Jonathan Toews must haunt the dreams of the Anaheim Ducks. On Monday, he haunted them in person yet again by scoring 51 seconds into overtime to send the Chicago Blackhawks to a 1-0 win.
Corey Crawford made 39 saves in win over Ducks – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Frederik Andersen was the victim of the Toews snipe.
“It’s not very often you’re going to have two games exactly like that in back-to-back fashion, at home, against two top teams and you come out on top,” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “So, we’re very pleased with the results and what we gave up.”
Anaheim continues to struggle with their offense but on this night their defense was solid and the goaltending excellent despite the loss.
Andersen made 23 saves in the loss.
“You saw more of the way our team can play,” Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said. “We didn’t sit back. We were in their face all night long and we were after them. Unfortunately, right now, goals are really difficult to come by. But that’s the way we play. On most nights, you’re getting three and four in that game.”
A loss is a loss but the Ducks at least came away with a point.
Corey Crawford stopped 39 Ducks shots who finally found their offensive push but met a hot goalie on the night.
“He was excellent tonight,” Quenneville said. “The tests the [past] couple of games haven’t been as dramatic as it was tonight. It was one game where, especially as the game was going on, they started coming at the end and rebound control was in order and [he] challenged at the right times. [He was] big in those tight plays, and they go to the net hard, so it was a dominating performance by [Crawford] and very instrumental in why we got two points.”
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