Chicago Blackhawks take home 3rd Stanley Cup in 6 years with 2-0 win

Chicago Blackhawks take home 3rd Stanley Cup in 6 years with 2-0 win
Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks scores a goal Monday in the second period against goalie Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lightning during Game 6 of the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final in Chicago. Getty Images/Bruce Bennett
Chicago Blackhawks take home 3rd Stanley Cup in 6 years with 2-0 win
Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks scores a goal Monday in the second period against goalie Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lightning during Game 6 of the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final in Chicago. Getty Images/Bruce Bennett

Chicago Blackhawks take home 3rd Stanley Cup in 6 years with 2-0 win

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For the third time in six years, the Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup. Their 2-0 victory Monday night over the Tampa Bay Lightning even offered an opportunity the team didn’t have the two previous times — the chance to celebrate the title on its home ice.

It’s Chicago’s sixth Stanley Cup overall, having previously also won in 1934, 1938 and 1961, as well as the two recent titles in 2010 and 2013.

Defender Duncan Keith scored the first goal, putting in his own rebound in the second period. It was only his third goal of the playoffs and his 13th of the season. After the game, he was named the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the first defender given the honor since the Anaheim Ducks’ Scott Niedermayer in 2007.

Star winger Patrick Kane added a wide-open insurance goal late in the third period off a Brad Richards pass. Center Jonathan Toews, who captained all three of the Blackhawks’ recent title winners and who was named most valuable player of the 2010 playoffs, was the first to hoist the cup.

The Lightning offense struggled in the game, getting off just 24 shots on goal against Corey Crawford, the fewest the Blackhawks goalie had faced in a game since first-round games against the Nashville Predators. Even playing six-on-four for a minute as the game wound down, Tampa Bay got few good opportunities.

The Blackhawks won more than twice as many faceoffs as the Lightning, and had two penalty minutes to Tampa Bay’s six.

via NPR’s The Two-Way