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A series with three overtimes in as many games, two suspensions and more animosity than was expected between Phoenix and Chicago, teams that see each other only four times in the regular season, continues Thursday night.
And nobody knows what to expect when the Coyotes try to build on a 2-1 series lead against the Blackhawks in Game 4 at the United Center (8 p.m. ET, CNBC, TSN, RDS2).
Except overtime, perhaps.
Deadlocks at the 60-minute mark, and the physicality that has increased from the opening puck drop, has been the common theme in the series.
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