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CHICAGO -- Corey Crawford was there every time. Slap shots, wristers, backhands and tips, he stopped each one of them. The Chicago Blackhawks needed a rebound game from their goaltender, and he delivered in a big way. Crawford made 34 saves in his third career post-season shutout, and the Blackhawks got back into their playoff series with the St. Louis Blues with a 2-0 victory in Game 3 on Monday night. "Im just going shot by shot," Crawford said. "Its all I could do the whole game was worry about the next one and focus on the next shot and stop that. I dont want anything else going through my mind through that hockey game." Jonathan Toews and Marcus Kruger scored as the defending Stanley Cup champions bounced back after a pair of overtime losses in St. Louis. Toews 21st post-season goal was only the second score by a Blackhawks forward in the series. "Three games in a row. Its been a very intense series and extremely close," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. Ryan Miller shook off another slow start and finished with 23 saves, but Toews shot at 4:10 of the first went through the goaltenders legs and was the only score for most of the game. "Its not a good goal. Well leave it at that," Miller said. It was quite a turnaround for Crawford, who was upset with his play after Saturdays 4-3 loss. Barret Jackmans winning goal in Game 2 went through Crawford, prompting the goaltender to say he had to play better for Chicago to win. Quenneville met with Crawford on Sunday, and he responded with one of the best games of his career. "We have a lot of one-on-one meetings throughout the season, but we get ramped up at playoff time," said Quenneville, a former NHL defenceman. "I generally stay away from the goalies. We chatted. Basically I was commending him on accepting that responsibility (for the loss)." Crawford drew chants of "Co-rey! Co-rey from the capacity crowd at the United Center. He was helped by a sound performance by Duncan Keith and Chicagos defencemen, who stepped up without the suspended Brent Seabrook. The Blackhawks killed three St. Louis power plays, while the Blues penalty-kill unit went 4 for 4, including a 5-on-3 disadvantage in the second. "We knew this was going to be a long series, but we really played hard, we really played well," St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We did a lot of the things we needed to do to win the hockey game, but youve got to give their goaler credit. He was good, especially late." The Blues, who scored tying goals late in regulation in each of the first two games, pulled Miller with 57 seconds left, but the Blackhawks held on. Kruger stuffed home an empty-netter in the final seconds. Game 4 is Wednesday night. Each team was without a key contributor after Seabrook wiped out Blues centre David Backes with a big hit in Game 2. The five-minute major and game misconduct penalty for Seabrook led to Vladimir Tarasenkos tying power-play goal with 6.4 seconds left. Seabrook was suspended for three games by the NHL, putting Sheldon Brookbank in the lineup for the first time in the series. Playing with Keith, Brookbank turned in a solid performance in his 19th career playoff game. While Backes was out with an upper-body injury, centre Patrik Berglund returned for the Blues after missing three games. Berglund, who had 14 goals and 18 assists this season, skated behind the net for a nice wraparound opportunity in the first period, but was turned away by Chicago defenceman Nick Leddy. Seabrooks hit on Backes, and at least one knee-on-knee blow by Bryan Bickell, increased the tension between Central Division rivals. But Game 3 was surprisingly civil, with each team wary of another penalty that could swing the series. There was a lot of chirping from each side, and that was about it. Looking for a spark, Quenneville put Toews, Patrick Kane and Bickell on the same line for the start of Game 3. The trio had a lot of success in the Blackhawks run to the title last year. The move worked. Toews connected from the top of the left point in the first, beating Miller with a shot that took an unusual bounce. Bickell also created a couple of quality chances with some slick passing. "If thats how its going to go in, then were doing a good job of taking care of the clean chances and the easier ones for them," said Blues defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk, who was right in front of Toews on the goal. "We just have to keep going." NOTES: Blues F Vladimir Sobotka went to the locker room after he took a power-play shot off his right arm in the second, but he returned later in the period. ... The announced attendance of 22,112 was the 268th consecutive sellout for the Blackhawks, counting the playoffs. NCAA Jerseys China .Mack, a reserve guard who came in averaging 3.8 points, made all six of his 3-pointers as the Hawks went 16 for 28 from behind the arc.Trailing 50-38 midway through the second quarter, Atlanta outscored Cleveland 89-48 the rest of the way and sent the Cavaliers to their largest loss of the season. Cheap Football NCAA Jerseys . Canada will host the second stop on the circuit, the 2014 Skate Canada International in Kelowna, British Columbia from October 31 - November 2, 2014 at Prospera Place. https://www.chinajerseysncaa.us/. PAUL, Minn. Fake NCAA Jerseys . Kevin Martin and Kevin Love paced the Timberwolves like they do so often. Martin had 27 points with some key baskets down the stretch, Love had his usual double-double, and the Timberwolves snapped a three-game losing streak with a 112-106 victory Saturday night over the suddenly slipping Dallas Mavericks. NCAA Jerseys Outlet .com) - The Golden State Warriors have started another winning streak and theyll try to pad it Tuesday night when they head to Staples Center to face the Los Angeles Lakers.Alexander Levy fired a bogey-free 66 to hold a share of the lead and set the pace for the second week running after the opening round of the Shenzhen International. Latest leaderboard Shenzhen International The Frenchman complemented four birdies with an eagle to move top of the leaderboard at Genzon Golf Club, only to see his round matched late in the day by Soomin Lee.Brandon Stone will resume one shot off the pace with one hole to play after a weather-affected day saw play suspended due to darkness, with Paul Dunne part of the group a further stroke back. Levy, who held a one-shot advantage after the first round at Valderrama last week, got off to a fast start by following gains at the 10th and 13th with an eagle at the par-five 17th. Bubba Watson, this weeks top seed, posted an opening-round 71 Back-to-back birdies around the turn moved Levy to six under and put his own course record of 62 under threat, only for the 25-year-old to post eight consecutive pars along the closing stretch.Its always nice to shoot under par, Levy told European Tour Radio. I have some very good memories here and its nice to play this course where you had your first win.I played good last week, a few bad rounds with the wind but I feel my game is in good shape and I played solid today like the last round in Valderrama. Highlights from day one of the Shenzhen International I gained some confidence the last few weeks and its nice to play a golf course you like.dddddddddddd. I know the way you need to play well here and it was a perfect day for me.Lee shot a front-nine 33 and added successive birdies from the 13th, before matching Levys blemish-free day with a birdie-two at the short 16th.Eduardo De La Riva carded five birdies and one bogey to join Dunne, Joost Luiten, Raphael Jacquelin and Gary Stal on four under, with Tommy Fleetwood and Scotlands Richie Ramsay among a group of players a shot further back. Tommy Fleetwood is in the group three strokes off the pace Fleetwood, who narrowly missed out on reaching a play-off in last years event, posted three birdies in a five-hole stretch on his way to a fourth consecutive round of 69 at Genzon.Ramsay was challenging for the lead at five under par after 13 holes before a hat-trick of bogeys from the 14th, while Chinas Guo-wu Zhou is three off the pace with five holes to play after carding two eagles during his front nine.Watch the Shenzhen International throughout the week live on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golf. Also See: Shenzhen International leaders Fleetwood chasing China win 25 years of golf on Sky Golf live on Sky Sports 4 ' ' '

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