Up, up, up.

Jason Bourne on Puck Daddy:

David Bolland is going to be hailed as one of the Blackhawks game heroes (along with Jonathan Toews, he of a dynamite two-assist performance) for two reasons -- he had just finished upping his profile in the media by getting under the skin of Daniel Sedin and Joe Thornton; and two, because he scored the Hawks' crucial second goal before setting up the OT winner.

My hunch is that it's probably a good thing for him that he chipped in to help create those two big moments. Early in the first, he failed to capitalize on a couple quality chances, and throughout the game, he took three suspect minor penalties that gave the ever-dangerous Sharks enough power-play chances to take control of the game.

The Sharks' inability to score had a lot to do with Antti Niemi, or "New Jaro Halak" ...whatever you want to call him. The Hawks keeper kicked out 44 of 46 shots and deserves every ounce of praise we can muster to send his way. Goaltending was supposed to be Chicago's weak spot, and instead, he's become their backbone.
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It may not end in Game 4, but the Chicago Blackhawks haven't lost four games in a row all year.

And sadly, Sharks fans, it's not about to happen now.