Scott Darling G FA Mon 4/27/15 4:49 PM
Scott Darling
G FA
Coach Joel Quenneville announced Monday that Corey Crawford, not Darling, would start Game 1 of the Blackhawks' second-round playoff series against the Wild, CSN Chicago's Tracey Myers reports.
After Crawford delivered substandard performances in the first two games of the first-round matchup with the Predators, Darling got the call in Game 3 and temporarily solidified himself as the team's primary netminder by winning his first two starts. However, following a poor showing in Game 5, Darling was blitzed for three goals on 12 shots in the first period of Game 6, resulting in Crawford coming on in relief. Crawford stopped all 13 shots he faced the rest of the way, then watched as the Blackhawks overcame a deficit to steal the series. Quenneville will thus decide to ride Crawford while he's on the upswing, but it might only take one bad start from him before Darling's number is called again.
