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The Chicago Blackhawks Are On the Rise

02/13/2019 at 6:29pm EST

from Jason Lieser of the Chicago Sun-Times,

A season in which the Blackhawks felt like everything was working against them, all the way down to their travel schedule, has suddenly flipped.

In an obvious league-wide conspiracy to get them in the playoffs, the Hawks are catching breaks left and right as they rise through the Western Conference wild-card chase.

Despite going into Boston on Tuesday and getting blasted 6-3 in a performance coach Jeremy Colliton criticized as unenthusiastic, the Hawks ended the night no worse off in the playoff hunt. They’re still four points out thanks to the Wild blowing a 3-1 lead and allowing two late goals in a home loss to the lowly Flyers.

“We’re much better than that,” Colliton said of the loss to the Bruins. “That’s not us. We need to respond. There’s no time. We’ve got to get back playing well.”

The Hawks’ season-long seven-game winning streak is done, but they’re well-positioned to launch a new one with games against the Devils, Senators and Red Wings — the bottom three teams in the East — in the coming week. The Devils visit the United Center on Thursday without reigning MVP Taylor Hall, who is working back from an injury.

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