When Alex DeBrincat took a five-minute major penalty for boarding Ethan Bear early in the second period during Game 4 against the Oilers, it made sense to panic. The Blackhawks had allowed at least one power-play goal in each of the first three games of the Stanley Cup Qualifier series.
But with some help from Darnell Nurse’s minor interference penalty, the Blackhawks killed DeBrincat’s major without allowing a goal against the NHL’s best power play during the regular season. In 9:03, the most penalty kill time the Blackhawks had in a game during the series, they didn’t allow a single goal in Game 4.