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The Chicago Blackhawks Survive To Play Another Day

04/22/2016 at 4:48am EDT

from Craig Custance of ESPN,

The St. Louis Blues pushed. Boy did they push. They had all the jump in the first overtime after a third-period rally got them there. The Chicago Blackhawks players could feel it on the ice. This was a group of players from St. Louis that had the defending champs on the ropes and wanted desperately to end it. The crowd felt it. The players felt it.

And the Blackhawks weathered it.

That's just how this postseason is going to have to go for Chicago -- a lot less dominance than in the past, a lot more savvy.

"It's kind of a bend but don't break mentality," said Hawks forward Patrick Kane, who scored the 4-3 game-winner in double overtime that narrowed the Blues series lead to 3-2. "We just had to stay alive and wait for our push."

They stayed alive in the game, they stayed alive in the series and, with the series shifting back to Chicago, they continue to prove that they're the toughest team in the NHL to send home for the summer.

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