Demolition Derby: Hawks 5, Jets 4 and Friday's Big Boy

It's funny how, even with a bunch of mistakes, setbacks and iffy goaltending this turned out to be a pretty entertaining game.  As always, here's some stuff I think I saw.
- So, Scott Darling wasn't great but hoo-boy Ondrej Pavelec was terrible.
- Mitigating that were The Hawks' manpower issues; Hossa didn't make the trip due to illness, Keith stayed home due to nastiness, Andrew Shaw suffered an LBI in the first period and did not return, and Toews spent a good chunk of the second period in The Room being repaired after being struck in the ear.
- For the first time in a couple of weeks The Hawks had the passing game working reliably.  Whether they were being more patient or just taking more care or The Jets allowed this happen, I cannot say for sure.  Kane and Panarin were looking like it was business as usual (a la December, anyway) and even Kruger got in on the action with his sweet little dish to Small Arthur in the slot.
- Again, The Jets are Bad at Hockey, but The Hawks' defense didn't do too badly given that Keith was unavailable and TVR was selected to skate the big minutes with Hjalmarsson. It pleased me, however, to see Rozsie taking shifts on the top pairing late in the game.  It was good, also, that Seabrook wasn't too bad tonight.

It's too bad this didn't happen sooner and maybe it took a trip to Manitoba to make it happen, but Small Arthur broke out of his mini-slump most emphatically.  Two goals, two helpies and secure trousers for this Big Boy.

                                   Not that Arthur, the other one.  The small one.