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Not A Great Game For Corey Crawford

06/07/2015 at 8:37am EDT

from Mike Imrem of the Chicago Daily-Herald,

Corey Crawford didn't single-handedly cost the Blackhawks Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Actually, a case could be made that Patrick Sharp did.

Sharp took consecutive penalties in the third period and the Lightning scored the winning goal on the second power play.

But Sharp doesn't play goalie, the most visible and scrutinized position in hockey and maybe in all of sports.

So the Crawford debate began again Saturday night after the Lightning's 4-3 victory that evened the series 1-1.

Crawford fueled some of it himself by saying, "You give up goals that shouldn't go in at this time of the season … it's pretty frustrating."

Tampa Bay, the NHL's highest-scoring team, did to Crawford what it has done to other goalies all postseason.

The Lightning have had trouble scoring in every Game 1 but exploded for a combined 21 goals in four Game 2s.

Lightning coach Jon Cooper said his players had to make a turnaround in 72 hours "and they did."

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