from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

Brad Richards suggested after the Chicago Blackhawks' Game 4 victory Wednesday night that it was their worst performance in a while.

He didn’t know why, he was happy they woke up in time to win, but the veteran center stressed the need for the Blackhawks to find their 'A' game if they’re going to win the best-of-three showdown that remains of the 2014-15 NHL season.

The Stanley Cup finals are tied 2-2, yet one team is a little more satisfied with its overall play than the other.

The fact of the matter is, the Tampa Bay Lightning could very easily be up 3-1 in this series based on the merit of play. But they know perhaps more than anyone that it simply doesn’t work that way in the playoffs. They know deep down they didn’t deserve to be up 3-0 on the Montreal Canadiens in the second round, yet that’s how the breaks played out. They were probably a little fortunate to survive Game 7 against the Detroit Red Wings, too.

So what you’re not going to get from the young Lightning is any kind of frustration that they’re not up in a series against a veteran Blackhawks team still trying to find another gear.

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