After a successful homestand against the Calgary Flames the Chicago Blackhawks will now travel the Flames place of business, the Pengrowth Saddle Dome. The Blackhawks can expect for atmosphere to be very similar to that at the United Center excpet for the 20,000 fans chanting "Let's Go Flames" rather than "Let's Go 'Hawks".
Even though it will be a hostle enviroment in Calgary the 'Hawks must realize that they need to just simplify their game and that the pressure is firmly on the shoulders of the Flames. The Flames have been very strong to begin games but when the 'Hawks intensity rises they have been unable to match them.
If the 'Hawks want to win in the Saddledome they will need to be physical to start the game and match or surpass the intensity of the Flames. The 'Hawks will also need to continue to get traffic in front of the net and hinder Miikka Kiprusoff from getting clean looks at incoming pucks.
The final key to a 'Hawks win on Monday night will be to get pucks on net early and often. In the first two playoff games the 'Hawks were guilty of make two or three extra passes and not getting pucks on the net. If the Blackhawks can get pucks through to Kiprusoff the scoring chances will come.
Although most of the pressure lies on the Flames shoulders the 'Hawks cannot sit back and take a relaxed mentality into the game in Calgary because if they do the Flames could be returning to Chicago with the series tied.
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