SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Blackhawks have spent a lot of autumn maligning their incapacity to create second probabilities on offensive possessions.
For a lot of Tuesday’s 4-2 loss to the Sharks, they appeared unable to create offensive possessions in any respect, a lot much less translate them into scoring probabilities. Despite an admirable late push, slicing the deficit briefly to 1 purpose, the general effort was once more removed from enough.
The Hawks suffered via a stretch of 27 minutes, 42 seconds — lasting from early within the first interval to halfway via the second — with only one shot on purpose. Through two durations, that they had been out-attempted 44-17, although they did eat into that deficit some within the third.
After seemingly trending in the proper route all through the street journey, enhancing from a blowout loss in Nashville to an time beyond regulation loss in Los Angeles to an time beyond regulation win in Anaheim, the Hawks misplaced all semblance of effectivity and momentum Tuesday.
Even the defensive finish, whereas definitely higher than the offensive finish, wasn’t nice.
Brent Seabrook misplaced a box-out on Patrick Marleau for the Sharks’ early second interval icebreaking purpose, Adam Boqvist appeared paralyzed by a wierd bounce that led to an Evander Kane shorthanded breakaway purpose, and Robin Lehner was uncharacteristically leaky on Tomas Hertl’s third-period purpose.
Brandon Saad and Duncan Keith scored the targets for the Hawks, offering some short-lived life, earlier than an empty-netter sealed the end result.