One Down, Five to Go: Circus Trip Game One Big Boy

Didn't see any of the game apart from the highlight pack but it sure feels like The Hawks stole one tonight.  I guess this makes up for those games in late October when they outshot the opposition 382 - 16 over three or four games and came away with, what, a single point.

I kinda wanted to go with Clendenning tonight after not even expecting him to dress until at least Saturday and then potting one on his very first shot on net.  As cool as that is it fails to match Patrick Kane's efforts tonight.

Kaner's game-winner was just so....Kane, grabbing a puck in a crowd, slipping it between some guy's skates and wiring a quick wrister in for the win.  Add to that the sweet, soft pass to Seabrook to set up the third goal and we have reason to believe he hasn't given up.  Kane seemed kind of asea there for a week or two but these last two games he's been terrific, simply magical in close-quarters like he can be when he's fully dialed in.