Excuse me for one second.
(walks away)
(returns with megaphone)
(clears throat)
Thanks to another spectacular performance from the perennially underappreciated Corey Crawford, the Blackhawks topped the Oilers 3-2 on Friday night at Rogers Place in Edmonton, eliminating the hub city hosts from the qualifying round.
Crawford made 43 saves for Chicago, which advanced to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2017. Dominik Kubalik scored the go-ahead goal with 11:30 remaining in the third period to become the fifth Blackhawks rookie to score the series-clinching goal in team history and the first since Jeremy Roenick in 1990.