Note to Kane & Toews: Wake Up Quick

I need to see Patrick Kane's birth certificate. This kid (leftmost) looks like he's young enough to hit pinatas at a birthday party still.

Now to the game, is this series over if Chicago loses tonight? It would certainly be a longshot to come back from a 2-0 series deficit against a veteran Detroit team. We all know by now that Chicago is deep and can get secondary scoring, but they wouldn't be here, nor will they go any deeper, if Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews don't show up for tonight's Game 2. The thing that baffles me is how they both didn't show up for Game 1. The only explanation is that Detroit shut them down, and I'll buy it. So the question tonight is what kind of new game plan the Blackhawks will have to show for themselves. According to Kane, "We think we have a better game plan for tonight". Well that's great to hear because he needs an actual shot on goal after going shotless in Game 1.

Was anyone else unimpressed with the Game 1 goaltending? The first two goals of the game were pretty lousy ones to let in. I'm going to be watching that in particularly tonight. There's really 2 major factors in tonight's game:

1) Do Kane and/or Toews make a difference? (if both do, then Chicago will win)

2) Do both goalies rebound? (if one steps up, it should be enough for that team to win)

My prediction is both goalies rebound well and have strong games. I think this game will be a tight one, with Chicago prevailing in OT.