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Speed Is The Key For The Chicago Blackhawks

05/23/2015 at 8:35am EDT

from Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun,

Somewhere in between the three overtime loss and the three and a half hour flight back here from California, the Blackhawks lost their speed.

And with it, they may have lost the ability to dictate the outcome of the remainder of the Western Conference final.

With a crucial Game 4 looming at the United Center on Saturday night, the 'Hawks hope to return to the style that got them through the first two rounds and a series split back in Anaheim.

And to do it, they'll need to get their legs out of the quicksand and not allow the Ducks to control the flow of the game as they did in Thursday's 2-1 win.

"I think any time when you talk about winning a series, you're going to want to play your game," Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said. "We can't play a run-and-gun game.

"We're not a team that's built to skate up and down the rink all night long and trade chances. We're just not built that way. We have to execute our system and the things we want to do."

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