San Jose Sharks vs Chicago Blackhawks Live Streaming
Friday, May 21, 2010
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The pesky Blackhawks center has been making it difficult for San Jose’s top line, helping Chicago to a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference finals matchup with Game 3 on Friday night. Star center Joe Thornton slashed Bolland in frustration before a faceoff in Game 2 and the two got tangled up earlier in the game. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville is expected to match the line of Bolland, Kris Versteeg and Andrew Ladd against Thornton’s line, which has also included Patrick Marleau and Dany Heatley. Whatever Quenneville and the Blackhawks are doing is working: San Jose, the top seed in the West, has only three goals so far in the series. Coach Todd McLellan acknowledged Thursday he night do some mixing and shifting of his own to try and get the Sharks’ offense untracked. It could still come down to finding a way to solve the Blackhawks’ checking line led by Bolland.
Bolland was also a pain for the Canucks and the Sedin twins in the second round, and he scored a key short-handed goal on a breakaway in the clincher against Vancouver. But it’s his defense that has helped the Blackhawks get within two wins of their first Stanley Cup finals appearance since 1992. Bolland is often reserved off the ice but can be terrier-like on the ice, nipping at the heels and making forward movement difficult. He calls it a privilege to play against a top line and whatever he can do to disrupt is what he’s aiming for. Despite the skirmishes in Game 2, the 6-foot-4, 230-pound Thornton said Thursday that the 6-foot, 181-pound Bolland is not getting under his skin. Bolland was limited to 39 games in the regular season after surgery in November to repair a herniated disc in his back. He didn’t return until early February and it took a while to acclimate himself.
