Kane can't make Game 3

CALGARY, Alberta - The Blackhawks are hoping Patrick Kane is well enough to play Wednesday after his missed Game 3 on Monday with what the team called the flu.

Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said at Monday's morning skate that Kane was resting and would be a game-time decision. The decision not to play Kane came later in the afternoon.

Kane was hit hard into the boards by Rene Bourque in Game 1 and played only 13 minutes in Game 2.

Quenneville didn't say Kane was sick at the morning skate, leading to speculation that the winger might be hurt from the pounding he took in the first two games.

"It might not be a combination of any games," Quenneville said.

Colin Fraser took Kane's spot in the lineup in Game 3. Fraser centered the fourth line with Troy Brouwer moving up to the top line with Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp.

Change it up: As the road team, getting the matchups they wanted was going to be trickier for the Hawks with the Flames having last change.

"On the road you've got to be sharp," Adam Burish said. "You've got to pay attention on the bench, you've got to know who's up next, you've got to know who's been out there."

Joel Quenneville still was able to get Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook on the ice much of the time against Jarome Iginla.

It's personal: The Hawks were prepared for Rene Bourque running around looking for hits in Game 3. Bourque, a former teammate, made it a point to get under the Hawks' skin in Games 1 and 2.

"This time of year it does get personal out there, and there's nothing wrong with that," Jonathan Toews said. "We know what type of game he plays. He's not afraid to get in your face. We just have to be ready because he's not going to stop."

Bourque was left groggy after a collision with Brent Seabrook in the first period.

Mikey doesn't like it: Flames Mike Keenan wasn't so sure about the stats keeping in Chicago that had his team outhit 73-61 and losing 113 faceoffs while winning just 67.

"If you do the tracking in the league, and this is meant as no disrespect to the people who are tracking, but the evaluation of hits, you go into some buildings and have 65 hits and then go into another building and have 25 total for both teams," Keenan said.

"So those evaluations you have to separate, including faceoffs. Are the faceoffs a concern? Yes, because it's puck possession."