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DETROIT (Ticker) -- The Chicago Blackhawks rallied from a three-goal deficit and pulled out a 4-4 tie with the league-leading Detroit Red Wings. But Dominik Hasek still left them shaking their heads. Eric Daze scored twice in a three-goal third period that gave the Blackhawks a 4-3 lead. But they had to settle for one point as Darren McCarty got the equalizer with 6:40 to play and Hasek made two big saves in overtime against his former team. Daze tied it with just over 13 minutes left in regulation, then beat Hasek on a partial breakaway to put Chicago ahead with 9:32 remaining. McCarty answered less than three minutes later, converting a quick cross-crease pass from Luc Robitaille for his first goal in 20 games since March 2. "I just convinced myself that I'm never gonna score again. That took the pressure off," McCarty said. "It's been a frustrating first half, but it's easier to take when you're winning hockey games." The Blackhawks had a 3-1 edge in shots and the best scoring chances in overtime. Daze looked ready to end Detroit's six-game winning streak with 1:45 left, but Hasek stacked his pads and made a sliding stop on his one-timer from the bottom of the right faceoff circle off a 3-on-1. Moments later, Hasek caught Alexei Zhamnov's snap shot from the high slot in his midsection and managed to keep the puck from crossing the goal line. "We'll take the point because we were down 3-0. This is a big point for us," said Daze, who was selected with the fourth-round draft pick Chicago obtained when it sent Hasek to Buffalo in an ill-fated 1992 trade. Brendan Shanahan had a power-play goal and two assists for the Red Wings, whose only regulation loss in the last 15 games (12-1-1-1) was a 5-4 setback at Chicago on November 4. "We were fortunate to get the point," Detroit coach Scotty Bowman said. "We didn't have a lot of energy tonight. I don't know if the games have caught up with us. It was especially bad in the first period. ... You've got to take the good with the bad and the bad with the good." Chicago had a 9-4 edge in shots in a scoreless first period, but in the second, the Red Wings looked more like the team whose 20-3-0-1 start was the second-best in NHL history. Sergei Fedorov worked a give-and-go with Shanahan, then snapped a shot from the left faceoff dot over the left shoulder of goaltender Steve Passmore at the 36-second mark for his 11th goal. Shanahan made it 2-0 on the power play just over four minutes later, netting his 18th goal on a one-timer from the bottom of the left circle. Kris Draper matched his total for all of last season, scoring his eighth goal a minute later off a faceoff win by Shanahan. "We lost two faceoffs that I thought cost us goals," Chicago coach Brian Sutter said. "They had three goals in three shots. I called a timeout and told the guys to stay with it. We felt we could do it, and we did." The Blackhawks' comeback started at 8:22 on Kyle Calder's 10th goal as he converted a perfect cross-ice pass from Tony Amonte. Zhamnov's goal during a two-man advantage made it 3-2 before Daze took over. "The first one, I just tried to shoot as quick as possible because I was coming with speed," Daze said. "It was kind of a (line) change for both teams and sometimes the goalie's not ready for that." "We came back, they had the momentum after their third goal and they found a way to tie it and get a point. That's the mark of a sound team. But we're a good team, too. We came back from a 3-0 lead against the best team in the league." Passmore stopped just 17 shots for the Blackhawks, who completed an 0-3-3 road trip. "I don't dwell on (six-game) winning streaks and I don't dwell on (six) games we don't win," Sutter said. "When I'm sitting at a bar, I don't say my glass is half-empty."
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