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Brandon Saad and Dave Bolland finished with two goals apiece as the Chicago Blackhawks scored a 7-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings yesterday in the National Hockey League. |
Chicago led 3-0 at the end of the first period after scoring on its first three shots in a 1:39 span in the game’s first four-and-a-half minutes. Morin, who was recalled from the minor leagues on Saturday, opened the scoring when he put one in from a goal-mouth scramble at 2:33. Saad capitalised on a breakaway off left wing to beat Howard, for his fifth goal of the season, 48 seconds later and Bolland was credited with his first goal of the game, at 4:12, when Detroit defenseman Jakub Kindl accidentally flipped the puck into his own net while trying to clear it from the crease.
Among others, Jonathan Toews added a goal and two assists with Jeremy Morin and Nick Leddy also scoring for Chicago. Cory Crawford made 33 saves. ‘’Contributions from everybody. It certainly helps when you get a quick start like that right off the bat,’’ Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. The Red Wings didn’t manage a shot until 7:15 into the game and Detroit defenseman Brian Lashoff hit the goal post with a little under two minutes left in the opening period, ‘’We wanted to have a good first period,’’ Toews said. ‘’We were glad to put up a lot of goals early. But we knew we couldn’t let up.’’
Toews and Saad scored eight seconds apart early in the second period for a 5-0 lead. Saad also added an assist. Toews got his 17th goal, at 3:52. That sent Howard to the showers and Saad collected his sixth goal of the season at 4:00, on the first shot on Gustavsson. Bolland’s second goal of the game and seventh of the season came 7:55 into the third. Leddy got his sixth goal, with 3:39 left. Emmerton thwarted Crawford’s shutout bid with 33 seconds left.