CHICAGO The Blackhawks' dynasty lives.It may not last long, but for now, that couldn't matter le s.
Chicago won its third Stanley Cup in six seasons and first in front of its home fans with a 2-0win over the Lightning on Monday night in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
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Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith scored the first goal of the game with an absurd individual second-periodeffort, firing a Montrezl Harrell Jersey contested shot past Lightning center Cedric Paquette, then beating Paquette anddefenseman Andre Sustr to the rebound. Keith fired a shot over Ben Bishop's shoulder, and the game barely feltclose after that.
There were more than 23 minutes of play remaining.
Along the way, Keithbecame the fourth player to record more than 700 minutes Landry Shamet Jersey of ice time in the playoffs since the league started keeping the stat. He was an obvious choice for the bythe second round, and that came to pa s.
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The goal was Keith's third of the playoffs and 21st point, pulling him into a tie for the second on the teamin points with Jonathan Toews., his first of the Final was, naturally, PatrickKane, who finishes with a team-leading 22 points.
Great as Chicago has been, and as well as GM Stan Bowman rebuilt them after their first Cup in 2010, climbing Patrick Beverley Jersey the mountain will be even harder moving forward. Top-pair defenseman Brent Seabrook is an unrestricted free agent, top-six winger Brandon Saad is eligible for an offer sheet, and huge contract extensions for Toews and Kane ($13.8 million cap hits for each) kick in next season.
That's a question for another day, though. Monday was about pulling off the exact thing the Blake Griffin Jersey salary cap was instituted to prevent. It was a coronation, and it came in front of nearly23,000 fans whipped, at times, into near-psychosis.
Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews hoists the Cup again. (Getty Images)
The Lightning's future, in plenty of ways, is brighter than Chicago's their core is younger and, thus, cheaper but that's irrelevant to Wesley Johnson Jersey them right now. The Eastern Conference champions held a 2-1 series lead and at times looked like the better team, but bad luck, an injury to Bishop that seemed to rob him of mobility and a lack of quality defensive depth did them in.
In Game 6, ; Steven Stamkos hit the post in the first period, then bungled a breakaway against Corey Crawford in the second, forcing him down, but failing to elevate the puck over his pads. Jerome Robinson Jersey Paquette mi sed an open net in the first period, too.
After all those mi sed opportunities, the result felt inevitable. Few things are, though so maybe the Blackhawks can pull it off again.
