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Nerves may have affected Blackhawks' Nick Schmaltz in Game 1

Nick Schmaltz said on Tuesday that he knew his first NHL postseason was going to be different than when he won a national championship at North Dakota.

The intensity, the speed, everything is that much greater. Schmaltz may have been caught up in that somewhat in Game 1, during which he was bumped off the top line. He played better down the stretch and knows he has to be sharper from the start on Saturday.

"I thought I was OK. I thought I could have held onto the puck a little bit more. I don't know if I was nervous or what I was, but just felt like I was just getting rid of the puck when I had it," Schmaltz said.