Blackhawks force game 7 in Chicago

The Chicago Blackhawks fought back to force a game seven back in Chi-town on Wednesday with a 4-3 win at Joe Louis Arena on Monday night.
After cruising through the regular season and thrashing the Minnesota Wild four games to one in the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs, Chicago found themselves in a precarious position as they were shut out 2-0, down three games to one, and on the brink of being ousted from the 2013 NHL playoffs.
But that was Thursday night. A lot has changed since then.
On Saturday night in Chicago, the Hawks came roaring back as Andrew Shaw led the way with a pair of goals en route to a 4-1 Chicago victory.
The Blackhawks tried to ride that momentum Monday night in Detroit, but found themselves on the short end of a 2-1 score after two periods.
Chicago came out on fire in the third, first tying the game less than a minute into the period, and then going on to score another pair of goals before the midway point of the period had been reached, taking a 4-2 edge in front of a stunned Red Wings crowd.
The fourth Blackhawks' goal was scored on hockey's rarest, but most exciting of plays, the penalty shot. Michael Frolik had beaten Detroit's Carlo Colaiacovo on a breakaway, and then just as Frolik went to shoot at Red Wings' goalie Jimmy Howard, Colaiacovo slashed Frolik from behind across the hands, leading to the free shot. Frolik charged in on Howard, and then lifted a beautiful backhander over Howard's glove side to give Chicago the insurmountable 4-2 lead.
The Wings refused to give up, however, and with less than a minute remaining and Howard watching from the bench, Damien Brunner took a pass from Pavel Datsyuk and deposited his fifth goal of the postseason past Blackhawks' goalie Corey Crawford to pull Detroit to within 4-3.
With the Red Wings still playing with an extra attacker, Chicago iced the puck twice, but precious seconds came off of the clock and Detroit ran out of time.