DENVER — A puck trickled through several pairs of skates Monday and directly to Tyler Johnson, giving the Blackhawks forward an unobstructed shot from just eight feet out.
The only issue was the puck came to Johnson’s left, meaning that — as a right-handed shot — he had to shoot it on the backhand. That limited his ability to accurately pick a corner, and his shot thumped harmlessly into Avalanche goalie Alexandar Georgiev’s diaphragm. If he was a left-handed shot, it probably would’ve been a goal.
