Blackhawks on the brink of sipping champagne

The Chicago Blackhawks had barely filed up the tunnel to the visitors' dressing room after another narrow victory in the Stanley Cup Final when their thoughts turned to home.

With another tenacious road victory in this impossibly close series, the Blackhawks realized they had just earned an opportunity to raise that silver trophy in front of their Chicago faithful on Monday night.

"We try not to think too far ahead," defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson said. "But obviously you're just human."