Two Points Undeserved: Hawks 7, Coyotes 5 and NO Big Boy

I didn't really want to write this but I find myself compelled to, so I'll be quick about it.

- The bottom line on last night's game is that The Hawks won a gunfight that they probably should have lost.  They can thank The Arizona Coyotes for being slightly worse in most regards, especially in the net.
- The only benefit of the doubt I will grant The Hawks is that, after finding the net rather easily in the first half of the game, they played just well enough to not lose.  Good job there, guys.
- There were several varieties of strange in this one, first with The Hawks leading after the first period recording a whopping two shots at even-strength.  The saving grace here, of course, is the three power play shots they managed, all three of which dented twine.
- The Coyotes rarely outshoot an opponent but, of course, the outshot The Hawks by nine in this one.
- Gustafsson and Rozsival were each +3.
- This has nothing to do with Strange, just an observation: of the legion of Rockford IceHogs that have auditioned for The Hawks so far this season, I believe P. Danault has been the only guy who is both truly committed to remaining in The Show and has the skill to do so.  Rasmussen is a somewhat distant second as he's taken a few nights off, which I find mind boggling, BTW. Who in their right mind, given an opportunity like this, chooses to mail it in?  Anyway,  Kyle Baun, Vin Hinostroza and Tanner Kero might evolve into okay fourth-liners, somewhere, sometime, and history suggests it will probably be Florida.  Marko Dano, it would appear, cannot be arsed one way or the other.  So, well done Phillip Danault and keep on striving, Whatshisname Rasmussen.

Colorado tomorrow to play a bunch of bumbling goofs led by the King of bumbling goofs, who appear to exist solely to defeat The Hawks every time they meet.  I can't wait.