Listen, I'm 2-0 when live blogging games and the Hawks need a win pretty fartin' bad, so...

 

We're live bloggin'! Ben Bishop is out, a foreigner with a crazy ass name is in (Andrei Vasilevskiy). A couple Hawks scratches and Johnathan Drouin still can't find the ice time. Get ready for Game 4, everyone. 

 

[19:33] Our first icing! Yes!

 

[18:12] And another. Pretty unremarkable so far.

 

[17:46] Another god damn icing.

 

[16:18] Lots of turnovers for the Hawks already. This has been a shitty start and I'm not excited.

 

[14:37] A Lightning icing. Are you having as much fun reading this as I am writing it?

 

[13:11] You get an icing, I get an icing, we all get icings!Hawks have 4 more icings than shots. They have four icings.

 

[11:12] The Hawks have a shot! The Hawks have a shot!

 

[10:50] Penalty on the Hawks. This is quite the start to a super important game. Oh, and it was a fucking pathetic call on Seabrook! Cool!

 

[8:49] The Hawks complete the penalty kill. Seriously, that was one soft ass call on Seabrook. Not cool, NHL. Not cool.

 

[11:41] There's your make up call! Same ref and everything. Jason Garrison goes off for interference. Garrison did that same thing 5 minutes ago, no call. Seabrook does it, gets called, Garrison does it again, called. Classic NHL.

 

[12:42] Toews high sticks Hedman and that's the end of that. 

 

[5:17] That's killed off and it's 5 on 5. The Hawks have 2 shots. Vasilevskiy stopped them both, but gave up rebounds on both. Might be a good idea to start shooting a bit more. Maybe that's just me though.

 

[3:27] Kimmo Timonen's corpse hooks the balls off of Filppula. This is really fun. I'm having a great time.

 

[52.0] Finally a whistle to tell you that that penalty was killed. After it was killed, Killorn takes a horrible penalty. Hawks to the PP.

 

And there's the horn. The Hawks will have 1:08 of power play time to start the second. That was a joke of a period from the Hawks. 2 shots on goal. Probably 10 that missed the net. Sweet! Super fun stuff!

 

So, what should we talk about? I can't believe I'm about to type this, but too bad there's no basketball on tonight. That's always fun to talk about on these things, right? No? Should I just shut up until the 2nd period? Alright, see you then!

 

We're back!

 

[18:45] Toews just misses an open net with a redirect and the penalty is killed.

 

Shots are 11 to 3. 15 minutes left in the second, the Hawks have 3 shots. In the biggest game of the year. Hahahaha.

 

[14:27] Hawks hit a post. I thought it was in. Son of a bitch. Oduya to Kruger, smack dab on the post. Still only 3 shots, posts don't count. That was so close to going in.

 

[13:35] Sharp on a breakaway hit the same fucking post. Jesus christ.

 

[13:20] TOEWS!!! A rebound off a different Sharp shot. 1-0 Hawks.

 

[12:40] Brown launches himself into the boards and Seabrook is off for a cross check.

 

[11:03] Crawford with a nice glove save. 21 seconds left.

 

[10:35] Penalty killed!

 

[8:20] Nightmare shift for Trevor van Riemsdyk leads to a goal. I think he turned the puck over at least three times in over shift. Fucking awesome. Killorn.

 

[6:06] This game has been ridiculous in the last 10 minutes. Just anarchy. I have nothing to say because I am just distraught by the fact that the Blackhawks have 7 shots.

 

[3:37] Sharp with another great chance. At least he came to play tonight. He's been awful all series. Hell, all postseason.

 

[2:00] Huge Lightning possession somehow doesn't end in a goal.

 

Two on one, Kane and Desijardin. Not the second guy you want on that break. Kane wrists one and it sticks in Vasilevskiy's neck. The announcer praises his ability to absorb the puck. It hit him in the neck and got stuck in his jersey as he flailed around. Great goaltending.

 

All Tampa Bay late. They lead in shots 17-14. Just read that we've played 220 minutes in this series so far, 220 of those 220 minutes have been tied or a one goal lead. Holy balls.

 

We're back! I look forward to the Hawks 4 good d-men playing the rest of the game.

 

[18:56] Stamkos flips a puck out of play and that's a penalty. Worst penalty in the game, but I'll take it.

 

[17:15] Dreadful powerplay.

 

[16:31] Huge save by Crawford.

 

The Mariners won. So that was pretty cool. They're not very good.

 

[14:35] The Hawks look done. Just worn out and tired and unlucky.

 

[14:17] Two straight icings for the Lightning. Weeeeeeeee!!!

 

[14:07] Three in a row.

 

[13:45] Timonen hits a post. I think the Lightning are just destined to win this bitch.

 

[13:38] Brandon fucking Saad off a draw and it's 2 to 1. Ugly ass shot and there's the break I was begging for.

 

[13:14] Crawford makes a huge save off of a fluky hop. That was large.

 

[9:45] No two goal leads ever in the Cup Final.

 

[9:30] Huge fucking save by Crawford.

 

[6:36] Holy shit. End to end that whole time. Get hyped, folks. This is insanity.

 

[5:51] Icing Hawks. I am going crazy here, so forgive my lack of anything.

 

[5:00] Great save by Vasilevskiy on Kane.

 

[4:26] Icing Hawks.

 

[2:31] Offside Lightning. This is tense.

 

[45.7] HOLY SHIT. This has been insane. Crawford with two huge saves. Two fucking huge saves. Holy shit.

 

[16.8] Crawford comes up fucking huge again. Another monster save.

 

HORN SOMEHOW THAT PUCK MISSED AT THE VERY LAST SECOND. Holy shit. That was an absolute onslaught from the Lightning. Holy mother farting shit.

 

There is no way for me to quantify how big that win is. A loss there means down 3-1, heading back to Tampa. It's a best of 3 series now, folks. Strap in, there's at least two more fucking live blogs coming your way!!!