Video: Lehner pushes across for great pad stopįor the second consecutive game, the Blackhawks lineup featured two teenagers in 18-year-old Kirby Dach and 19-year-old Boqvist playing in their eighth and second NHL games, respectively.īoth had strong games against the Ducks, with Boqvist recording his first career NHL goal to open the scoring. "It's not 50-50 on every team but certainly it's not 80-20 anymore." In today's NHL, it is important to have two strong goaltenders and team's are adjusting to that. "He's answered the bell every single time so far, so that's a good confidence boost for the team." "(Lehner) has been really good for us," Colliton said. Having two netminders capable of being No. ![]() Having Lehner in goal the night after Corey Crawford helped the Blackhawks get a point with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Kings in Los Angeles was how Senior Vice President/General Manager Stan Bowman envisioned the Blackhawks goaltending situation heading into the season. There were a lot of things that were good (against the Ducks), too." We just have to keep trying to get better. A little bit too many dangerous chances sometimes. I thought in periods (Sunday) it was good. "We're trying to turn it around, we really are, but it's not really clicking. Lehner said the win was a shot in the arm to a team that was struggling to find victories. "He's a big body and for such a big body he moves really well so he definitely can make those spectacular ones and just gives our guys confidence. "He's good," Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said. When the Ducks put the pressure on in the second half of the game, Lehner stood tall to secure the win and improve to 3-2-2 on the season. Lehner was sensational, including in the first period when he made several highlight-reel saves, with the biggest a shorthanded breakaway attempt by Ducks center Derek Grant. Video: Kane nets OT winner to lift Blackhawks past Ducks ![]() They got that power-play goal (by Nick Ritchie) and they kept pushing, They're a good team but I felt we fought together to stay in it." "I thought (the Ducks) came out with a hard push in the third. "We definitely needed it," Lehner said of the win. ![]() (There are) some things we can still do better, but … we got three out of four in the California swing (so far) and another big one coming up against San Jose (on Tuesday night)."Īdam Boqvist scored his first career goal and Alex DeBrincat also found the back of the net to provide the offense for goaltender Robin Lehner, who was often spectacular in making 36 saves. "We're trying to hang in there, hang tough and play the way we need to to win hockey games. "We didn't really have the greatest start to the season, obviously," said Kane, who took a feed from Jonathan Toews and buried his fourth goal of the season past Ducks netminder Ryan Miller.
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