Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The Hawks claimed the victory despite the absence of captain Jonathan Toew

The Hawks claimed the victory despite the absence of captain Jonathan Toews, who is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. The Wings were short-handed as well, as center Pavel Datsyuk is sidelined for two weeks following arthroscopic knee surgery.
"The last 10 minutes of that game they had barely anything," said Crawford, who made 31 saves. "We were down for most of it again and then we just kept playing our game, not trying to do too much to get back. We were playing a simple game, making the plays we should and eventually we tied it up. That's the way we have to continue to play."