CHICAGO - Turning shot after shot aside in the fifth-longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history, Corey Crawford kept telling himself one thing. "…make the next stop and were going to score the next one," said an exhausted 28-year-old following a 51-save performance, which included 29 stops in the marathon of three overtimes. "Just over and over, thats how I felt and thats how I thought the whole time." Thirty-eight seconds after his final stop of the evening on Tyler Seguin, Crawford was finally rewarded. At the 52-minute mark of a furious third overtime frame, Andrew Shaw ended Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Blackhawks determined comeback at long last complete. "Obviously emotions are high," said Shaw of the 4-3 victory, his pesky performance also including a helper and all kinds of agitation, "but too exhausted right now to express it." The instantly historic winner proved the only innocuous moment from Shaw all evening, but the one that would matter most. It would take a fateful point blast from Michal Rozsival to initiate the effort, a shot that was redirected by Dave Bolland before ricocheting off the leg of the Chicago disturber. "The bigger the stage, the bigger the challenge, he rises to the occasion," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said of the 2011 fifth round pick. "He knows where the front of the net is. It doesnt have to be pretty. Hes a warrior. Hes one of those guys you appreciate, you love that hes on your side, hes relentless." Persistence from the Belleville, Ontario native would reap rewards at points earlier in the Blackhawks push from an early and potentially dooming 3-1 third period deficit. Fewer than two minutes after Patrice Bergeron had re-upped the Bruins lead to two did Shaw pick off the long-range breakout attempt of Torey Krug, dishing to Bolland for Chicagos second goal. Agitating antics opposite Zdeno Chara would also prove meaningful, the Boston captain whistled for a retaliatory high-stick in the third. "I think you could ask players on other teams and theyll tell you that hes not the type of guy they like to play against," Jonathan Toews declared after the endless action. "But thats what we love about him. "Hes not afraid. You saw him going up against Chara tonight; hes probably the guy on our team that got up against him the most, hit him, stood him up a little bit, drew a penalty and scored a huge goal. "Big game by this guy," Toews concluded of Shaw, sitting to his right at the victorious post-game podium. Nearby the Bruins were stung by the defeat of a game that was in their grasp. "Weve got to do a better job of not even letting it come to that," said Milan Lucic of the lost lead, scoring twice and adding an assist alongside David Krejci and Nathan Horton, the top line of the postseason a force yet again. A worrisome sign for the Eastern Conference champs, Horton left the game late in the first frame of extra-time with an undisclosed injury. 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Finally all the hard work by everybody, hundreds of people at our race shop, people who have got me through to the Cup Series, it was all paying off.Larson took the lead on a restart with nine laps remaining and held off Chase Elliott at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday in a duel between two of NASCARs up-and-coming standouts. Elliott had a comfortable lead before a tire problem on Michael Annetts car brought out the yellow flag. Larson had the better restart and went on to win by 1.48 seconds.Brad Keselowski finished third.Larsons victory in his No. 42 Chevrolet snapped a 99-race losing streak for Chip Ganassi Racing dating to Jamie McMurrays victory at Talladega in 2013.Larson secured a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup with two races left in the regular season. Elliott remains winless, but is in solid shape to make the Chase field on points if need be.It was the 99th career start for the 24-year-old Larson, who had 14 top-five finishes before Sunday but hadnt won at the Cup level. The 20-year-old Elliott is winless in 29 starts, but this was an impressive showing for him after eight consecutive races outside the top 10.Elliott finished second at Michigan in June as well, losing to Joey Logano.Thats a couple races in a row in just a few short months here at this place we had a really good car, had an opportunity, Elliott said. Thats one thing I try really hard to do is make the most of opportunities when theyre presented. Obviously I didnt do a very good job of that here both trips.Elliott led by 2.86 seconds with 28 laps to go Sunday, and it looked as if Larsons chance to catch him had been derailed when he lost ground passing a lapped car. The caution gave him another shot, though, and he took advantage.We both spun our tires really bad, and the No. 2 (Keselowski) pushed me really good, Larson said. He could have probably pulled underneath me and went by, but he stayed with me and got me the lead.There were only four cautions in the 200-lap, 400-mile race. Larson led a race-high 41 laps. Logano, the pole winneer, finished 10th.ddddddddddddChris Buescher, who has a victory but still needs to stay in the top 30 in points to make the Chase, finished 35th after some early engine trouble. Buescher is seven points ahead of David Ragan for 30th place on the season.Alex Bowman, filling in for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 car, had a problem with the ignition system and finished 30th.Twelve drivers have wrapped up Chase berths. Tony Stewart, who has a victory, has clinched a top-30 finish in points to secure his spot.Bueschers situation is still uncertain, so there could end up being as many as four drivers making it in on points. Elliott is 11th in the standings, the top driver with no victories.WHOS HOT: Points leader Kevin Harvick followed up his win at Bristol with a fifth-place showing at Michigan. He has 11 top-five finishes in 24 starts this year.WHOS NOT: It was another rough day for Kyle Busch at Michigan. Hed finished out of the top 30 in five of his previous six races at the track, and he was no factor Sunday after an early spin, although he did recover well enough to come in 19th.We actually had a pretty fast car. We ran some really fast laps, but we just got in a bad spot there on the restart and got sucked around and wore off part of our splitter, crew chief Adam Stevens said. Even after that we were one of the probably five or six quickest cars on the race track and just whenever we got in the lucky-dog spot we ran there for I cant tell you how many laps and just didnt get a caution.INSPECTION: Keselowskis No. 2 Ford failed post-race laser inspection.SKID: Hendrick Motorsports is winless in 19 races after Elliott fell short, but there were some positive signs for the team. At the midway point, Hendrick cars were 1-2, with Jimmie Johnson leading Elliott at the front. Kasey Kahne was in fifth at that point.Johnson ended up sixth, and Kahne finished 14th. Bowman was the only driver for Hendrick who finished way behind.This is Hendricks longest losing streak since a 22-race dry spell from 1993 into 1994.UP NEXT: Darlington Raceway, Sept. 4. Carl Edwards is the defending race winner.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister ' ' '
