NHL: Chicago Blackhawks 2 Detroit Red Wings 3 OT recap and analysis

After the typical National anthem singed by Jim Cornelius the game with Tatar who came close to score capitalizing a Chicago's turnover, the Blackhawks reacted with a pair of very good chances Well saved by Howard. After some quite minutes the Red Wings got their 1st PP of the game due to a Bickell's slashing penalty, the Blackhawks penalty killers got the job done and Right After the end of it Chicago got the man advantage and they had some good chances due to a very good puck movement but they didn't score on it. The quarter end keeping a good rhythmym but it didn't let both team to produce scoring chances. Chicago continue to keep the puck on the offensive zone and this forced Howard to make some very good stops from very close distance especially against Shaw and Kane. The Blackhawks momentum continued with Toews who went so close to score with a shot coming from behind the net but he failed to put it even without Howard to cover the angle. Tatar changed the momentum of the game with the 1st goal of it scoring on open net thanks to a perfect back hand assist by Helm but Detroit didn't have the time to cheer because in less than a minute Saad scored a slap shot's goal from the high circle to tie the game. The 3rd period 1st minutes saw Detroit have the control of the puck and the better chances Till the 2nd penalty of the game by Abdelkader that gave the Blackhawks a PP with 11:30 left in the 3rd period but they haven't been able to estabilish the possession on the offensive zone due to the great Red Wings forecheck. With 2:06 left Detroit scored the go ahead goal with Helm on a back hand shot provocated by a turnover recovered by Datsiyuk but again Chicago tied the game immediately on a Versteeg shot from the high circle luckly rebounded on Kronwall's shoulder then entered into the net to send the game to the OT. The OT has been like the game, very intense and full of scoring chances but also with very good defenses and goalie and so the game went to Shootouts where Detroit won 2-1 thanks to Tatar and Nyquist along with an excellent Howard to cover the net. 

This has been a very intense typical rivarly game between those 2 historical franchises characterized by 2 very good overall defenses who ruled the game, Chicago in my opinion is a better offensive team than Detroit and they proved it with the majority of the scoring chances but the Red Wings answered back with a great performance by the goalie Howard.
My 3 stars of the game go to: 3rd Tatar another solid game with a goal and the game winning shootout. 2nd Howard excellent performance by him all game long saving his team a lot of times. 1st Helm with an assist and a goal aloong with a very important presence on the ice especially on offense.