Patrick Kane's OT Goal was Kompon-esque!

Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane corrals a bouncing puck and roofs a shot on his backhand in OT past Minnesota Wild goalie Ilya Bryzgalov.

Patrick Kane won it for the Blackhawks, after his Game 6 OT goal eliminated the Wild out of the playoffs.  I offered the following comment in the Google+ Chicago Blackhawks community ...and the obligatory winning goal GIF:

In one from-the-bench interview, assistant coach Jamie Kompon talked about F1, F2 and F3 positioning in the offensive zone. It was a bit too academic, when he explained it, but that thrilling OT goal made me understand it finally.

Here's my read of that whole play: (a) Instead of just dumping the puck up the boards, or even shooting on goal, Seabrook shoots it off the back glass. Apparently it hit the stanchion, and bounced right in front. Perfect!

(b) F1 is Regin, and while he attempted to play the puck, and missed, he did the next best thing: Take Suter out of the play.

(c) F2 is Kane, who was of course Patrick-on-the-stop! His amazing deke-then-backhand was the 2nd of two great moves he made. The 1st, as you said +Jack McDonald Burnett, was blowing by Cooke. Who was especially big in Game 4, after his return from suspension, and like Stoner, knew how to put the body on the Hawks. But little Kane got the last laugh on Cookie!

(d) F3 is Sharp, who actually scored the 2nd OT goal on the play. At first I didn't know if Kane's shot went in, but then I saw Sharp punch it in. Just in case. Bryzgalov was already out of position, so Sharp was also Patrick-on-the-spot (lol)!

Bottomline: Wild were screwed, as Seabrook skated up ice and initiated that brilliant Kompon-esque play!

Thank you for reading, and let me know what you think!

Ron Villejo, PhD