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CHICAGO -- A evening soon after giving up seven ambitions, the Chicago Blackhawks rebounded with an improved defensive energy.
Patrick Sharp scored two goals, including one particular on a third-period penalty shot, and Kris Versteeg had a purpose and an help to lead Chicago to a five-one win more than San Jose in a matchup of two of the Western Conference's best teams on Sunday night.
Jonathan Toews and rookie Brandon Pirri also scored for the Blackhawks Blackhawks Jersey, who lost 7-2 in Nashville on Saturday, their most lopsided this season.
"Tonight was back-and-forth, trading possibilities, but at the identical time, there is a great deal of individual battles that we have been on prime of," Sharp said.
Chicago constrained street-weary San Jose to a handful of prime scoring possibilities just before pulling away with 3 goals in the third period.
"We weren't pleased with the last game, naturally," stated Chicago goalie Corey Crawford, who completed with 23 saves. "Tonight was a single of our far better efforts all all around, defensively, from absolutely everyone in this area Marian Hossa Jersey.
"(San Jose) came out strong, but throughout the game, we had a tiny bit far more legs than them. We opened up the game at the finish there."
Versteeg scored his first purpose with the Blackhawks in his initial house game since being reacquired in trade from Florida on Thursday. A member of Chicago's 2010 Stanley Cup-winning team, he joined the Blackhawks on Saturday in Nashville.
"It was emotional, obviously http://www.blackhawksicestore.com/Blackhawks_Clark_Griswold_Jerseys, coming back," Versteeg mentioned. "Final evening wasn't certainly the way I saw coming back in my head, but tonight was quite thrilling. The guys put in a huge work."
Crawford and San Jose's Antti Niemi, the goalies who backstopped the Blackhawks to their two latest Stanley Cup titles, opposed every other.
Crawford, in nets for Chicago's Cup run last season, allowed only a 2nd-time period purpose to San Jose's Joe Pavelski on a shot he caught, but then misplayed.
Niemi, who aided lead the 2010 Blackhawks to the championship, stopped 22 as he faced his former staff for the 12th time. Niemi is 5-6-one against the Blackhawks.
The Sharks haven't won in Chicago considering that Dec. three, 2010, Niemi's very first game against his old club. They are -5-1 at the United Center considering that then.
And Niemi didn't get a good deal of aid in this a single, as the Blackhawks created possibilities and pounced on San Jose turnovers.
"We lacked a lot of power that was essential to play in this game," San Jose coach Todd McLellan stated. "When you will not have power, you greater be sharp mentally and we may possibly have been poorer in that location.
"There are a good deal of teams that play against the Blackhawks and I'm confident the coaches are telling them the identical point, that turnovers destroy you," McLellan extra. "Their counter-punch is amazing and we discovered that lesson once more."
The Sharks played the final contest of a 5-game street trip, finishing at three-one-1 on a zig-zagging swing with four contests in western Canada and a finale in Chicago.
The Blackhawks, meanwhile, embark on a seven-game "circus trip" Tuesday at Colorado. They will not return to the United Center until Dec. three towards Dallas.
Chicago started its sound send-off in the 1st period when Pirri scored the only objective of a crisply played frame with three:26 left. Pirri, who led the AHL in factors final yr with 75 Patrick Kane Jersey, has targets in 3 straight games and four in his previous 6.
Patrick Kane went down the appropriate wing into the San Jose zone, backing in Sharks defenseman Scott Hannan to the circle. Kane's shot deflected off Hannan and across the crease to the left side of the net, the place Pirri buried the loose puck.
Pavelski tied it at 8:16 of the 2nd on a 30-foot shot from the slot. Crawford picked Pavelski's shot out of the air with his glove, but when he lowered it to his side, the puck rolled out and trickled across the goal line.
Sharp put Chicago back ahead at two-1 just underneath four minutes later on on a a single-time shot from the left circle. He ripped the puck previous Niemi following taking a pinpoint cross-ice feed from Marcus Kruger.
Toews extended it to three-1 at three:39 of the third with his group-leading 10th purpose by converting a rebound of his own shot.
Niemi stopped Toews' initial try right after the Chicago captain skated out of the appropriate corner, but the rebound dropped inches from the objective line. Toews skated about a scrum at the edge of the crease and tucked in the loose puck.
With Niemi down on the ice and out of the net, Versteeg converted a rebound of Brandon's Saad shot with 4:50 left in the third to make it 4-1.
Sharp was awarded the penalty shot with 1:11 left after being pulled down by Marc-Edouard Vlasic on a breakaway. He fired higher over Niemi score on a penalty shot for the first time in 5 chances with Chicago
Notes
The Blackhawks placed G Nikolai Khabibulin on injured reserve with a decrease-body injury suffered in Saturday's 7-2 reduction in Nashville. Chicago named up rookie Antti Raanta from Rockford of the AHL to back up Crawford http://www.blackhawksicestore.com/Blackhawks_Jonathan_Toews_Jerseys. Raanta was signed as a free agent from Finland last summer and was 7-5- with a two.83 goals-towards average in 14 video games with Rockford. ... Chicago RW Marian Hossa missed his second game with a reduce-entire body injury. Coach Joel Quenneville hopes Hossa will be capable to perform Tuesday in Colorado.
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