Another Shutout Was Unlikely, But a Loss? Who Knew?!

Going in to the game, Chicago was #1 and San Jose was #2 in the Western Conference. SJ has the most goals scored in the WC and is the winningest team when it comes to road games. As for the 'hawks, their home record was 16-3-1, with their last game against the Sharks ending in a big win of 7-2.
Not a whole lot happened in the first period... not that the Blackhawks weren't trying! They had 15 SOG while the Sharks had 4, one of them going in thanks to Heatly early at 3:18.

In the 2nd, with just their 6th SOG, Thorton scored a shorty to make it 0-2. (He's scored 17 consecutive goals in their road games!) Again it was an early goal at 5:10. Before the end of this period, CHI had won 67% (14 of 21) of the faceoffs AND they had 6 powerplays! I couldn't believe they hadn't scored yet, especially since at the end they had 26 SOG and SJ only had 7! WTF Blackhawks?!

The 3rd finally brought some hope when Kane scored at 4:10. At that time SOG was 34-8. But that hope was quickly shattered when Demeres scored at 4:30. Again, WTF BLACKHAWKS?!! That was his second goal of the season, and both have been against the 'hawks D:< Stop that. But wait! Hope was brought back when Hossa scored [his 6th goal of the season] with 1:51 left. But hope isn't enough to win a hockey game, and there were no other goals. Final SOG was 45-14. Now the Sharks are #1 in the WC. I'm so depressed I might eat this king size Hershey bar that I was saving for another day...

Final score 2-3



Is it obvious I like to take notes during radio games?