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Stalberg scores twice in 3rd in Blackhawks 5 2 win

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Stalberg scores twice in 3rd in 5-2 victory over Blue Jackets
The Blackhawks celebrate after Viktor Stalberg scored a second goal against Columbus goalie Allen York in the third period.
(Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune / October 29, 2011)
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By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune reporter
11:33 p.m. CDT, October 29, 2011
Forget this 5-on-4 stuff.

Even when the Blackhawks appear to score with a man advantage, as they did three times Saturday night, it gets wiped off by video review, careless penalty or a kick to deepen the woes of a sputtering power play.
Five-on-five, four-on-four, heck, even short-handed, it's all good. The Hawks rode those scenarios and Viktor Stalberg's two third-period goals to a 5-2 victory over the Blue Jackets at United Center.

Stalberg's game-winner came just 55 seconds after Bryan Bickell was whistled for high-sticking former Hawk James Wisniewski as Patrick Sharp banged home an apparent power-play goal. Nick Leddy chipped the puck ahead along the boards to Stalberg, who glided in and sent a wrister past Allen York, who was making his first NHL start.

"He made a great move and showed good patience," coach Joel Quenneville said.

Just less than two minutes later, Stalberg rewarded Andrew Brunette's dirty work by scoring off Brunette's pass across the goal mouth after a strong Brunette move behind the net.

The Hawks led 2-1 after the first period on Marcus Kruger's first NHL goal and a short-handed breakaway score from Dave Bolland, atoning for two first-period tripping penalties.

The Blackhawks appeared to take a two-goal lead when Patrick Kane batted in a rebound of his own shot on a second-period power play. However, video review upheld the on-ice call that Kane's stick was above the cross bar, negating the goal.

That Patrick Sharp's laser shot hit two posts just seconds before Kane's play made the power-play failure all the more galling. As did the fact the Blue Jackets entered as the league's worst penalty killing team yet thwarted all five Hawks' chances.

"Even when things are clicking, something backfires," Jonathan Toews said. "You keep playing. The new fivesomes were working pretty well."

Indeed, Quenneville trotted out a new unit of Toews, Brunette, Bolland, Leddy and Brent Seabrook for their first opportunity. That lasted just 45 seconds before Bolland got sent off for tripping.

Though the unit of Kane, Sharp, Bickell, Marian Hossa and Duncan Keith sustained more pressure in the later periods, the Hawks sit tied for 27th, cashing in just 10.5 percent of their power-play chances.

"We started generating more pucks at the net," Quenneville said. "That's simplifying it."

The Blue Jackets pulled even at 2-2 at the 14:02 mark of the second when Derek Mackenzie wristed a rebound past Ray Emery, who shined with 27 saves in his second start. The Hawks' goalie had made a nice stop on a Rick Nash shot during a shift when defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson fell down, creating the advantage for Columbus.

The Blue Jackets also had a third-period goal waved off after video review. Michael Frolik added an empty-netter.

"Not losing two games in a row is something we stress," Stalberg said. "We have a little more swagger this year."

kcjohnson@tribune.com
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buster40 at 1:19 PM October 30, 2011
CNY, they dont need to be in AWE butbetter beware. This club is DA** Good! Even when they have bad games they seem to pull them out on Talent alone. 10 Gamesand only 2 games with NO POINTS. Very good Goaltending, The defense has been strong, Kaner, Toews,Sharp and Hossa have not been getting hammered this year with the Protection they have now. Kaner will have his best year BY a long shot playing Center (Savvy saw that a couple years ago), Toews will be Toews, Hossa looks Really good an if he stays healthy watch out, Sharp is getting better the more he plays. They have scored 7 Goals more than they have given up so farand only a few teams are better than that which usually means they are playing above their Competition by a fairly decent margin anyways.
rgracerx38 at 12:14 PM October 30, 2011
The Blackhawks have certainly not started this season in dominating fashion by any means, yet unlike last season they've came out of the gate winning some of the types of games that they were losing last season. In fact, until the game with Carolina, the Hawks had been pretty efficient.This game with the Blue Jackets was a game they certainly didn't want to lose, considering it was a home game against a bad team, and after that poor effort the previous night they really needed a bounceback effort, and they got came out strong in the 3rd period and got that bounceback effort, which was good to see.
CNY Fan at 8:24 AM October 30, 2011
Whatever was said in the locker room between the second and third periods, say it again and again. The 'Hawks came out with some fire in that third period and all I can say is:IT IS ABOUT TIME! Teams are not in awe of you guysany longer so you need to work harder than them to win games. Brunette and Stalberg actually did something. Amazing.
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