Chicago Blackhawks (NHL '10)

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October 3, 2009 Hawks smother Panthers Chicago 5 Florida 1

SCORING 1 2 3 OT F Chicago 1 2 2 - 5 Florida 1 0 0 - 1 SHOTS ON GOAL 35 17 POWER PLAY 2-7 0-3

Game Summary

1st Period
FLA: Dennis Seidenberg (Ballard, Stillman), 3:40
Seidenberg rips slapper upstairs past Niemi

CHI: Patrick Sharp (Seabrook, Toews), 7:15 (PP)
Scramble in front, and Sharp pokes it through Vokoun's legs

Penalties: FLA Dvorak 5:45 (Tripping), FLA Horton 14:01 (Roughing), CHI Versteeg 14:01 (Roughing), FLA Kulikov 16:18 (Tripping)

2nd Period
CHI: Dave Bolland (Kane, Campbell), 17:52
Kane once again blows by defender, shoots pass to Bolland who wires it top shelf

CHI: Brian Campbell (Toews), 18:09
Campbell floats wrister that surprises Vokoun

Penalties: FLA Leopold 3:05 (Slashing), FLA Dvorak 9:21 (High Sticking - Double Minor), CHI Seabrook 13:04 (Holding), CHI Madden 15:10 (High Sticking)

3rd Period
CHI: Tomas Kopecky (Eager, Barker), 16:25
Kopecky cuts across middle, gets shot off just before McCabe lays down huge hit

CHI: Brian Campbell (Keith, Versteeg), 19:52 (PP)
Campbell actually hits net for once from point

Penalties: FLA McCabe 2:28 (Elbowing), FLA Horton 4:47 (Slashing), FLA McCabe 5:58 (Fighting), CHI Sharp 5:58 (Fighting), FLA Olesz 18:58 (Tripping)

Goalies
CHI: Antti Niemi (.941%)
FLA: Tomas Vokoun (.857%)

Three Stars
1) Brian Campbell, CHI (2 G, 1 A)
2) Dave Bolland, CHI (1 G, 0 A)
3) Jonathan Toews, CHI (0 G, 2 A)

Record
2-0-0, 1st in Western Conference

Next Game
The Blackhawks travel into Detroit to renew a great Original Six rivalry. The Red Wings, who beat Chicago in the Western Conference Finals last year, had some trouble in Stockholm, dropping both games to St. Louis.

Game Notes
- Absolute dominance in this one, a great offensive and defensive performance
- The one thing that I don't like about this game is that the CPU doesn't really shoot the puck or try to advance it. However I will see if that's just the Panthers style of if it stays the same when I play free-flowing Detroit next
- The defense are a lot more active in the game than last year, which is good for accurate point totals.