I don't think the hawks deserved to win. Toews was in 3 times and didn't score. They stood around with their fingers in their butts on the PP and didn't take advantage. Q can say goalie win, but there was no consistent traffic in front of the blues net. Q can say he played the lineup with the best chance to win but I don't buy that for a second. I do agree that the team defensive effort was the best we've seen in quite a while. And it's a good thing the PK showed up. But without putting the biscuit in the basket when you work to generate the advantages you don't deserve the win.

Encouraging effort, but a bad bounce beat them. They didn't do enough to win.

You can sense how tight the Blues are right now. All the pressure is truly on them, they lose this series Armstrong has to blow this team up IF he's even around next year. Without Keith, skating 2 pylons on D, it took a fluke deflection to win game 1. If I'm a Blues fan you love the win, but I'm very FAR from confident moving forward in this series.

I don't consider myself a Q hater OR a Q lover. The man has won, and won consistently in the NHL and while everyone wants to give Scottie all the praise when tweaks are made, Q is a damn good coach. Could do a lot worse........cough........Savard.

However, the spots on this leopard haven't changed and the Hawks holes from the regular season are still glaring. Your depth gave you virtually ZERO offense last night. I loved what the Kruger-Shaw-Desjardin line gave you but that 3rd line was a steaming pile of crap. You aren't going to win many road games dependent upon one line to score when the Blues are shutting down 72-15-88.

I thought Ladd, Toews, Seabrook, Hammer, Crawford all had SENSATIONAL games. Toews has to be kicking himself in the @ss today after getting 7 shots and at least 4 from the hash marks and in.

Teuvo was brutal. Sorry. When Eddie O goes out of his way to rip you in the 1st period for making horrible passes on the PP you have entered the Versteeg zone. Put this kid at RW and move Shaw back to forward, scratch that idiot Mashinter and skate Weise. You need depth scoring because 15 didn't seem to like the physicality of that game after he attempted his stuff shot on the PP. He then went missing.

Very surprised nobody asked Crawford post game why he didn't freeze the puck that rolled to him in the slot but instead poked out, the Blues control and it ends up on Backes stick and in the cage 30-45 seconds later. have to freeze that. Have. TO.

lastly, Blues are taking monster runs at all Hawks D men. You need to insert 55 for the PP because that 2nd unit was a trainwreck at the points. Give 55 the Leddy treatment and skate 5 D men unless you get up or are on the PP. Sit 52/43.

I know people always laugh off hits, but that was a physical game and if Q has to tax his top D men because the rookies can't handle it, even if the Hawks advance those top 3 guys are going to slowed considerably for a very fast Dallas team.

I can't believe Mashinter didn't score on that breakaway

And he was horrible on the PP

Oh...what about the 4 on 2 in OT and he throws a long wrist shot to the net.

And the 2 on 1 with Kane and he flutters a wrist shot at the high chest. I can't believe he's paid 13.8mil this year. He's paid to put the puck in the net.

And he was 44% at the dot, including losing the draw when they had the 5 on 3

Oh wait, that was Toews.

Horrible penalty by Mashinter getting his stick caught in a guys skate. It's his fault/responsibility the Hawks didn't score yesterday. Carry on.

I don't think the hawks deserved to win. Toews was in 3 times and didn't score. They stood around with their fingers in their butts on the PP and didn't take advantage. Q can say goalie win, but there was no consistent traffic in front of the blues net. Q can say he played the lineup with the best chance to win but I don't buy that for a second. I do agree that the team defensive effort was the best we've seen in quite a while. And it's a good thing the PK showed up. But without putting the biscuit in the basket when you work to generate the advantages you don't deserve the win.

Encouraging effort, but a bad bounce beat them. They didn't do enough to win.
- 6628

Agreed 100% but this all comes back to the depth NOT being able to produce. You can skate 11-65-22 together when you have Vermette and Versteeg flanking love child 86, but when you don't have a 3rd line that can exploit a favorable matchup you are aksing your 81-19-16 to carry the load and outside of 19 late in the year and occasionally 16, that isnt' happening because 81 can't finish anymore. I love 81 but his days of being a top line finisher are over.

Hawks did a great job keeping Blues to the perimeter and blocking the shooting the lanes. Contrary their inability to get to Elliott and get him uncomfortable cost them.

I also didn't like what I say from 15 after his stuff shot where he got hammered down to the ice. He was tentative from there on out....much like 86 was all night again. I don't know what the hell it's going to take but this kid is NOT a NHL center. Stop doing it, and put him a RW and skate 65 between him and 12 or play 14 and put 12 down and scratch 53. I would love to see 25 but can he NOT go nuts and end up all day in the box like a Canuck?

I can't believe Mashinter didn't score on that breakaway

And he was horrible on the PP

Oh...what about the 4 on 2 in OT and he throws a long wrist shot to the net.

And the 2 on 1 with Kane and he flutters a wrist shot at the high chest. I can't believe he's paid 13.8mil this year. He's paid to put the puck in the net.

Oh wait, that was Toews.

Horrible penalty by Mashinter getting his stick caught in a guys skate. It's his fault/responsibility the Hawks didn't score yesterday. Carry on.
- PatShart

I'm going to guess you had a few pops watching that game last night..........

--Toews has to score at some point given his chances....but....
--breakaway the Blues player was right on him so he didn't have time to deke just shoot.
--That whole pp unit was awful. All 10 of them. Nobody scored. Can't go 0-5 in playoffs
--His 2 on 1 with Kane he didn't fire it into his chest he tried going five hole and it got through just not clean enough. if he passes and it goes wide or no shot blues are countering back.
--That 4 on 2 flipper you refer to led to Ladd getting a juicy rebound he almost stuffed in.

So...yes...Toews should have scored last night, however the loss isn't on him and any GM in hockey would take him and his salary right now. Just wait until you see what Stamkos gets this summer and Toews >Stamkos.

Make sure to hydrate today...........

I don't think the hawks deserved to win. Toews was in 3 times and didn't score. They stood around with their fingers in their butts on the PP and didn't take advantage. Q can say goalie win, but there was no consistent traffic in front of the blues net. Q can say he played the lineup with the best chance to win but I don't buy that for a second. I do agree that the team defensive effort was the best we've seen in quite a while. And it's a good thing the PK showed up. But without putting the biscuit in the basket when you work to generate the advantages you don't deserve the win.

Encouraging effort, but a bad bounce beat them. They didn't do enough to win.
- 6628

I think they deserved better, especially considering their lineup for this game.
Blues played on their heels much of the night.

Unless Elliott is bulletproof the entire series the Blues can't stay with a rope a dope style and win series.

Svedberg, Gus....were over their skis last night and the Blues forecheck wasn't effective for 3/4 of the game.

A moral victory and $1 will get you a McDouble. There are no moral victories come playoff time, and the Hawks should have won that game. 0-6 on the PP is unacceptable, even with a top notch PK unit in STL. I said before the series that the Blues would be unable to stay disciplined and that the Hawks PP would be a huge factor in this series. I hope that the officals from last night officiate again, bc I think they were more consistent than most Zebras I've seen throughout the year. Like Bogie said, Keith as the rover all over the offensive zone on the PP should open up the 88>72 cross ice pass which it where the PK really breaks down.

I am very optimistic about this series after last night's performance from all THREE lines. Toews line was just a trio of big, hungry veteran forwards that dominated the boards and really had a lot of zone time. Toews line is due for a greasy goal in G2 bc they were all over Elliot's crease. Panarin+Kane got better as the game went on and I think 72 will adapt quickly to the playoff style of hockey. If only Mashinter wasn't in the lineup, Q could have rolled 4 lines. Kruger had a hell of a game and that line was good over 200ft. The only line that was an adventure, shockingly, was Tuevo+Flash+Mash. Get Keith+Weise/Panik in the lineup and Hawks take game 2!
- EnzoD

yeah if Q wants to continue making hitches job easier by eliminating a 3rd line threat and taking TT completely out of this series...go ahead and keep that line together...the blues were running guys all night...sure am glad mash had TOI of 5 and change to minimize those 40 plus hits last night...


kruger as expected has elevated the pk to top 5 in league status...what 1 goal (the OT clmbs winner) since he came back.

hawks get 3 pps back to back with a 40 second 5 on 3...gotta cash in on one of those

I think they deserved better, especially considering their lineup for this game.
Blues played on their heels much of the night.

Unless Elliott is bulletproof the entire series the Blues can't stay with a rope a dope style and win series.

Svedberg, Gus....were over their skis last night and the Blues forecheck wasn't effective for 3/4 of the game.
- Al

that was my concern coming in....a mike smith type of series ala 2012

I'm going to guess you had a few pops watching that game last night..........

--Toews has to score at some point given his chances....but....
--breakaway the Blues player was right on him so he didn't have time to deke just shoot.
--That whole pp unit was awful. All 10 of them. Nobody scored. Can't go 0-5 in playoffs
--His 2 on 1 with Kane he didn't fire it into his chest he tried going five hole and it got through just not clean enough. if he passes and it goes wide or no shot blues are countering back.
--That 4 on 2 flipper you refer to led to Ladd getting a juicy rebound he almost stuffed in.

So...yes...Toews should have scored last night, however the loss isn't on him and any GM in hockey would take him and his salary right now. Just wait until you see what Stamkos gets this summer and Toews >Stamkos.

Make sure to hydrate today...........
- SteveRain

My bad. Mashinter should've scored and Q looked horrible on the PP.

As AMAZING as Toews looked, he's paid to score and win faceoffs. Didn't do either. So is Hossa. So is Ladd. So is Panarin. So is Kane. They were the ones that failed last night and their play is the play that should be critiqued last night. Not what any GM would pay them nor what they did last year. The only top paid players that should be happy with their play last night was Crawford, Hjarll and Seabrook. Rozy who gets ripped here as well played a helluva game too.

But it will be that TT is somehow to small or Mashinter was in the game that was the "epic failure" of the team.

yeah if Q wants to continue making hitches job easier by eliminating a 3rd line threat and taking TT completely out of this series...go ahead and keep that line together...the blues were running guys all night...sure am glad mash had TOI of 5 and change to minimize those 40 plus hits last night...


kruger as expected has elevated the pk to top 5 in league status...what 1 goal (the OT clmbs winner) since he came back.

hawks get 3 pps back to back with a 40 second 5 on 3...gotta cash in on one of those
- bogiedoc

I thought both Gustaffson and Svedberg were awful in Period 1, but got much more comfortable as the game progressed. TVR looked really good and I would keep Hammer-TVR as the #1 shut down D-pair, and put 2-7 back together with Gus-Rosi on #3. I thought Robbi Fabbri +Tarasenko(shocker) were the best Blues last night. Steen, Stasny, Backes, Schwartz all did their best Casper the Ghost impression and that is typical for that group. Was really shocked to see Fabbri destroy Rosi but was great to see Mikal back in the lineup and he got some nice revenge on a Blues forward at the offensive blue line. Whatever happens the next 3-6 games, that was a blast to watch...even if every SOG had me cringing

Before Mash took the penalty I thought he looked fine. He should still be out next game for either Panik or Weiss. I hope he puts keith and seabs together and I would stick with Roz and Gus on the 3rd pairing

Seabs, Kane, Pan, TT, and (who it was is escaping me) Those 3 should not be on the same PP. Get at least 2 guys that will go in front of the NET!!!!!

that was my concern coming in....a mike smith type of series ala 2012
- bogiedoc

That's the fear always...

My bad. Mashinter should've scored and Q looked horrible on the PP.

As AMAZING as Toews looked, he's paid to score and win faceoffs. Didn't do either. So is Hossa. So is Ladd. So is Panarin. So is Kane. They were the ones that failed last night and their play is the play that should be critiqued last night. Not what any GM would pay them nor what they did last year. The only top paid players that should be happy with their play last night was Crawford, Hjarll and Seabrook. Rozy who gets ripped here as well played a helluva game too.

But it will be that TT is somehow to small or Mashinter was in the game that was the "epic failure" of the team.
- PatShart

I am not going to dispute your premise that the big guns and core need to dent the net...but they had great chances and elliot guessed right and made the stop...

the toews line and ladd were very good 200 ft game...72 had three great chances: two bounced away and the third elliot got a shoulder tip....

i think "fail" is a bit of an over reach...

Having Ehrhoff on the point on the 2nd PP would have been a real plus with his shot. He also would ease the zone exit pressure from the forechecking as Sved is glacially slow. Gus and TVR looked very tenative like the pressure of the moment was too big for them, especially in OT (speaking of OT the TMM should have been called).

The good news for the Hawks is Backes was invisible and hopefully will remain so, the bad news is Tarasenko will probably be told by Hitch to shoot the damn puck and he will not be looking to dish it in the high slot.
- Sundevil

There were 2 TMM potentials. one that should have been called - Blues d-man jumped over and played the puck before the other defender got to the bench. The other was correctly not called. The Hawks shot the puck into the Blues bench area on a player change and it hit one of the players. They didn't actively play it.

See the rulebook which states - "If in the course of a substitution either the player(s) entering the play or the player(s) retiring is struck by the puck accidentally, the play will not be stopped and no penalty will be called."

Did the broadcast mention the non-call on the Hawks that led to a good scoring chance?

From NHL Rule 56.2, which covers interference:
A minor penalty shall be imposed on any identifiable player on the players’ bench or penalty bench who, by means of his stick or his body, interferes with the movements of the puck or any opponent on the ice during the progress of the play.

In addition, should a player about to come onto the ice, play the puck while one or both skates are still on the players’ or penalty bench, a minor penalty for interference shall be assessed.

I think it was on Seabrook coming out of the box. If my memory is right, most people assumed Hitch was giving it to the ref for Fabbri's penalty but I think he was giving it to the ref for not knowing the rule/calling it.

There were 2 TMM potentials. one that should have been called - Blues d-man jumped over and played the puck before the other defender got to the bench. The other was correctly not called. The Hawks shot the puck into the Blues bench area on a player change and it hit one of the players. They didn't actively play it.

See the rulebook which states - "If in the course of a substitution either the player(s) entering the play or the player(s) retiring is struck by the puck accidentally, the play will not be stopped and no penalty will be called."

Did the broadcast mention the non-call on the Hawks that led to a good scoring chance?

From NHL Rule 56.2, which covers interference:
A minor penalty shall be imposed on any identifiable player on the players’ bench or penalty bench who, by means of his stick or his body, interferes with the movements of the puck or any opponent on the ice during the progress of the play.

In addition, should a player about to come onto the ice, play the puck while one or both skates are still on the players’ or penalty bench, a minor penalty for interference shall be assessed.

I think it was on Seabrook coming out of the box. If my memory is right, most people assumed Hitch was giving it to the ref for Fabbri's penalty but I think he was giving it to the ref for not knowing the rule/calling it.
- Jason Millen

Jammer, Kane actually was called for this earlier in the year when coming out of the sin bin. I think that was the first time I'd ever seen that penalty assessed.

I thought the Hawks transition game was sharp last night. Mostly they really moved it out of the zone, great positioning by the weak side wings, who instead of blowing the zone stayed a bit lower for support. The passes were mostly crisp and controlled. The D group was outstanding. Yea Sveddy worried me some and I don't like him losing ANY board battles, but Gus, for his first time in the show, really hung tough. Lines 1 and 4 were noticeable. Line 2 will get it going, but the Blues are focusing on them. I liked Anisimov's game to start with, I thought he faded late, he has to stay consistent with 88 and 72. Line 3 is a joke. This jacking around by Q is getting old. Dale Weise or Richard Panik need to be in the game. for Mashinter. I agree with what Steve Rain said, TT suck at center. Been saying it all along. He's soft, scared and probably was one of the worst forwards last night.

Game 2 tomorrow. Keith back in, hopefully the Hawks can get the split.

You can sense how tight the Blues are right now. All the pressure is truly on them, they lose this series Armstrong has to blow this team up IF he's even around next year. Without Keith, skating 2 pylons on D, it took a fluke deflection to win game 1. If I'm a Blues fan you love the win, but I'm very FAR from confident moving forward in this series.

I thought Ladd, Toews, Seabrook, Hammer, Crawford all had SENSATIONAL games. Toews has to be kicking himself in the @ss today after getting 7 shots and at least 4 from the hash marks and in.

Teuvo was brutal. Sorry. When Eddie O goes out of his way to rip you in the 1st period for making horrible passes on the PP you have entered the Versteeg zone. Put this kid at RW and move Shaw back to forward, scratch that idiot Mashinter and skate Weise. You need depth scoring because 15 didn't seem to like the physicality of that game after he attempted his stuff shot on the PP. He then went missing.

Very surprised nobody asked Crawford post game why he didn't freeze the puck that rolled to him in the slot but instead poked out, the Blues control and it ends up on Backes stick and in the cage 30-45 seconds later. have to freeze that. Have. TO.

lastly, Blues are taking monster runs at all Hawks D men. You need to insert 55 for the PP because that 2nd unit was a trainwreck at the points. Give 55 the Leddy treatment and skate 5 D men unless you get up or are on the PP. Sit 52/43.

I know people always laugh off hits, but that was a physical game and if Q has to tax his top D men because the rookies can't handle it, even if the Hawks advance those top 3 guys are going to slowed considerably for a very fast Dallas team.
- SteveRain

I said this exact same thing to my wife last night. Really poor play on his part. It's one thing to keep that play going, which he shouldn't imho. It's another to keep it going in the poor manner he did. It looked like a move you would do on 3v3 OT, not playoff 5v5 OT. Natural reaction from being used to 3v3?

Steve, I though Ladd was OK. I was expecting a bit more. Shaw looked like he is clearly not 100% as did Backes.

You can sense how tight the Blues are right now. All the pressure is truly on them, they lose this series Armstrong has to blow this team up IF he's even around next year. Without Keith, skating 2 pylons on D, it took a fluke deflection to win game 1. If I'm a Blues fan you love the win, but I'm very FAR from confident moving forward in this series.

I don't consider myself a Q hater OR a Q lover. The man has won, and won consistently in the NHL and while everyone wants to give Scottie all the praise when tweaks are made, Q is a damn good coach. Could do a lot worse........cough........Savard.

However, the spots on this leopard haven't changed and the Hawks holes from the regular season are still glaring. Your depth gave you virtually ZERO offense last night. I loved what the Kruger-Shaw-Desjardin line gave you but that 3rd line was a steaming pile of crap. You aren't going to win many road games dependent upon one line to score when the Blues are shutting down 72-15-88.

I thought Ladd, Toews, Seabrook, Hammer, Crawford all had SENSATIONAL games. Toews has to be kicking himself in the @ss today after getting 7 shots and at least 4 from the hash marks and in.

Teuvo was brutal. Sorry. When Eddie O goes out of his way to rip you in the 1st period for making horrible passes on the PP you have entered the Versteeg zone. Put this kid at RW and move Shaw back to forward, scratch that idiot Mashinter and skate Weise. You need depth scoring because 15 didn't seem to like the physicality of that game after he attempted his stuff shot on the PP. He then went missing.

Very surprised nobody asked Crawford post game why he didn't freeze the puck that rolled to him in the slot but instead poked out, the Blues control and it ends up on Backes stick and in the cage 30-45 seconds later. have to freeze that. Have. TO.

lastly, Blues are taking monster runs at all Hawks D men. You need to insert 55 for the PP because that 2nd unit was a trainwreck at the points. Give 55 the Leddy treatment and skate 5 D men unless you get up or are on the PP. Sit 52/43.

I know people always laugh off hits, but that was a physical game and if Q has to tax his top D men because the rookies can't handle it, even if the Hawks advance those top 3 guys are going to slowed considerably for a very fast Dallas team.
- SteveRain

Teuvo was brutal.

Not making excuses but TT can't be effective if he plays with the Mashinters of the world.

Also, TT needs to play the point on the 2nd PP unit....Q didn't want him out there last night with a young dman in a tie game..

I have said this before...But unless the master plan is to turn AA into the 3rd line center or have TT develop chemistry with Fleischman or someone with skill...
He doesn't really fit in and if the front office thinks the same-He will be part of the big off season trade.

I am not going to dispute your premise that the big guns and core need to dent the net...but they had great chances and elliot guessed right and made the stop...

the toews line and ladd were very good 200 ft game...72 had three great chances: two bounced away and the third elliot got a shoulder tip....

i think "fail" is a bit of an over reach...
- bogiedoc

But that's the end result/reason they lost the game. Our "best" couldn't beat Elliot in game 1. The guys that get paid to do that - didn't.

Pass/Fail = Win/Loss.

If they win that game 1-0, TT isn't to small, Mashinter did nothing to cripple the team....but they lose, and the blame goes on two guys that make a combined 1.4mil dollars - one's a 20yr old and the other essentially a rookie as well. Not the grizzled glorious veterans who's job it is to put the puck in the net.

I said this exact same thing to my wife last night. Really poor play on his part. It's one thing to keep that play going, which he shouldn't imho. It's another to keep it going in the poor manner he did. It looked like a move you would do on 3v3 OT, not playoff 5v5 OT. Natural reaction from being used to 3v3?
- Jason Millen

Crawford seldom froze the puck all game, the exact opposite of Elliotte.
I get your point but Crawford by design was playing those pucks....Evidently the Hawks didn't want to take a lot of defensive zone draws.

You can sense how tight the Blues are right now. All the pressure is truly on them, they lose this series Armstrong has to blow this team up IF he's even around next year. Without Keith, skating 2 pylons on D, it took a fluke deflection to win game 1. If I'm a Blues fan you love the win, but I'm very FAR from confident moving forward in this series.

I don't consider myself a Q hater OR a Q lover. The man has won, and won consistently in the NHL and while everyone wants to give Scottie all the praise when tweaks are made, Q is a damn good coach. Could do a lot worse........cough........Savard.

However, the spots on this leopard haven't changed and the Hawks holes from the regular season are still glaring. Your depth gave you virtually ZERO offense last night. I loved what the Kruger-Shaw-Desjardin line gave you but that 3rd line was a steaming pile of crap. You aren't going to win many road games dependent upon one line to score when the Blues are shutting down 72-15-88.

I thought Ladd, Toews, Seabrook, Hammer, Crawford all had SENSATIONAL games. Toews has to be kicking himself in the @ss today after getting 7 shots and at least 4 from the hash marks and in.

Teuvo was brutal. Sorry. When Eddie O goes out of his way to rip you in the 1st period for making horrible passes on the PP you have entered the Versteeg zone. Put this kid at RW and move Shaw back to forward, scratch that idiot Mashinter and skate Weise. You need depth scoring because 15 didn't seem to like the physicality of that game after he attempted his stuff shot on the PP. He then went missing.

Very surprised nobody asked Crawford post game why he didn't freeze the puck that rolled to him in the slot but instead poked out, the Blues control and it ends up on Backes stick and in the cage 30-45 seconds later. have to freeze that. Have. TO.

lastly, Blues are taking monster runs at all Hawks D men. You need to insert 55 for the PP because that 2nd unit was a trainwreck at the points. Give 55 the Leddy treatment and skate 5 D men unless you get up or are on the PP. Sit 52/43.

I know people always laugh off hits, but that was a physical game and if Q has to tax his top D men because the rookies can't handle it, even if the Hawks advance those top 3 guys are going to slowed considerably for a very fast Dallas team.
- SteveRain

Hey Rainman...some really great points here.

They could certainly use Ehrhoff on offense...3rd line nowhere. Mash TOI last night 7:57...stop giving Weise the Vermette treatment and get him in there.

Once again the Hawks vaulted PP comes up empty...
5 on 3 have to get a goal there.

When 2 comes back Friday, i'd like to see him and 7 paired, keep 4-57 and let Sved-Rosy be pair 3.
Weiss for Mash, Panik for Fliesh
- jt19

I love those top two lnes, but that third pairing would scare the sh!t out of me if they get stuck out there with Tarasenko, Schwartz and Fabbri. 32 needs someone with speed..either Gus or Erhoff.

I'm going to guess you had a few pops watching that game last night..........

--Toews has to score at some point given his chances....but....
--breakaway the Blues player was right on him so he didn't have time to deke just shoot.
--That whole pp unit was awful. All 10 of them. Nobody scored. Can't go 0-5 in playoffs
--His 2 on 1 with Kane he didn't fire it into his chest he tried going five hole and it got through just not clean enough. if he passes and it goes wide or no shot blues are countering back.
--That 4 on 2 flipper you refer to led to Ladd getting a juicy rebound he almost stuffed in.

So...yes...Toews should have scored last night, however the loss isn't on him and any GM in hockey would take him and his salary right now. Just wait until you see what Stamkos gets this summer and Toews >Stamkos.

Make sure to hydrate today...........
- SteveRain

I think it was Stastny (might be wrong) who hustled back and forced Kane to take a very outside line on the 2 on 1, essentially taking him away as a good option. Very smart play by the back checker and effective imho.

It's funny Schwartz should have had at least 2 goals and easily could have had 4. FFS, he shot the puck right into Toews skate when he had an open net. Missed opportunities were plentiful last night.

There were 2 TMM potentials. one that should have been called - Blues d-man jumped over and played the puck before the other defender got to the bench. The other was correctly not called. The Hawks shot the puck into the Blues bench area on a player change and it hit one of the players. They didn't actively play it.

See the rulebook which states - "If in the course of a substitution either the player(s) entering the play or the player(s) retiring is struck by the puck accidentally, the play will not be stopped and no penalty will be called."

Did the broadcast mention the non-call on the Hawks that led to a good scoring chance?

From NHL Rule 56.2, which covers interference:
A minor penalty shall be imposed on any identifiable player on the players’ bench or penalty bench who, by means of his stick or his body, interferes with the movements of the puck or any opponent on the ice during the progress of the play.

In addition, should a player about to come onto the ice, play the puck while one or both skates are still on the players’ or penalty bench, a minor penalty for interference shall be assessed.

I think it was on Seabrook coming out of the box. If my memory is right, most people assumed Hitch was giving it to the ref for Fabbri's penalty but I think he was giving it to the ref for not knowing the rule/calling it.
- Jason Millen

Yes, Mashinter should have be penalized for interference as he was leaving the penalty box because he needed to have both skates on the ice before getting involved in the play.

Kane got a penalty for exactly the same thing earlier in the season.

But Mashinter wouldn't have remembered that because he was probably ironing one of Q's shirts in the dressing room at the time.

Teuvo was brutal.

Not making excuses but TT can't be effective if he plays with the Mashinters of the world.

Also, TT needs to play the point on the 2nd PP unit....Q didn't want him out there last night with a young dman in a tie game..

I have said this before...But unless the master plan is to turn AA into the 3rd line center or have TT develop chemistry with Fleischman or someone with skill...
He doesn't really fit in and if the front office thinks the same-He will be part of the big off season trade.
- Al

Mornin' Al...was really hoping they'd move TT instead of Dano in one of those deals at the TDL. But it wasn't to be.