Headline PH: Byfuglien hero again as Blackhawks win the West

CHICAGO – The Blackhawks are in the Stanley Cup finals, thanks to another big goal by Big Buff.

Dustin Byfuglien scored his third go-ahead goal of the Western Conference finals, converting on a third-period power play as Chicago rallied to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 and completed a four-game sweep Sunday that sent the Blackhawks to the finals for the first time since 1992.

Chicago will play either Montreal or Philadelphia and be in search of its first NHL title since 1961.

"It's an honor to be going to the Stanley Cup. We beat a very good team over there. It wasn't easy," Byfuglien said.

The 257-pound Byfuglien was parked in front of the net with 7 seconds left on the power play. He took a nice pass from Patrick Kane and knocked the puck past goalie Evgeni Nabokov to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 lead at 14:05 of the final period.

"I got my stick open in front of the net and Kaner game me a nice little feed," Byfuglien said.

By RICK GANO,
AP Sports

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