Blackhawks offer Cubs advice on escaping familiar 3-1 deficit

Over the last few years, the Chicago Blackhawks have earned all the glory in the Windy City, capturing three Stanley Cups since 2010.

At the moment, however, the Blackhawks' popularity has taken a back seat to the Chicago Cubs' first run to the World Series in 71 years.

The Cubs are in an unfavorable position, facing a 3-1 deficit, and the Blackhawks know that feeling well.

In their recent run of dominance, the Blackhawks have forced a Game 7 after trailing 3-1 in a postseason series four times, so they're offering the Cubs some advice as they gear up to stave off heartbreak on Sunday night.

"It’s one game at this stage of the series, that’s the focus, that’s the concentration," head coach Joel Quenneville told Mark Lazerus of the Chicago-Sun Times. "They have to win big games. They’ve won a lot of big games and that’s how you’ve got to look at it. You can’t look past it."

The Cubs will play one more game at home before possibly returning to Cleveland, and Blackhawks forward Marcus Kruger believes winning at Wrigley could put some pressure on the Indians.

"If you change the perspective on it, it’s going to be the toughest game for Cleveland to win, too, to get the fourth win," Kruger said. "It’s more pressure on them maybe now than on the Cubs, and if (the Cubs) can win this one at home now, they don’t have as much pressure maybe on the road."

The Blackhawks escaped only one of their four 3-1 deficits, storming back against the Detroit Red Wings in 2013 en route to their second of three championships.

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