Indeed, the full tease was on.
In Chicago, the Blackhawks were shut out by Jake Allen, who made 29 saves in a 2-0 win for the St Louis Blues on Sunday.
“We were pretty solid defensively tonight,” Blues head coach Craig Berube said. “Obviously [we] gave up a few chances off the rush, but not many. I thought our guys did a real good job of gapping up on them, not giving them enough time. Our forwards were reloading hard and getting back. We did a good job.”
The tease was a four-game winning streak that Chicago had knitted together. It’s all unraveled like a cat in a yarn shop now in two straight losses.
“Tough,” Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton said. “We need those two [points], obviously. But I got no complaints for the work ethic of the team. I thought they competed really hard.”
Robert Bortuzzo scored the game’s first goal in the middle frame.
“That’s like 13-, 14-year-old outdoor rink stuff,” Bortuzzo said. “I’ve worked that out of my game actually, but sometimes they pop up once in a while. Fortunately, [I] got to bury one.”
Alex Pietrangelo scored early in the third period.
“It’s pretty cool,” Allen said. “Obviously they’re our biggest rival to date; we play them a lot. They got the best of us there for a while. It’s good to get some wins under our belt. The rivalry’s still going to go on for a long time. It’s going to be fun moving forward.”
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Corey Crawford made 24 saves in the loss.
“Pucks maybe weren’t bouncing our way, maybe we weren’t working hard enough to put it in the net,” the Blackhawks’ Alex DeBrincat said. “You’re obviously a man up and you need to convert on those chances.”
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