Through thirty minutes last night, the Chicago Blackhawks were in the driver’s seat, foot on the gas and well on their way to a win to start off their three-game road trip through Canada.
Unfortunately, unforced turnovers in the second half of the game gave the Vancouver Canucks multiple chances to steal the game away and they did just that.
One was an unfortunate, and uncharacteristic blind pass from Jonathan Toews to a stick-less John Hayden in their own zone. Toews was trying to clear the puck out of the zone, but Hayden had just given away his stick to defenseman Henri Jokiharju.