Teuvo Teravainen was critical of his first two games.
He spent a majority of both on the Blackhawks’ top line, playing left with with Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa. But Teravainen just wasn’t his usual puck-possessive self. Game 3, however, he was back at center on the third line. And in that game, a 4-1 victory over the New York Islanders, Teravainen looked more like the guy from late in the postseason.
“Yeah, I felt a little better,” he said. “Maybe I get pucks more and get my game going a little bit more. I felt better.