Chicago Blackhawks 5 Ducks 4 (end of game)
Chicago center Antoine Vermette a healthy scratch in Game 3 came off the bench to score the game winning goal in double overtime to give the Blackhawks a 5 4 victory over the Ducks in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
Vermette followed his own shot and and fired again to beat Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen 5 37 into the second overtime Saturday night to even the series two games apiece at United Center.
The series will return to Anaheim on Monday for Game 5.
In the first overtime the Ducks sent 10 unanswered shots on Crawford to start the period and finished with a 17 5 advantage.
A head spinning sequence of three Ducks goals in a 37 second span of the third period remarkably turned a 3 1 deficit into a 4 3 lead 9 19 into the period.
Caption Antoine VermetteChicago Blackhawks forward Antoine Vermette reacts after scoring a game winning goal in double overtime. The Blackhawks evened the series at two games apiece with a 5 4 win over the Ducks.
Chicago Blackhawks forward Antoine Vermette reacts after scoring a game winning goal in double overtime. The Blackhawks evened the series at two games apiece with a 5 4 win over the Ducks.
(Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)See more galleries Caption Antoine VermetteChicago forward Antoine Vermette celebrates after scoring the game winning goal in double overtime to give the Blackhawks a 5 4 win.
Chicago forward Antoine Vermette celebrates after scoring the game winning goal in double overtime to give the Blackhawks a 5 4 win.
(Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)See more galleries Caption Antoine VermetteChicago forward Antoine Vermette scores on Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen in double overtime to give the Blackhawks a 5 4 victory.
Chicago forward Antoine Vermette scores on Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen in double overtime to give the Blackhawks a 5 4 victory.
(Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)See more galleries Caption Ryan GetzlafDucks forward Corey Crawford tries to deflect the pick off of Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford during the first overtime period of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
Ducks forward Corey Crawford tries to deflect the pick off of Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford during the first overtime period of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
(Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)See more galleries Caption Corey CrawfordBlackhawks goalie Corey Crawford stops a shot from Ducks forward Kyle Palmieri during the first overtime of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford stops a shot from Ducks forward Kyle Palmieri during the first overtime of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
(Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press)See more galleriesChicago's Brent Seabrook followed a Jonathan Toews goal earlier in the third to give the home team what seemed to be a comfortable advantage.
But 64 seconds later Ducks center Ryan Kesler put in a rebound of a teammate s shot off Crawford with 11 18 left.
And 23 seconds after that Ducks forward Matt Beleskey knocked down a Chicago pass on the Blackhawks' end. With an opponent providing some screening of Crawford Matt Beleskey blasted in a shot over the goalie's right shoulder.
The second overtime period of Game 4 and the teams' 17th period of hockey in this Western Conference final has started.
Tied 4 4 the Ducks showed more energy in the first overtime but endured the greatest scare on Patrick Sharp's shot to the crossbar.
Ducks 4 Chicago Blackhawks 4 (end of first overtime)
Duck forward Patrick Maroon answered the near Chicago goal with his own pressure that required a Corey Crawford leg pad save at the left post.
lRelated Sports NowIce wasn't so nice for Ducks Blackhawks in Game 3See all relatedThe Ducks have out shot the Blackhawks 16 5 in OT.
Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf hung onto the puck for an extended sequence but his shot was stopped.
And now the first overtime is complete.
A breakaway by Patrick Sharp has been taken away by Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen 16 10 into overtime.
Sharp outraced a defender to the goal and show low Andersen making the left leg save and covering it with his glove.
Intense pressure off a Duncan Keith power play blast came when Andrew Shaw hit the bottom of the crossbar and the puck bounced down and forward outside the goal line.
With the puck in front of the net Jonathan Toews came swatting for the game winner. The crowd roared but the puck was cleared.
After the penalty time ended Ducks forward Matt Beleskey lobbed a shot at Crawford. We're 13 26 into overtime.
The Blackhawks just managed their first shot on goal and now the Ducks have committed a hooking penalty at 9 44 by Sami Vatanen.
Patrick Kane flung a backhander high over the net causing the crowd to exhale.
The Ducks then charged back but Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford impressively stopped a blast from Francois Beauchemin and Kyle Palmieri's follow up push toward the right post 7 59 in.
The Ducks lead 9 0 in shots on goal in overtime.
Make it 10 0. A deep Matt Beleskey blast is gloved by Crawford at 9 15.
Kyle Palmieri was stopped up close more than two minutes in amid sustained Anaheim pressure and Emerson Etem followed with another try that struck Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford.
Patrick Kane and Anaheim's Clayton Stoner exchanged shots on goal.
Ryan Kesler tried to win it high but Crawford denied him and a Perry rush was deflected out of play 6 25 into overtime.
The second overtime games of the Ducks' Western Conference Final series against the Chicago Blackhawks is underway the teams are tied 4 4.
Ducks 4 Chicago Blackhawks 4 (end of third period)
Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell hit the crossbar on a shot with 2 56 left in the third.
More Chicago pressure followed as the clock dwindled to less than one minute remaining.
A Ryan Kesler shot was saved with 34.6 seconds left.
And they re going to overtime for the second time in the series tied 4 4.
Ducks 4 Chicago Blackhawks 4 (7 21 left in third period)
Anaheim s Jakob Silfverberg committed a holding penalty at 12 23 of the third.
And Chicago has tied the score at 4 4 with 7 21 left on a Patrick Kane goal to Frederik Andersen s right.
Ducks 4 Chicago Blackhawks 3 (10 41 left in third period)
No comments:
Post a Comment