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Chicago and Boston open their respective Conference Finals with victories. Scott Cullen has stats and notes from Saturdays nights NHL action. BLACKHAWKS OPEN WITH WIN OVER KINGSThe Chicago Blackhawks opened Game One of the Western Conference Final by outshooting the Los Angeles Kings 17-2 in the first period, only to trail 1-0, when a puck misplayed by G Corey Crawford and C Dave Bolland ended up in the Chicago net, courtesy of Justin Williams. The Blackhawks got goals, less than five minutes apart in the second period, from Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa. Sharp, who scored six goals in 28 regular season games, leads all playoff goal-scorers with eight in 13 postseason games. Blackhawks LW Bryan Bickell and D Duncan Keith led the Blackhawks with five shots on goal and Bickell tied D Brent Seabrook for a team-leading six hits. On top of that, Bickell also had terrific possession numbers. Drew Doughty, Robyn Regehr, Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown were the Kings on the wrong end of the possession game. Brown, the Kings captain, recorded a game-high eight hits, including a crushing hit on Jonathan Toews in the final minute, but had no shots on goal. Jeff Carter, Mike Richards and Kopitar combined for three shots on goal. Of note, with the Kings pressing for the tying goal under a couple of minutes remaining, Chicagos Dave Bolland flattened the Kings Mike Richards behind the Chicago net. It was a heavy hit and, whether it results in supplemental discipline or not, Richards was moving pretty slowly after he got up. It bears watching whether Richards or Toews have any lasting effects from those big hits. The Kings have been bailed out by Jonathan Quick in the playoffs thus far and he did his part Saturday, stopping 34 of 36 shots, but once again Los Angeles was on the wrong end territorially. It was the fifth time in 14 playoff games overall (fourth time in seven road games) that the Kings have been outshot by double digits. During the regular season, the Kings outshot their opposition by 4.8 shots per game. In the playoffs, they have a shot deficit of 5.3 shots per game. Thats leaving Quick very little margin for error. By comparison, Chicago outshot opponents by 4.9 shots per game during the regular seson and theyve upped the margin in the playoffs, outshooting opponents by 6.4 shots per game. So long as Corey Crawford continues to play well (1.39 GAA, .950 SV% in last four games), the Blackhawks are on top of their game. KREJCI, RASK LEAD BRUINSThe Boston Bruins withstood early pressure from the home team Pittsburgh Penguins, then were led by a pair of goals from David Krejci and a 29-save shutout from Tuukka Rask on their way to 3-0 Game One road win. David Krejci, who leads the playoffs with 19 points, recorded a game-high seven shots on goal. Its not easy for a player to raise their scoring average in the playoffs, what with better opposition and tighter checking, but Krecji has 0.73 points per game during the regular season in his NHL career. After Saturday, Krejci has 0.92 points per game (66 PTS, 72 GP) in his playoff career. It wasnt only Krejci leading the offence. RW Nathan Horton had a goal and two assists and a plus-3 rating, giving him 15 points and a playoff-leading plus-17 in 13 games. He had 22 points and was plus-1 in 43 games during the regular season. Remarkably, Rasks playoff save percentage, after the shutout, is .933, which still ranks fourth among the starting goaltender left in the playoffs. Boston won two-thirds of the faceoffs, with Sidney Crosby (6-for-17; 35.3%) taking the brunt of it for Pittsburgh. Picking at nits for the Bruins, RW Tyler Seguin had no shots on goal in nearly 14 minutes of playing time. After putting up points in each of the first eight playoff games this year, Penguins C Evgeni Malkin has been held off the scoresheet in three of the last four games. He led the Penguins with five shots on goal but, along with linemates James Neal and Jarome Iginla, struggled possession-wise, clearly getting the worst of the head-to-head matchup against the line of Kejci, Horton and Milan Lucic. If the Bruins can win those head-to-head matchups, with Rask outplaying Tomas Vokoun in goal, theyre going to be difficult to beat. Of course, its really difficult to consistently win head-to-head matchups against Pittsburghs top lines, but the Bruins achieved that feat in their Game One win. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. Alvaro Morata Jersey . 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It was embarrassing and gutless for us and probably the most upsetting performance Ive ever been involved in.The problem with Davies comments is that it is the third heavy loss the Tigers have absorbed during their skid. Arsenal blasted them 4-1 at KC Stadium before Liverpool followed up with a 5-1 thrashing. And playing at KC has done Hull no favours of late -- theyve been outscored 7-1 in losing their last three there.Additionally, manager Mike Phelan will have to make one change in his starting XI since defender Andy Robertson is expected to be sidelined at least two months with a calf injury suffered in the defeat to the Cherries. Forward Dieumerci Mbokani, who got his first start against Chelsea earlier this month, is also out after being injured representing the Democratic Republic of Congo during World Cup qualifying.Off the field, Hull City continue to be in the headlines as a deal for owner Assem Allan to a Chinese consortium for a reported ￡130 million appears to be moving forward. The deal reportedly is contingent on the GreaterChina Professional Services Limited group being approved by the Premier League.As Hull City set out to end their struggles, Stoke City (1-3-4) are looking for another three points in this early season relegation scrap.dddddddddddd The Potters finally broke their duck in another such contest last weekend, beating Sunderland 2-0 on a first-half brace by Joe Allen.The Liverpool transfer helped lift Stoke to the top of the drop zone and has accounted for four of the teams seven goals in league play thus far.Hes doing really well and hes doing it for both club and country which is great for him, teammate Jonathan Walters said of Allen to the Potters official website.Stoke have a win and two draws in their last three matches, having tightened a porous defence that shipped 14 goals in the first five matches. Last Saturdays victory also marked Stokes first clean sheet of the season in league play, and gaffer Mark Hughes is pointing to bigger and better things if his club seizes the momentum.We have always said it was a matter of time until things took a turn for the better and now we have those three points, we can look forward with enormous optimism, he saidWe have a run of fixtures in front of us whereby we feel good we can take a good amount of points, and hopefully we can reflect back at the end of that period and see ourselves in a position that better reflects the quality in our squad.Hull City advanced to the round of 16 in the League Cup at Stoke Citys expense last month with a 2-1 victory at Brittania Stadium. 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