When Kris Versteeg scored to tie the game at 2-2 early in the third period, the Blackhawks had a winnable game on their hands. Where did it go wrong? Here’s how the rest of the period played out.
12:29
Mikael Samuelsson scored to put Detroit back in front. Still, the Hawks had plenty of time to get the equalizer.
11:02
Dan Cleary, a former first-round draft pick of the Blackhawks, scored his second goal of the game and gave the Wings a 4-2 lead. The comeback just got a lot tougher.
0:43
After the Hawks pulled goalkeeper Nikolai Khabibulin for an extra attacker, Henrik Zetterberg slotted an empty-netter. And game. In the end, the Hawks looked like a team that’s playing in its first conference finals since 1995 and the Wings looked like defending Stanley Cup champions.
