"He played well all night," Hitchcock said. "He gave a big boost to us. That's the first time we moved him up, through necessity, but he helped us a lot. He played the way we thought he could play. He adds a lot of elements to us. When he plays at that tempo, that type of energy, with that type of focus, he's a good player."

Ott saw 30:53 of ice time and finished with three shots on goal, had three hits and was 7-3 on face-offs.

Ott fit in "really good," Steen said. "He works, he works as hard as anyone. He is very smart, showed a lot of hockey sense on that (game-winning) goal. He's great on draws and really defensively sound. When we step up, it feels like he knows when to go and when to pull out. We were reading off each other pretty good.

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LAPIERRE "SAVE"

Chicago goalie Corey Crawford and Ryan Miller combined for 87 saves in Game 1, but the best one of the night probably belonged to Maxim Lapierre late in the first OT.

Lapierre blocked a shot by Chicago's Kris Versteeg that would have ended the game.