Game 2 was feistier and uglier than Game 1, though the same late-game drama stayed intact. He crosschecked San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture in the head and received two games for it. Hoffman's crosscheck was helped by Sharks defenseman Brenden Dillon stick, as it made a dirty hit a risky one. Despite that switch, the three-time Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks have been in this spot before and won't panic.
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EDMONTON, Alberta - Melker Karlsson scored at 3:22 of overtime and the San Jose Sharks came back to beat the Oilers on Wednesday in Game 1 of their Western Conference series.
"I'm trying to keep up with them for the most part", Crosby said. "It means a lot as a team, and you don't want to let your guy down when they make a play like that". "We just went about our business the way we always do, but I wouldn't say it was dispassionate". "So I don't see why we can't go in there and do the same thing to them that they did to us". Ditto with Marc-Andre Fleury's most important games with the Pittsburgh Penguins being in his rearview mirror. Calvert was not made available to the media. Columbus has scored more than three goals just once in its last 13 games.
Despite the deficit, Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella likes the aggressive play and is eager to get home to Columbus.
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The latter captained the side with Wayne Rooney again absent from the squad, along with forward Anthony Martial. The severity of his injury should become clear in the coming days. "I hope only this game (he misses)".
During warmups of game one, goaltender Matt Murray suffered a lower-body injury that has kept him off the ice for the time being.
His club-record 102nd playoff appearance looked an very bad lot like his 101st, when he held the Blue Jackets in check during an early push then waited for NHL's best offense to find its footing. Game 2 is Friday night in Pittsburgh. Working a two-on-one with Crosby, he one-timed a pass from the Penguins' captain past Bobrovsky's left skate.
"We had some looks but in the end it was more about finish", said coach Claude Julien. Calvert was assessed a two-minute minor for cross-checking, but the National Hockey League said it deemed the play to be "message-sending" with the game's outcome in hand, thus warranting further punishment.
The momentum lasted all of 51 seconds, or as along as it took for Crosby and Guentzel to break in 2-on-1. Following the cross-check Calvert circled back and checked a still unsuspecting Kuhnhackl, knocking him to the ice. The Jackets winger received a two-minute penalty for cross-checking.
It didn't take long for Tortorella to add a businesslike culture of working hard, being in the moment and never getting too up or too down in the Blue Jackets.
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