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STAMFORD, Conn. - The Stanley Cup finals' Game 3 drew the most viewers for the NHL on NBC Sports Network since the cable channel started televising the league in 2006.The Bruins' 2-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night averaged just over 4 million viewers, topping the 3.96 million for Boston's overtime victory in Game 2. It's nearly double the close to 2.1 million for the second finals game on the network last year, Game 4 between the Devils and Kings.
BOSTON -- The Chicago Blackhawks haven't scored a goal in more than 122 minutes and they trail the Boston Bruins, 2-1 in the best-of-7 series, heading into Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday at TD Garden (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, RDS).The Blackhawks have to make adjustments. They need to be better in several different areas if they want to break out of this death grip that the Bruins have them in and even the series before it shifts back to United Center for Game 5 on Saturday.Chicago coach Joel Quenneville is no doubt dissecting Game 3, poring over video to find where his team can improve and what advantages it can look for in Game 4.Here are five changes the Blackhawks will likely be exploring as they devise a game plan to win Game 4:1. Erase Boston's advantage at the dotThe road team is always supposed to be at a disadvantage on faceoffs because it has to have its sticks down first. The home faceoff man gains the advantage because he can come down with his stick as the puck is being dropped."You can look and see what they're doing,Air Jordan 11 Rainbow Box White Black, where their feet are, where their stick is and where their hands are," Blackhawks center Dave Bolland said. "When you have the chance to go down last, you always have the advantage."But that doesn't mean the discrepancy in faceoffs should be as great as it was in Game 3.Chicago lost 40 of the 56 faceoffs, including 24 of 28 to Patrice Bergeron. Michal Handzus was 0-for-10 through two periods and then didn't take a draw in the third. Bolland was 1-for-8 through two periods, and he, too,Nike Free Trainer 5.0, didn't take another faceoff in the third period. Jonathan Toews lost 11 of his 19 faceoffs.The Blackhawks were particularly bad in the offensive zone, where they lost 17 of 23 faceoffs. They were 1-for-7 when they were on the power play. Chicago lost 12 of 17 faceoffs in the defensive zone and 11 of 16 in the neutral zone."We've been watching the group of centermen here, digesting it, dissecting it, knowing we have to be better as well," Quenneville said.However,Nike Free 5.0 LuckGreen, it's not only on the centers; the Blackhawks need their wingers to be more active and aggressive in pursuit of the puck after the centers try to win it."Bergeron had a great night, but it's not just on the centermen taking them," said forward Patrick Sharp,Air Jordan 13 Blue Grey White, who won three of his five draws. "We looked back at things and there are a number of 50-50 pucks we can come up with as wingers. You don't just point the finger at the one guy; it's really a team effort to get the puck back."2. Simplify their entries on the power playChicago's power play has been problematic -- and that's putting it lightly. More to the point, the Blackhawks' power play is absolutely killing their entire game. Not only is it getting shut out (0-for-11 in the Cup Final), it's taking momentum away from the rest of Chicago's game.A big part of the problem is the way the Blackhawks are trying to enter the zone. The offensive blue line has become like a jumble of barriers that can't be navigated. They are slow and timid when they reach the blue line and it's giving the Bruins a chance to pressure at the high points to turn over the puck and create shorthanded scoring chances, sometimes breakaways.Generating speed through the neutral zone would help the Blackhawks get clean entries into the zone, but to gain and keep possession against the Bruins requires an even simpler strategy of just getting the puck in deep in any way possible and going to chase it down."It's tough to get a clean entry. I think we might have to get a little