ST. LOUIS – Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane have been reunited on the top line and David Rundblad is expected to play when the Blackhawks face the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of their first-round series Thursday night.
Coach Joel Quenneville usually puts Toews and Kane together as his in-case-of-emergency-break-glass move. And with the Blackhawks facing elimination, there’s no more desperate a time than now.
“At this point of the playoffs, sometimes things call for change,” Kane said. “We haven't played with each other much, so hopefully it's kind of that instant chemistry and we can get a win tonight.