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The Chicago Blackhawks have dug themselves a deep hole when it comes to playoff positioning Youth Dustin Byfuglien Jersey , but they hope there is still time to make a move.The way the Blackhawks have played of late sure hasn’t hurt.The Blackhawks will enter Tuesday’s Winter Classic against the Boston Bruins having won five of their last six games. Chicago — whose struggles cost coach Joel Quenneville his job earlier this year — will start the new year against the Bruins at Notre Dame Stadium looking to continue its recent surge.Patrick Kane’s overtime winner on Saturday lifted Chicago to its latest victory in a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.Article continues below ...Now, the Blackhawks hope to use Tuesday’s game as a springboard to what they hope is a productive second half of the season.“We’ve done a good job of staying in the moment the last few weeks,” Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton told reporters on Monday. “Obviously, we went through a really tough stretch results-wise, but one thing I’ve been really impressed with our group is that they didn’t quit. They just kept playing. The attitude was great throughout as good as you could expect but even within the games.“We’d fall behind 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, which no one wants to be in that situation, but most nights, we battled back and the commitment and work ethic and energy and positivity has been really great. That says a lot about the group and that’s part of why we’ve been able not only to play better lately but get some more results and that gives us some positive energy coming into this event and it’s a lot easier to enjoy something like this when we come in with some wins.”Cam Ward will start in goal for Chicago as the Blackhawks continue to play without injured starter Corey Crawford.The Bruins, meanwhile, enter Tuesday’s game having won six of their past 10 games and are coming off a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.Boston’s Brad Marchand will likely be a game-day decision as to whether he plays against the Blackhawks after he missed Saturday’s game with an upper-body injury. But Marchand was a full participant in Monday’s practice in South Bend, Ind. http://www.officialhockeyjetsshop.com/authentic-adidas-jacob-trouba-jersey , and said he hopes he can play on Tuesday.Asked how important it was that he play in the annual outdoor game, Marchand turned to sarcasm.“It’s so important that I faked that I was hurt last game,” Marchand joked with reporters on Monday, according to the Boston Herald. “Pretty important.”Although it’s just another game on the schedule, Marchand said players don’t treat the Winter Classic that way.“It’s an event,” Marchand said, according to the Herald. “At the end of the day, it’s just another game in the regular season, but I think it’s the event, the experience of the whole thing. . . . It’s the whole experience that you miss out on. At the end of the day, it is just two points, but it’s a lot more than that for family and friends.” LOS ANGELES (AP) — Battered, bruised and playing on the second night of a back-to-back Austin Czarnik Jersey Womens , it would have been understandable if the youthful Vancouver Canucks gave up ground in their surprising playoff push.Instead, the Canucks found a way to beat the Los Angeles Kings.Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser scored in a shootout after Adam Gaudette tied it up with 1:38 remaining in the third period to give the Canucks a 4-3 win over the Kings on Thursday night.“I was worried that we’d be emotionally maybe a little low today just because we put a lot on the table last night,” Canucks coach Travis Green said, referencing the 1-0 loss at Anaheim on Wednesday. “Not just emotionally. Physically it was a tough game, and to win a game like that can lift a team.”Playing without defenseman Christopher Tanev and forward Jake Virtanen because of injuries sustained against the Ducks, the Canucks got typical contributions from Pettersson and Boeser, who each scored in regulation.But it was Gaudette who grabbed the loose puck and scored on a wrist shot from the left circle to ensure the Canucks earned at least one point, playing as the extra attacker in a role that might have gone to a healthy Virtanen under normal circumstances.“It’s really nice for Adam to get rewarded and that’s what happened,” said goalie Jacob Markstrom, who never saw the tying goal as he was still getting settled on the bench. “Ice time is up for grabs and he’s out there for 6-on-5 and scores a huge goal for us. It was a team comeback.”Markstrom made 35 saves through overtime, before allowing a shootout goal to Ilya Kovalchuk and then stopping Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe as the Canucks ended their four-game road losing streak.Alec Martinez had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who had not played at home since Jan. 21 because of the All-Star Game, bye week and a six-game road trip while Staples Center hosted the Grammys. Jonathan Quick made 24 saves.Martinez had put the Kings ahead 10:59 into the third period when Markstrom was unable to stop the wobbly shot from the blue line through traffic.The Canucks were able to respond in the pressure of the moment Josh Morrissey Jersey , showing the growth Green believes can only come from being in the playoff chase. Vancouver moved into a tie with Minnesota for the second wild-card in the Western Conference.“Mindset is different when you are out of it,” Green said. “You can still play in those games at this time of year, but if there’s not something on the line then you don’t feel pressure and it’s not the same thing. For our young guys to go through this, it means a lot. We hope we make it. We hope we’re there at the end. But we’re learning as we go.”For the Kings, they earned a point for the fifth time in six games but remain last in the Western Conference and seven points behind the Canucks and Wild.“I think we’ve just got to learn from this stuff,” Martinez said. “I think we’ve been practicing better as of late and that’s translated to games, but like I said we need points right now.”NOTES: Tanev was placed on injured reserve and will return to Vancouver for further evaluation of an ankle injury, Green said, while Virtanen did not play because of an upper-body injury. . Boeser became the fifth Canucks player to have multiple 20-goal seasons before turning 22-years-old. … Kings F Kyle Clifford had two assists. … Canucks D Guillame Brisebois had a minus-2 rating in 9:24 in his NHL debut.