Series Schedule
| Date | Score | W. Goal |
| May 29 ’13 | ||
| May 27 ’13 | ||
| May 25 ’13 | ||
| May 23 ’13 | ||
| May 20 ’13 | CHI 1 at DET 3 | D. Miller |
| May 18 ’13 | DET 4 at CHI 1 | B. Smith |
| May 15 ’13 | DET 1 at CHI 4 | J. Oduya |
April 21st, 2012. That’s the last time Jonathan Toews scored a playoff goal, the OT winner in Game 5 versus the Coyotes. That was nine playoff games ago. The captain is long overdue to light the lamp and tonight would be the best time for him to do so. The difference in the last two games has been the Hawks top two lines lack of production. All the players and coaches have spent the last two days saying all the right things. “We’ve got to score more goals.” “We need more traffic in front of the net.” “We’ve got to play our game.” Blah, blah, blah. It’s time to stop saying the right things and to start doing them on the ice. Normally at this point of the day I would be a nervous wreck for a game like tonight’s. But for some reason that isn’t the case. I feel pretty confident the Hawks’ stars will lead them in a great bounce back game. And if I’m wrong, well my liver will hate me in the morning.
Probable Blackhawks Lineup:
Forwards
Patrick Sharp – Jonathan Toews – Marian Hossa
Brandon Saad – Dave Bolland – Patrick Kane
Bryan Bickell – Andrew Shaw – Viktor Stalberg
Michal Handzus – Marcus Kruger – Michael Frolik
Defensive Pairings
Duncan Keith – Niklas Hjalmarsson
Brent Seabrook – Nick Leddy
Johnny Oduya – Michal Rozsival
Goaltender
Corey Crawford 5-3, 1.81 GAA, .932 save%, 1 SO
Leading Scorers
| Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | GW |
| P. Sharp | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| P. Kane | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Hossa | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Keith | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Bickell | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Probable Red Wings Lineup:
Forwards
Johan Franzen – Pavel Datsyuk – Justin Abdelkader
Valtteri Filppula – Henrik Zetterberg – Daniel Cleary
Gustav Nyquist – Joakim Andersson – Damien Brunner
Patrick Eaves – Cory Emmerton – Drew Miller
Defensive Pairings
Niklas Kronwall – Jonathan Ericsson
Brendan Smith – Kyle Quincey
Carlo Colaiacovo – Jakub Kindl
Goaltender
Jimmy Howard 6-4, 2.43 GAA, .923 save %, 0 SO
Leading Scorers
| Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | GW |
| H. Zetterberg | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Brunner | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Datsyuk | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Cleary | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Franzen | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Playoff Stats
| HAWKS | STAT | WINGS |
| 8 | GP | 10 |
| 5 | W | 6 |
| 3 | L | 4 |
| 1 | OT | 1 |
| 0 | P | 0 |
| 0.625 | P% | 0.6 |
| 2.88 | G/G | 2.6 |
| 1.88 | GA/G | 2.7 |
| 13.6 | PP% | 16.2 |
| 100 | PK% | 76.5 |
| 33.9 | S/G | 29.9 |
| 27.5 | SA/G | 32.7 |
| 48.3 | FO% | 52.6 |