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CHICAGO - Marian Hossa and the Chicago Blackhawks were well aware theyd been playoff underachievers since they captured the Stanley Cup in 2010. Now, theyre eyeing another championship. And they just took an important step toward it. Hossa scored twice to back a strong effort by goalie Corey Crawford, and Chicago beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 Thursday night to win the first-round playoff series 4-1. The Blackhawks will face either San Jose or Detroit, if the Red Wings get past Anaheim, in the next round. "We knew we hadnt done it in two years," Hossa said. "Minnesota, they still have a great team and are missing some players. We found a way. Now we get ready for the next round." The way the Blackhawks have dominated, anything less than a trip to the Stanley Cup finals would be a disappointment for them. They got off to a record start and captured the Presidents Trophy for finishing with more points than any other team. Now, theyre eyeing the biggest prize of all. And after bowing out in the first round the past two years, they sure are looking good. Even so, coach Joel Quenneville insisted they need to step it up a notch. "Its not the regular season," he said. "Theres another appetite that weve got to get as well. I dont think we should be happy where were at with our play. Lets get angry as we go along here." Hossa scored off a feed from Jonathan Toews late in the first period. Marcus Kruger made it 2-0 with a wraparound early in the second, and Hossa chased the Wilds Josh Harding when he knocked in a rebound minutes later. Then, after Torrey Mitchell scored for Minnesota, Chicagos Andrew Shaw scored against Darcy Kuemper. Patrick Sharp added his fifth goal of the series early in the third period, and that was more than enough for Crawford. Coming off his second career playoff shutout, he saved 21 shots, and his performance in this series went a long way toward winning over a fan base wondering if he had the makeup to succeed in the post-season. After all, he let in some bad goals against Phoenix a year ago. "Im not the only guy in the league thats given up soft goals in the playoffs," Crawford said. "You guys like to keep telling me about it, but its something youre trying to learn from and trying to make yourself better from it." The Blackhawks became the third team to advance in this post-season, along with San Jose and Ottawa. They also bucked a recent trend of early exits for Presidents Trophy winners. The team with the most regular-season points had been eliminated in the first round in three of the previous four years. The Wild were hoping to replicate what the Los Angeles Kings did last year and win the Stanley Cup as the eighth seed, but the Blackhawks simply had too much skill, speed and depth. The Wild were also short-handed after losing one of their top scorers in Dany Heatley to season-ending left shoulder surgery late in the season. They also had to get by without goalie Niklas Backstrom after he suffered a leg injury in warm-ups before Game 1. That forced the Wild to go with Harding, who played in just five games during the regular season after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last summer. "It was a kind of a curveball there, but I thought Josh played very well. I was very happy for him and way that he handled everything," the Wilds Matt Cullen said. Harding also got banged up in this series. He left Game 4 after a collision with Toews in which his legs got straddled around the left goal post, and he wasnt sharp in this one, allowing three goals on 18 shots even though he was deemed well enough to start. Coach Mike Yeo turned to Kuemper after Hossas second goal. He also insisted the injury in Game 4 wasnt a factor in Hardings performance in this one. "It wasnt," Yeo said. "I dont want to pin this loss on Josh, either. Credit them and their team." There was also a question about Yeos job security after this loss. The Wild were widely considered Stanley Cup contenders after they gave free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter identical 13-year, $98 million contracts last summer. But they never quite lived up to expectations. "I cant answer that," Yeo said. "All I can say is if you want to look at it objectively, statistically, if you really want to look at it properly, then thereve been a lot of improvements in our organization and our team. I feel that were going in the right direction." For a moment, the Wild looked like they might get back into this one. Moments after Minnesotas Jared Spurgeon hit the right post, Mitchell ripped a one-timer past Crawford midway through the second period. But Shaw answered 35 seconds later with his first career playoff goal when he swept the puck in from a bad angle just to the right of the net, making it 4-1. As for Crawford, there was some debate in Chicago over whether he or Ray Emery should be the No. 1 goalie in the playoffs. Both were terrific during the regular season. Emerys lower body injury ended the discussion, and Crawford was nothing but solid in this series. "Hes making saves that he needs to make and hes making saves that he shouldnt be making," Sharp said. "When he does that, it breeds confidence throughout the lineup and it filters through everybody." He even had the fans chanting his name at several points. For example, when Crawford stopped a routine shot by Jason Pominville from the wing and scrambled back toward the middle of the net for a neat pad save against Mikko Koivu on the rebound. That foiled another power play by the Wild after they went 0 for 15 in the first four games. "I definitely heard (the chants)," Crawford said. "Its nice. It was a good feeling. Theyve been hard on me at times this year, obviously, but thats a part of it. They want the best. They expect us to be at our best. Its only fair." Notes: Blackhawks C Dave Bolland and Emery remain sidelined by lower body injuries, although Quenneville said theyre "real close." Bolland said its 50-50 he would have been able to play if "it was do or die" for the Blackhawks, but he expects to be ready in the next round. ... Quenneville moved ahead of Mike Keenan and took sole possession of second place on the Blackhawks playoff wins list with 34. Billy Reay is the club record-holder with 57 from 1963-77.Scarpe Air Max Plus Scontate . Note: The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday that Sean Monahan would not be made available to Canadas World Junior team. Air Max 1 Outlet Italia . 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The Lightning are 2-0 so far on a four-game road trip, giving the club five straight wins as the guest and improving Tampas away record this season to 11-8-2.NEW YORK -- Chased early again, Matt Harvey took a seat in the Mets dugout after helping Miami to a 6-0 lead in the fourth inning, a white towel draped over his left shoulder, a despondent look on his face as he leaned forward and stared at the field.It wasnt fun being out there while I was, he said, but it was obviously fun watching the team battle back like that.And what a comeback it was.Travis dArnaud and Curtis Granderson started the revival with solo homers, Yoenis Cespedes hit a tiebreaking, two-run double off Fernando Rodney in the eighth and Jeurys Familia escaped trouble by inducing a game-ending double play. New York scored in every inning from the fourth through the eighth, spraying key hits like Fourth of July fireworks to beat the Marlins 8-6 Monday and extend their winning streak to five.These ones are special, rookie Brandon Nimmo said. These ones take a lot of heart and a lot of grit.Harvey tied his season high by allowing 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings and made a throwing error that led to three runs, but Erik Goeddel, Logan Verrett, Hansel Robles, Jerry Blevins (3-0) and Familia combined for shutout relief. The Mets even overcame a pair of replay reviews overturning calls that originally went their way.Down after losing three games at first-place Washington last week, New York followed its four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs with its biggest comeback win since rallying from a 7-1, seventh-inning deficit to win 8-7 at the Nationals last Sept. 8, and the Mets closed within four games of the NL East leaders.We talked to the team before the Cubs series, and I said, `Weve got 11 games (until the All-Star break), Mets manager Terry Collins recalled. Weve got to grind it out 11 days, and then weve got a nice little rest.After arriving at their hotel at 4 a.m. following Sunday nights win over Atlanta at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the Marlins outhit the Mets 17-13 in the late-afternoon start but ran out of energy.For us it needs to be a lesson learned, manager Don Mattingly said. Weve got to keep playing. Weve got to keep trying to score, and you cant ever let your guard down.Even with his team down six runs, Collins tried to remain upbeat.We can get a bloop and a blast and get right back in it, he recalled thinking.DArnaud, who hit his first homer of the season in the fourth off starter Tom Koehler, had three hits and is 11 for 21 (.524) in seven games following an 11-for-61 slide (.180) that spanned a two-month stint on the disabled list. Granderson connected in the fifth, homeering for the second straight game since returning from a calf injury.ddddddddddddNew York closed to 6-4 in the sixth against Kyle Barraclough when dArnaud reached on a bases-loaded infield single and pinch-hitter Kelly Johnson grounded into a run-scoring double play. The Mets tied the score in the seventh on Cespedes first double, James Loneys RBI grounder and Wilmer Flores sacrifice fly.DArnaud reached on an infield single starting the eighth against Rodney (0-2), who was acquired from San Diego last week and had allowed just one earned run this season. Pinch-hitter Juan Lagares sacrificed and Neil Walker drew a walk before Cespedes lined the ball into right-center for his third hit.Before those two home runs, we still had that positive attitude in the dugout that theres a lot of game left to be played, Cespedes said through a translator. So after the two home runs, I really think it gave us that strength we needed to push through.After Ichiro Suzuki pinch hit leading off the eighth and doubled against Robles for his 2,990th hit, J.T. Realmuto walked to reach base for the fifth straight time. Loney charged from first and turned Martin Prados bunt into a 3-5-4 double play, and Blevins struck out Christian Yelich to strand Realmuto on third.Familia walked Marcell Ozuna leading off the ninth, and Derek Dietrichs one-out single put runners at the corners. Chris Johnson grounded into a double play, giving Familia his major league-leading 29th save. Familia has converted 45 regular-season chances in a row dating to last August and says he no longer has the internal doubts that sometimes plagued him in 2015.I dont care how I feel, he said. My sinker is not working, my slider, I just think in my mind: Go out there to close the game no matter what, and enjoy.Harvey gave up six runs -- five earned -- as his ERA rose to 4.86. He is 0-3 in his last six starts and 1-6 in his past 10. He plans to work on his arm slot and tinker more with his mechanics.Whether it was a slider or a curveball or a changeup, a fastball, everythings just out of whack and catching too much of the plate, he said.COMING SOONThe Mets plan to call up INF Jose Reyes on Tuesday after he batted .176 (6 for 34) during an 11-game minor league assignment.UP NEXTMets LHP Steven Matz (7-3) starts Tuesday night against Miami LHP Wei-Yin Chen (4-3). Matz is 0-2 in six starts since winning seven in a row. ' ' '