ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Chicago Blackhawks are playoff survivors. They’re so hard to kill.
Go to overtime, they’ll find a way. Give them a three-goal deficit, in the first period or a two-goal hole near the end of regulation and they’ll come back.
The Anaheim Ducks were able to extinguish Chicago’s comeback effort in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final, but it took an extra session in a 5-4 overtime win. The victory gave the Ducks a 3-2 series lead and a chance to punch their first Stanley Cup Final tickets since 2007.
Matt Beleseky scored the overtime winner for the Ducks just 45 seconds into the extra session, which Chicago forced with a furious third-period rally led by their captain.