Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Blackhawks defeat Blue Jackets


Seven different players scored in a 4-3 Blackhawks win at Nationwide Arena Tuesday night, six of which were on the power play. Troy Brouwer, Cam Barker, Rene Bourque, and Jonathan Toews each scored consecutively in the second and third periods to erase a 2-0 Blue Jackets lead, and then held them off long enough to get the win. Jason Chimera and Kris Russell scored in the first period before the Blackhawks took over on the scoreboard. After Chicago had scored their four goals, Rick Nash added another for Columbus, but they didn't have enough to tie it up and fell 4-3. The only even strength goal of the night was Rene Bourque's at 16:44 of the second period.

The Blackhawks' Patrick Lalime stopped 23 of 26 shots for the win, while Fredrik Norrena stopped 12 of 15 , and was replaced by Steve Mason, who stopped 5 of 6 and got the loss for the Blue Jackets.

3 Stars:
3. Kris Russell (CBJ)
2. Rick Nash (CBJ)
1. Rene Bourque (CHI)

Attendance: 10,877

Blue Jackets next opponent: Wed, Sep 19 at Blackhawks
Blackhawks next opponent: Wed, Sep 19 vs. Blue Jackets

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Tuomo Ruutu is a Finnish god!

Who... who said that!?

Aww, I wish I would have seen Toews play. I like the Blackhawks. I'd love to see them have a good season.