Sometimes you have to lose something to discover something else.
A puzzled look came across coach Bruce Boudreau’s face in the dying seconds of regulation. Words that perfectly suited that look of bewilderment followed after Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews scored an ugly goal against his Anaheim Ducks to send the game to overtime.
“How did that go in?” I saw Boudreau mouth as the CBC cameras panned the bench. His Ducks had given up leads of 3-0 and 4-2 over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 5 on Monday night, landing in overtime for a third time in the series.
Boudreau asked the question one more time.
The answer was an epic gaffe by goaltender Frederik Andersen, who somehow let the Hawks captain’s impossible-angle centering attempt bank in between his legs. Writers like Mark Spector quickly flocked took to Twitter to express the utter ugliness of the mistake.
But because of the goaltender’s off night and Toews' late heroics, Boudreau’s Ducks were able to discover an important element they’d been missing in the Western Conference Final.
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Article written by Steve Macfarlane
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