C. Roumeliotis
After suffering a triple-overtime loss in Game 2 that finished early Wednesday morning, the Ducks had to figure out a way to not only regroup, but do so while overcoming the fatigue of playing in the second-longest postseason game in franchise history.
And they did.
But it wasn't easy.
Both teams, as expected, showed the effects of playing more than 116 minutes of hockey just 38 hours earlier.
The Ducks committed five uncharacteristic penalties — including three in the first period — in Game 3, but the Blackhawks failed to generate many scoring chances and came up empty on all five power-play attempts, showing it wasn't the only team struggling to find its legs.