It's one of those matchups that should be watched closely throughout the Western Conference Final between the Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings. Chicago leads the best-of-7 series 1-0 heading into Game 2 on Wednesday at United Center (8 ......
Brent Seabrook is one of the core group players with long-term contracts for the Chicago Blackhawks, but he often gets overshadowed by bigger names on the roster. If you look at the Blackhawks' stats during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Seabro......
Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw will not play in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final against the Los Angeles Kings. "We'll shoot for Saturday [Game 3]," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. The Blackhawks lead 1-0 in the best-of......
Nobody wants to see Antti Raanta in net during these playoffs. Not Blackhawks fans. Not Joel Quenneville. Not even Raanta himself. “You never hope that somebody gets hurt,” the Hawks’ backup goalie said Tuesday. But it happens. And Canadiens goalie Carey Price’s series-ending injury is a reminder of just how close Raanta is to being thrust into the net on the biggest stage imaginable and just how...
It had been three weeks since Andrew Shaw last spoke to the media. “You guys miss me?” he said. Shaw and his well-known motormouth returned to practice, and it was an opportunity for his teammates to break out their best one-liners. “We miss making fun of him,” Patrick Sharp said. “Never a dull moment with Shawzie out there,” Corey Crawford said. Even Shaw himself got in on the act when he was asked...
You realize what this is, right? You see what’s going on, don’t you? While you freak out about whether Peter Regin should stay in the lineup when Andrew Shaw returns, while you agonize about whether Brandon Bollig or Jeremy Morin is the best fit for the fourth line, while you rend garments over a bad power play here or a lousy turnover there, just pause for a moment. Take a step back. Breathe. And...
Two Olympic gold medals, one Stanley Cup ring and an increasing position of leadership … does this all mean the Kings have seen the last of Dewey-isms?...
Toews says nastiness typically escalates as series goes along It didn't take long for the nastiness to escalate between the Blackhawks and Blues in the first round of the playoffs — like sometime around opening puck drop in Game 1. In the second round, it was a little slower in developing, but eventually the Hawks and Wild grew to dislike each other....
1) Tending to Business How good has Corey Crawford been in front of his home crowd this postseason? In seven games at the United Center, Crawford has allowed the following goal totals: 0, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1 and 1, good for a stellar 1.25 goals-again......
The past two weeks Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson was under a doctor's strong recommendation to limit his speech after being struck in the throat May 5 by a shot from Minnesota Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin. Hjalmarsson was cle......
NHL.com's weekly Q&A feature called "Five Questions With …" runs every Tuesday. We talk to key figures in the game today and ask them questions to gain insight into their lives, careers and the latest news. The latest edition features NBC broad......
Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw, making his first public comments since sustaining a lower-body injury in Game 1 of the Western Conference Second Round, opened his press conference with a simple question. "Did you guys miss me?" Shaw sai......
Andrew Shaw strode to the lectern, looked over at the assembled media he hadn’t seen in nearly three weeks and smiled. ...
NEW YORK -- Entering Monday night, the Rangers had lost 13 consecutive games when they had first grabbed the lead of a playoff series. It's a streak the Rangers are glad they broke. ...
Veteran goalie struggled early in season, but confidence is high as he chase first Cup NEW YORK — It might not show by the way he is playing now, but earlier this season Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist actually looked flawed in net....
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Forward skates in practice for 1st time since May 2 injury but coach Joel Quenneville uncertain about him for Game 2 Andrew Shaw is nearing a return to the Blackhawks' lineup. Perhaps just as important, so are his shin pads....
Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and crew are doing lot to create opportunities for forwards and themselves Duncan Keith has good insight into the Blackhawks' game plan of having defensemen contribute offensively....
Blackhawks defenseman's known for blocking shots, but he does more than absorb body blows in supporting children's rights For two weeks after taking a puck to the throat May 4 against the Wild, Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson talked sparingly but never stopped communicating a personal mission statement that spoke volumes about his character....