Exile on Madison: Blackhawks Spilt First Two Games with Nashville

For the second year in a row, the Blackhawks return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Last year on TMS, as Arcturus, I brought you recaps via the Gist on Ice. Now as Goreo, I present to you Exile on Madison, which is essentially the same thing, only with a snazzy new name.The Cubs were in attendance for Game 1 vs. the Nashville Predators, which might explain why the Hawks lost the game late. The first period was scoreless as both Finnish goalies-Pekka Rinne for the Predators and rookie Antti Niemi for the home side-were solid. Patrick Kane managed to poke one past Rinne in the second period, much to the delight of the towel-waving Carlos Zambrano. The wheels fell off in the third as J.P. Dumont scored twice, the first coming on a slow bouncer that fooled Niemi and the second in the midst of a mad scramble around the Hawks' goal. The Preds would add two empty-netters in the final few minutes as the Hawks pulled Niemi in a bid to even the score. The final score would be Nashvill...