boston 5 (OT): With Goalies Shaky, Momentum Sways to...
Defenseman Brent Seabrook’s slap shot through a maze of players beat Tuukka Rask at 9 minutes 51 seconds of overtime, giving the Blackhawks a 6-5 victory in a breathlessly exciting game that featured...
View ArticleBlackhawks win OT thriller to even Stanley Cup series at two games apiece
BOSTON — Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals just seemed like it didn’t want to end. Maybe because no one else wanted it to end. The action didn’t want to stop. The crowd didn’t want to quiet. The...
View ArticleBlackhawks’ Top Offensive Threats Finally Break Through
Seabrook gave him a glare. Toews changed his answer. “I snapped back and said scoring goals,” Toews told a roomful of news media members Thursday afternoon. Toews’s only postseason goal had come in...
View ArticleBlackhawks 3, Bruins 1: Boston Brings the Hits, but Chicago’s Speed Wins the...
But there was much more to the Blackhawks’ 3-1 victory at United Center on Saturday night, which gave them a three-games-to-two series lead in the Stanley Cup finals. There was a two-goal performance...
View ArticleStanding Up to Bully and Closing In on the Cup
Chara, 36, is also perhaps the premier defensive force in the N.H.L. He was awarded the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defender in 2009, and two years later, he helped Boston win the Stanley Cup....
View ArticleBruins and Blackhawks Hope Top Centers Can Play
Bergeron, who left Game 5 on Saturday night and was briefly hospitalized, was considered day to day with what Julien said was a body injury. In the N.H.L., that amounts to full disclosure. “That’s...
View ArticleA ‘Cruel’ Turnabout for the Bruins
The momentum and adrenaline of that first 20 minutes, in which the Bruins outshot the Blackhawks, 12-6, won 17 of 24 face-offs and outhit the visitors, 16-13, could only last so long. The only...
View ArticleGame 6: Blackhawks 3, Bruins 2: In a Stunning Finish, a Fifth Stanley Cup for...
“This goal, this ending — nobody saw it coming,” said Blackhawks Coach Joel Quennville, after a finish that strained credulity. So sudden and late was Chicago’s rally that even the Blackhawks...
View ArticleGame 6: Blackhawks 3, Bruins 2: 17 Seconds, 2 Goals and a Victory
“This goal, this ending — nobody saw it coming,” said Blackhawks Coach Joel Quennville, after a finish that strained credulity. So sudden and late was Chicago’s rally that even the Blackhawks...
View ArticleLeading Off: When N.H.L. and N.B.A. End, There’s Always A-Rod
The parade has come and gone in Miami and we’re on to grilling LeBron James about his free agency next year. The parade hasn’t happened yet in Chicago but we’re already debating whether the Blackhawks...
View ArticleSports Briefing | Hockey: Two Million at Parade for Blackhawks
The Chicago police said more than two million people turned out to celebrate the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup win. Fans clad in the team’s colors, red and black, started streaming into the city early...
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