With Belief and Depth, Chicago Gets Early Jump on Lightning

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – When the Chicago Blackhawks were seven minutes away from losing the Stanley Cup Final opener, it wasn’t Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane or Duncan Keith who stepped up and underscored this team’s reputation for big-game grit.
Teuvo Teravainen, a 20-year-old Finn who debuted with the Blackhawks in January, scored the tying goal and then set up the winner by Antoine Vermette, who didn’t pull on a Blackhawks sweater until March. Corey Crawford, the goalie who briefly lost his job six weeks ago, quietly shut out Tampa Bay for the final 55 minutes of a one-goal win.

The Blackhawks are going for third title in six seasons because they’re much more than a cluster of stars.