CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks are taking a more direct approach to
generating offence without injured star forwards Jonathan Toews and
Patrick Kane.
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working. Rookie Jeremy Morin scored and set up Patrick Sharps go-ahead goal in
the second period, and injury-depleted Chicago held on to defeat the St. Louis
Blues 4-2 on Sunday afternoon for its third straight win. The Blackhawks ground
out the victory despite playing without Toews powerful skating and Kanes
puck-handling skills for the third game. Forward Brandon Saad was a last-minute
scratch. "Weve simplified our game quite a bit," said Sharp, who scored his
team-leading 33rd goal. "Were not trying to make as many plays offensively. Were
battling hard. "Usually when you battle hard individually and as a team, good
things happen. Weve raised our battle level lately, but were just keeping things
simple. Getting pucks in, getting pucks out." And some younger players, such as
Morin, are getting more ice time and showing just how deep defending Stanley Cup
champion Chicago is. "Im just taking it day by day every time Im in the lineup,
trying to make the most of it," Morin said. "Were comfortable out there. "Im
just playing the game right now and letting things come." Marcus Kruger and
Ben Smith also scored for Chicago, which is two points behind Colorado for
second place in the Central Division and home ice in the first round of the
playoffs. The Blackhawks have three games left. The Avalanche, who lost in a
shootout to Pittsburgh on Sunday night, have four games remaining. Toews,
Chicagos captain, sat out his third game with an upper-body injury suffered last
Sunday when he was drilled by Pittsburgh defenceman Brooks Orpik. Kane, who has
resumed skating, missed his ninth with a lower-body injury suffered against the
Blues on March 19. Toews and Kane are expected to return for the start of the
playoffs. Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Sobotka connected for St. Louis, which
lost its second straight and remained two points behind idle Boston for the NHLs
overall point lead and race for the Presidents Trophy. Both the Blues and Bruins
have four games remaining. Chicagos Corey Crawford made 21 saves and St. Louis
Brian Elliott made 31. "We had moments where we did everything to ourselves and
gave them opportunities really out of nothing," Elliott said. "Its a wake-up
call right now and weve got to figure it out." The Blues skated without two of
their top forwards, including leading goal scorer Alexander Steen who missed his
third game with an upper-body injury. Vladimir Tarasenko has been sidelined
since mid-March with a hand injury. The Blues, who were shut out by Colorado on
Saturday, have scored two goals or fewer in eight of their past 10 games. St.
Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said his team is looking a "little bit tired" and
needs to "find a way to re-energize" and start skating, buzzing and shooting
again in the offensive zone. "Our offensive game is based on offensive energy,"
Hitchcock said. "When we dont have it, we dont have near enough zone time. "We
score by volume (of chances) and when we dont get the volume we dont score. The
last couple of games we havent gotten the volume we normally get." Blues
defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk agreed. "A lot of our offence comes when were
grinding away down low," he said. "When were shooting, theres rebounds and were
beating guys to pucks." Chicago dominated territorially in the chippy first
period and outshot the Blues 11-3, but trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes. Schwartzs
power-play goal at 1:57 of the first opened the scoring. After taking
Brenden Morrows pass, Schwartz fired from the left circle, but his shot hit
traffic in front of the net and bounded back to him. His second shot got through
the screen and beat Crawford low. Crawford made a pad save on Patrik Berglunds
short-handed breakaway attempt midway through the first. Elliott stopped several
prime Chicago chances in the final minutes of the first as Chicago turned up the
pressure. With 1:30 to go, he blocked a point-blank short-handed shot by
Marian Hossa, who rocketed in alone past Blues defenceman Alex Pietrangelo.
Morin tied it at 1 at 8:34 of the second, when he drove to the net and pushed in
a rebound of Bryan Bickells shot. Bickell had picked off a pass at centre ice
before cruising back into the Blues zone and firing from the left circle. Sharp
put Chicago ahead 2-1 with 27 seconds left in the second when he completed a
2-on-1 break with Morin. Morin carried the puck down the right side, then passed
to Sharp who fired a shot past Elliotts stick side from the left circle. Kruger
made it 3-1 just 56 seconds into the third. Elliott got a piece of
Joakim Nordstroms shot from the right wing, but the puck trickled to the left
goal post. Kruger punched it in. Sobotka cut it to 3-2 with 2:02 left when his
flipping shot from the left wing knuckled under Crawfords glove. Smith scored
into an empty-net with 3.3 seconds left. NOTES: Blackhawks D Johnny Oduya sat
out his third game with a lower-body injury. Healthy scratches for Chicago were
D David Rundblad and forwards Teuvo Teravainen and Matt Carey. ... Blues
scratches were defencemen Ian Cole and Jordan Leopold and F Dmitrij Jaskin.
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made the announcement himself on Twitter on Tuesday and posted a picture of his
swollen left foot. His message said he would be out "at least three weeks.
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search, confirmed reports by several media outlets. The interview took place in
Southern California on Monday.SOCHI, Russia - Carey Price has been named Team
Canadas starting goaltender for Wednesdays quarterfinal game in the mens Olympic
hockey tournament. Price will face the winner of Switzerland and Latvias playoff
qualification match scheduled on Tuesday (TSN Radio in Toronto, Montreal,
Winnipeg, Edmonton and Ottawa). "Hes the one playing," Team Canada head coach
Mike Babcock said of Price. It is the goaltenders third start of the Sochi
Games. Price saved 19 of 20 shots in Canadas 3-1 victory over Norway. He stopped
14 of 15 shots in the Canadians 2-1 overtime win against Finland. Babcock made
some other adjustments to Canadas lineup at practice on Tuesday, reuniting
Chris Kunitz and Sidney Crosby on a line with Patrice Bergeron. Jamie Benn, who
was rotating with Matt Duchene aloongside Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, was on
Crosbys left wing in Canadas last game against Finland.
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surprisingly Babcock kept the line of Patrick Marleau, Jonathan Toews and
Jeff Carter together after praising their play. Patrick Sharp, Rick Nash and
Martin St. Louis rotated on the fourth-line wings with centre John Tavares, who
took a shot to the left ankle and was in pain but remained on the ice. The
defensive pairs of Duncan Keith with Shea Weber, Marc-Edouard Vlasic with
Drew Doughty and Jay Bouwmeester with Alex Pietrangelo went unchanged. Six of
Canadas 11 goals have come from the blue-line: four by Doughty and two by Weber.
Babcock said Monday he would not announce his scratches until Wednesday.
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