It was the Big Tease, after all wasn’t it?
On a night when the Chicago Blackhawks could have taken the current roll and pushed their advantage to inch closer to a wild card spot, they ended with a 2-1 loss in in Detroit to the Red Wings.
Robby Fabbri had a goal for the Red Wings – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“This is disappointing, obviously,” Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton said. “I thought we’d have a great start, but they were a little sharper than we were, and I thought they had more juice.”
If the hockey gods had been kind they would not have fallen six points back of the spot with the loss.
Jonathan Bernier made 32 saves to get the win.
“We weren’t very good in the third period, but for 40 minutes we looked like the hockey team we know we can be,” Detroit head coach Jeff Blashill said. “It’s a lot more fun coming back to the locker room after a win.”
Patrick Kane was the lone goal scorer for the Hawks.
“We talked about the fact they were going to come hard at us and try to make it difficult,” the Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews said. “I think we played into their hands a little early in the game.”
Tyler Bertuzzi and Robby Fabbri were the Detroit strikers.
“When you are winning you don’t think about it, but you want to score and contribute,” Bertuzzi said.
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Corey Crawford made 23 saves in the loss.
“We had a lot of guys play big minutes last night and again tonight,” Colliton said. “I thought we got better as the game went on and created chances, but we didn’t finish.”
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