Too Late In the Day For A Clever Title: Hawks 4, Penguins 1

So late and so tired, so no recap tonight and straight to breakin' it down.

It seemed that right after The Hawks went up 1-0 The Penguins began to open things up.  Not panicking, exactly, but they were pressing harder and, crucially, their defense were joining the play and carrying the puck pretty far up-ice before making their first pass.  That might fly when Letang, Daley & Maata show up to work. but they didn't make into the office today, so all that daring stuff was left to what amounts to a bunch of kids.  And also Ron Hainsey.  They did get their chances, that much is true, but they also left the doors swinging open, just daring The Hawks to have a go.
Large Arthur is hurt again.  No word yet what ails him but, obviously, we gotta hope he was just shaken up.  In his absence, Coach Q took the unusual step of inserting Nick Schmaltz into Anisimov's spot.  Schmaltz was a disaster at the dot but dynamite between Panarin & Kane, to the tune of two assists, one of which should be framed and hung on the wall.  This improvised trio were not terribly special in their own end but, man, they were so exciting once they got downrange, it just feels good to know that option is available and viable.
Meanwhile, Ryan Hartman jumped from Line Four into Schmaltz's usual spot, giving that line a different dynamic that was less about finesse and timing and more about beating guys to the puck, bullying them off said puck and getting the puck to Panik, who seemed to be cruising through the slot all night.  This was the only Hawks forward line with positive Corsi digits, and I expect Panik's exciting game winner in the second period will liberally pepper the highlight packages for the next 24 hours.

The rest were kind of disjointed, a too-fluid ball of confusion.  Hossa-Kero-Hartman looked fine early in the game but, after the line shuffling, it felt as if Hoss was with different guys every shift. Jurco put forth a good effort without accomplishing anything, usually losing the puck just before getting into a shooting position, and Rasmussen struggled to keep up all evening.
The Hawks D had their ups and downs, playing mostly ok but with the usual WTF moments.  Best overall, I thought, was Kempny, although I don't think he started many shifts in The Hawks' end while, on the other end of the stick, Campbell had several icky moments and one mystifying decision to pass and not shoot.  Seabrook and Keith teaming up to stymie Crosby was pretty cool, too.
Scott Darling had a second consecutive start and played well...maybe not as well as his posts & crossbar, and he benefited from a few teammates sweeping the puck out the crease while he searched for it, but good enough to win, anyway.

Are you kidding me?  Seven goals in the last three games, and even his empty-netter tonight was a skill-fest.  Pat Kane is shooting the puck with authority, right now: hard, accurate and decisively.