|  Wys³any: 2022-09-03 17:30:12 Temat postu: Ducks content to grind out win in sluggish Game 3
CHICAGO Allplayoff games are not created equal.Some are with post shots and helmet goals and heroes and goats. Others, important as they may be, are slogs. Such is the nature of a two-month tournament.MORE: | We got one of the former in Anaheim on Tuesday. On Thursday at United Center, we got one of the latter. And that was just fine for the Anaheim Ducks, who Kendall Graveman Jersey beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 to regain control of the Western Conference finals. The pace was a little slower, and the game was a lot shorter.It wasnt as interesting to watch, either.Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf, though, shouldnt care about such things and he does not.It felt great tonight, Getzlaf said. This was fun.Anaheim's Andrew Cogliano was a little more measured.MORE: At the end of the day, you had two tired teams out there, Cogliano said. I dont think the pace was as high as it was in the first two games.I thought the teams looked tired and we were the ones that did a good job of persevering. It was more of a mental battle for everyone tonight.It was a physical battle, too. Cogliano, like a lot of players, cramped up during the Blackhawks 3-2, 116-minute win 48 hours beforehand. The analogy, he said, is doing a hard weightlifting workout.The way he followed that up served as a partial microcosm for Robbie Grossman Jersey the rest of the team; factoring in blocked shot attempts, he played the Blackhawks to a draw in 11:50 at 5-on-5, then added 3:47 on a penalty kill that went 5-for-5.PHOTOS: | More than three of those 4-on-5 minutes for Cogliano came in the first period, when the Ducks killed off a four-minute double-minor on Getzlaf, whose high stick cut Jonathan Toews. At the time, Anaheim held a 1-0 lead. In Game 3, theyd have coughed it up; Chicago scored two of their three goals on first-period power plays.We werent satisfied with what we did the last game, Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen (27 saves) said. We wanted to be better Sonny Gray Jersey today.Patrick Kane, who scored Chicagos that le s than a handful of NHL players could actually bury, blamed poor zone entries for a lot of the power-play trouble.Thats got to be way better, he said. And we Blake Treinen Jersey will be better at that. Well make some adjustments and figure it out and fix it and make sure when those opportunities come next game, especially when its the beginning of the game in the first period and you have those opportunities to maybe get yourself the lead.Where the Cogliano microcosm falls apart, though, is on the Ducks power play. He wasnt part of the unit that put Anaheim up in the closing minute of the second period. Simon Despres was responsible for that, on a shot from the right circlethat didnt appear to leave the ice.PHOTOS: (Corey Perry) made a nice net-front (target) and (Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford) was definitely thinking about him, and that left me the whole net, Despres said.Im not a goal scorer. I just tried to hit the net and get it off as quick as po sible.Crawford was indeed Bruce Maxwell Jersey thinking about Perry, by the way; he called it a distraction after the game.All in all, it was a solid recipe for succe s, especially after a marathon; stay even at 5-on-5 grind if you have to then win on special teams. Saturdays Game 4 might be different. It might be more interesting. It might be prettier.For whoever wins, though, it won't matter. |
Ducks content to grind out win in sluggish Game 3
