The Chicago Blackhawks overcame wasting an early three-goal advantage to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in overtime and revive their hopes in the Western Conference Final series on Friday.
Chicago winger Patrick Sharp secured the victory with his second goal of the game, and seventh of the play-offs, a snap-shot past Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood less than two minutes into extra time to cut Detroit's advantage to just one game as the score in the series now stands at 2-1.
After dominating early with quick powerplay goals from Sharp and Andrew Ladd, and a third by Samuel Pahlsson early in the second period, Chicago watched the defending Stanley Cup champions seize the momentum back.
The Red Wings turned on a impressive stretch of offence, much of it on powerplays, to tie the game through goals from Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski and Jonathan Ericsson in a five-minute stretch late in the second period.
"I was kicking myself in the butt for not calling time-out at 3-2," said Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville of his team's brief collapse.
Despite the Red Wings rally, the young Blackhawks team had remained upbeat, Sharp said.
"There wasn't too much said after the second period," he said.
"We've been in that situation before, and realised that carrying any negativity into the third period was not going to help us."
A defensive struggle left the teams tied after a scoreless third period before Sharp stepped up to give Chicago a chance to tie up the best-of-seven series on home ice today.
"We had great pressure for about 30 seconds, and we were able to get the chance we were looking for," Sharp said.
The Blackhawks top goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin left the game after the second period with what was termed a lower body injury. His condition is "day-to-day," Quenneville said.
That gave back-up Cristobal Huet, 33, a moment any Broadway understudy would relish - stepping in for his first game time in six weeks for the team's most critical minutes of the play-offs so far.
"His diligence and dedication in the last month should be commended," Quenneville said of Huet.
"He was hoping this opportunity would come come and he deserves a lot of credit. His patience and his poise helped us get back in track."
Chicago lost Martin Havlat after the Czech took a hard first-period hit from Detroit's Niklas Kronwall, earning the Red Wings defenceman a game misconduct.
Detroit head coach Mike Babcock said the penalty was "absolutely the wrong call".
"I'd be shocked if the league took further action on Kronwall," he said. "I'd be absolutely shocked."
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Is it worth it? We put cheesecake frap to the test.
The verdict from the nutritionists is damning. But does a cheesecake frappuccino taste good enough to merit the indulgence?
My advice is to only go there if you have unusually sweet tooth. I like my puddings, but this was a bit much even for me. The first hit is a winner, but it's downhill, slowly, from there. Each sip is a little less satisfying than the last, and maybe it was just all that sugar, but it isn't long before the rush is replaced by a creeping remorse. And half of the thing is still left.
The caramel version is far superior to the blueberry, too. If someone put a full caramel cheesecake through a liquidiser and scooped out the contents, it would probably taste something like this. Blueberry, on the other hand, has more of an artificial taste. It's like someone has tried to invent this drink in a lab, and while early results were promising, they're still in the testing phase. It isn't terrible, but something isn't quite right either.
So if you want an experience, go for a small, and opt for the caramel. But if you want a cheesecake, it's probably more satisfying, and not quite as unhealthy, to just order the real thing.
SPECS
Engine: 4-litre V8 twin-turbo
Power: 630hp
Torque: 850Nm
Transmission: 8-speed Tiptronic automatic
Price: From Dh599,000
On sale: Now
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Saudi Arabia
Joy: Delivers car services with affordable prices
Karaz: Helps diabetics with gamification, IoT and real-time data
Medicarri: Medical marketplace that connects clinics with suppliers
Mod5r: Makes automated and recurring investments to grow wealth
Stuck: Live, on-demand language support to boost writing
Walzay: Helps in recruitment while reducing hiring time
UAE
Eighty6: Marketplace for restaurant and supplier procurements
FarmUnboxed: Helps digitise international food supply chain
NutriCal: Helps F&B businesses and governments with nutritional analysis
Wellxai: Provides insurance that enables and rewards user habits
Egypt
Amwal: A Shariah-compliant crowd-lending platform
Deben: Helps CFOs manage cash efficiently
Egab: Connects media outlets to journalists in hard-to-reach areas for exclusives
Neqabty: Digitises financial and medical services of labour unions
Oman
Monak: Provides financial inclusion and life services to migrants
The specs
Engine: 2.0-litre 4cyl turbo
Power: 261hp at 5,500rpm
Torque: 400Nm at 1,750-4,000rpm
Transmission: 7-speed dual-clutch auto
Fuel consumption: 10.5L/100km
On sale: Now
Price: From Dh129,999 (VX Luxury); from Dh149,999 (VX Black Gold)
The five stages of early child’s play
From Dubai-based clinical psychologist Daniella Salazar:
1. Solitary Play: This is where Infants and toddlers start to play on their own without seeming to notice the people around them. This is the beginning of play.
2. Onlooker play: This occurs where the toddler enjoys watching other people play. There doesn’t necessarily need to be any effort to begin play. They are learning how to imitate behaviours from others. This type of play may also appear in children who are more shy and introverted.
3. Parallel Play: This generally starts when children begin playing side-by-side without any interaction. Even though they aren’t physically interacting they are paying attention to each other. This is the beginning of the desire to be with other children.
4. Associative Play: At around age four or five, children become more interested in each other than in toys and begin to interact more. In this stage children start asking questions and talking about the different activities they are engaging in. They realise they have similar goals in play such as building a tower or playing with cars.
5. Social Play: In this stage children are starting to socialise more. They begin to share ideas and follow certain rules in a game. They slowly learn the definition of teamwork. They get to engage in basic social skills and interests begin to lead social interactions.
Profile Idealz
Company: Idealz
Founded: January 2018
Based: Dubai
Sector: E-commerce
Size: (employees): 22
Investors: Co-founders and Venture Partners (9 per cent)
The specs
Engine: four-litre V6 and 3.5-litre V6 twin-turbo
Transmission: six-speed and 10-speed
Power: 271 and 409 horsepower
Torque: 385 and 650Nm
Price: from Dh229,900 to Dh355,000
Last-16 Europa League fixtures
Wednesday (Kick-offs UAE)
FC Copenhagen (0) v Istanbul Basaksehir (1) 8.55pm
Shakhtar Donetsk (2) v Wolfsburg (1) 8.55pm
Inter Milan v Getafe (one leg only) 11pm
Manchester United (5) v LASK (0) 11pm
Thursday
Bayer Leverkusen (3) v Rangers (1) 8.55pm
Sevilla v Roma (one leg only) 8.55pm
FC Basel (3) v Eintracht Frankfurt (0) 11pm
Wolves (1) Olympiakos (1) 11pm
CREW
Director: Rajesh A Krishnan
Starring: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kriti Sanon
Rating: 3.5/5
TWISTERS
Director:+Lee+Isaac+Chung
Starring:+Glen+Powell,+Daisy+Edgar-Jones,+Anthony+Ramos
Rating:+2.5/5
Itcan profile
Founders: Mansour Althani and Abdullah Althani
Based: Business Bay, with offices in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and India
Sector: Technology, digital marketing and e-commerce
Size: 70 employees
Revenue: On track to make Dh100 million in revenue this year since its 2015 launch
Funding: Self-funded to date