GDT: Canes @ Blackhawks 1/20 8:30

[andyt]

Hall goes around Slavin, Burns gets caught puck watching and Ryan Donato beats Freddie short side with 18.7 seconds left in the 2nd.

 

[StormChaserBH]

Ya, the puck or the man.... you pick, Burns, but get one of them.

 

[andyt]

Staal digs one out from under Mrazek and it’s tied. Great work by former Canes farmhand Carter Sandlak flying in from the corner and seeing the puck wasn’t covered.

 

[StormChaserBH]

O CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN.... point 700 in game 1300 to tie it up

 

[andyt]

Comsidering the way they played the first, that’s an improbable point.

 

[andyt]

Aho from Necas, game over. On to Dallas.

 

[StormChaserBH]

Marty Nachos and Ahooooo in OT is money

 

[NoMich]

Exciting ending but not happy that the Canes did not win it 6-2. Also, I wasn't back in my favorite city with all of the other Caniacs for the game.

 

[CanadaCanes]

A game you had to have, good fight to get back into it! Beautiful overtime winner

 

[polarbare]

You can’t give that up late like that, Burns just watched it.

it was Svech's man though. Not excuse for Burnsie but that was a double failure

 

[ThinIce]

O CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN.... point 700 in game 1300 to tie it up

And what a goal it was! Mr Azek made a puck poo-poo and Staal swept it away.

 

[ThinIce]

Not a great game, but a fantastic finish in OT - Necas and Aho have an amazing thing going. Given time and space with 3-on-3, Necas can really create havoc and find an open Aho - who one-timed a perfect shot. I can't blame any of the goals on Freddie, and in fact I think he looked pretty good, considering it was his first game in months.

 

[andyt]

And what a goal it was! Mr Azek made a puck poo-poo and Staal swept it away.

It reminded me of a goal in the 2002 playoffs, but it went the other way. Weekes thought he had the puck covered, but even from my seat I saw it clearly and Saku Koivu (I think) swept it in.

 

[andyt]

Not a great game, but a fantastic finish in OT - Necas and Aho have an amazing thing going. Given time and space with 3-on-3, Necas can really create havoc and find an open Aho - who one-timed a perfect shot. I can't blame any of the goals on Freddie, and in fact I think he looked pretty good, considering it was his first game in months.

He kept us in the game in the first, his first 2 saves were doozies.

 

[jeffbear]

Comsidering the way they played the first, that’s an improbable point.

It's the Hawks ... there's always a chance.

 

[NoMich]

And what a goal it was! Mr Azek made a puck poo-poo and Staal swept it away.

That was a late career Jordan Staal goal if there ever was one.

 

[jeffbear]

Not a great game, but a fantastic finish in OT - Necas and Aho have an amazing thing going. Given time and space with 3-on-3, Necas can really create havoc and find an open Aho - who one-timed a perfect shot. I can't blame any of the goals on Freddie, and in fact I think he looked pretty good, considering it was his first game in months.

Aho's just got a thing for finding that little bit of extra room and making himself available. 90% of the forwards in the league rush to the spot in that situation but he held back knowing Necas would draw eyes with the dangle. Good thing they're good at OT, because as bad as the Canes are at shootouts, otherwise they'd be bleeding points.