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CHICAGO -- Marian Hossa winked when the television camera focused on him during the national anthem, a signal to his friends watching the game back home in Slovakia. Then he gave them something to cheer about. Hossa tipped in the tiebreaking goal in the second period, helping the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Saturday in the opener of the Western Conference finals. Patrick Sharp also scored and Corey Crawford made 21 saves for the Blackhawks, who generated just enough offence to improve to 7-1 at home in the playoffs. They also have won four in a row heading into Game 2 on Sunday. "Its always great when you win the first game, especially back to back, give you a little momentum," Hossa said. "I felt like we did lots of good things today. We know we have to be better (Sunday) and keep doing those things." Jonathan Quick stopped 34 shots, and Justin Williams scored for Los Angeles, which has won just one of seven road games in the playoffs. The defending Stanley Cup champions got centre Jarret Stoll back from a suspected concussion, but their offensive funk continued. "I think the two guys that scored for them are going to score goals," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "We have guys that have to score goals. Thats how close it will be." Los Angeles has scored 27 times in 14 playoff games. The last three have gone to Williams, who was responsible for the Kings offence in a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 of the second-round series on Tuesday. "Scoring doesnt simply come from the offensive zone," Williams said. "It comes from being good in your own zone, breaking out together and scoring off the rush. We didnt have enough of that." The Blackhawks and Kings returned to the ice after surviving strenuous second-round tests. Top-seeded Chicago stormed back to beat Detroit after trailing 3-1 in the series, winning Game 7 on Brent Seabrooks overtime goal Wednesday night. Fifth-seeded Los Angeles was pushed to the brink of elimination by the Sharks in a series in which the home team won every game. For the first period and much of the second of the conference finals opener, Chicago looked hopeless against Quick and Los Angeles talented defencemen. Drew Doughty, Robyn Regehr and Co. kept the Blackhawks fleet forwards in check, and Quick made it look as if there was a white wall moving from side to side in net. As they did against Detroit, the Blackhawks began to create more quality chances when they put more traffic in front. With 7 1/2 minutes left in the second, Sharp skated into the zone, left the puck for Johnny Oduya and kept moving forward. When Quick kicked away Oduyas slap shot, the puck went right to Sharp, who scored into the lower right corner to tie it 1-1 with his eighth playoff goal. "That first shot against him is tough," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "You need traffic. You need a deflection. He finds a way to find pucks. I think the volume and traffic of shots is the only way to get to this guy." Sharp created another strong opportunity a few minutes later, but Brandon Saad shot wide right on a potential tip-in. The Blackhawks kept up the pressure and went ahead when Hossa redirected Keiths long slap shot out of the air at 16:22 of the second. The puck landed in the lower right corner again before Quick could find it in the maze of bodies near the net. It was the sixth goal of this post-season for Hossa and the 42nd of his playoff career. The 34-year-old forward has at least one point in four straight games. "If Quicks going to see it, hes going to stop it. If we can get a slight tip on it, I think it changes his view," said Bryan Bickell, who earned an assist on the goal. "It was a nice tip by Hoss." Quick wasnt made available to the media while the locker room was open after the game. Los Angeles turned up the pressure at the beginning of the third, but Chicago killed off a power play. Crawford was solid after an early gaffe played a role in the Kings goal. He stopped Dustin Penners tip attempt with a little more than five minutes left, preserving Chicagos lead. Crawford has allowed just one goal in four of five games, playing a huge role as Chicago rallied to eliminate Detroit. "Weve got to forget about this one right now, for sure," Kings centre Anze Kopitar said. "Theres some stuff thats going to be addressed, what we have to do better in preparation." Chicago controlled most of the first period, using its speed and skill to keep the puck away from Los Angeles. The Blackhawks had nine shots on goal before Crawford was tested for the first time, grabbing Penners attempt with 8:11 remaining. Quick turned away every charge at the other side, and Los Angeles made the most of its second shot after a couple of costly Blackhawks misplays. After the puck was dumped into the Blackhawks zone, Crawford went behind the net to try to clear it away, but Brad Richardson jumped and knocked it in front. Dave Bolland tried to break up the play, but the puck went right to Williams, who beat Crawford to make it 1-0 at 14:23. Most of Chicagos shots in the first period came from the outside, and Quick had a clear lane for most stops. The 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP made 17 saves in the first 20 minutes. "All in all we can be happy with the 60 minutes we played, but we know its going to be tougher as the series goes on," Sharp said. "Every series weve been a part of gets more physical and more difficult as it goes on." NOTES: Stoll had been sidelined since he was struck with an illegal hit to the head by San Joses Raffi Torres in Game 1 of Los Angeles second-round series. ... This is the second playoff series between the Kings and the Blackhawks. Chicago advanced in five games in the 1974 quarterfinals. ... 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Bryant, who signed a five-year, $34 million contract as a free agent with Cleveland in March, reported symptoms on Monday morning, a team spokesman said. Fernando Alonso believes he and Lewis Hamilton would now enjoy a harmonious relationship if they were to reunite as teammates in Formula One.The pair endured a tumultuous season together at McLaren in 2007, resulting in Alonsos swift exit from the team at the end of the year after falling out with team boss Ron Dennis. Both Alonso and Hamilton missed out on the 2007 title by a single point to Kimi Raikkonen, but despite their frosty relationship at the time they have since spoken of their respect for one another.Nine years later, Alonso, who has since returned to McLaren, believes he and Hamilton would work well together.I think it would be different, he told ESPN. Im more mature, hes more mature. The teams now are, in a way, more prepared for all the situations.If I was teammate of Lewis one day I think it would be very different, because we have learned and we are very different people. We no longer have that ... lets say that stress of winning on the side because I think we respect each other a lot.Everyone respects us a lot and we would drive as fast as we can but with another level of respect.Alonso believes the public would enjoy watching him fight Hamilton in the same car, but only if they were driving for a competitive team.I think everyone would love it, but only if the team is competitive, because it is the same case as Jenson [Button] and me [at McLaren]. We have a strong team now and we could fight for many important things, but when the car is not competitive your weekends are a little bit anonymous. You come here, you do your race and you go and no one will notice if you did a fantastic quualifying lap, if you did a mistake in qualifying and you are out of Q1.ddddddddddddWe had some mistakes this year, we had some traffic in Baku -- where we were more or less competitive -- and we were 14th and 15th in qualifying because of the traffic. Who noticed that? No one, because all the things in the weekend are a little bit anonymous when you are not fighting for the world championship. I think yes, Formula One, or the fans, or everyone will love to see the big names, or the champions, fighting for the wins but this is probably not possible because in the DNA of the sport only one team can win.Although the prospect of a Hamilton/Alonso pairing remains enticing, it also appears to be entirely hypothetical as Mercedes has contracts with both Hamilton and Nico Rosberg until the end of 2018. Alonso could, however, find himself paired with another McLaren protégée next year as GP2 champion Stoffel Vandoorne looks set to replace Jenson Button in 2017.The pairing of Alonso and a McLaren-backed rookie has obvious similarities to the Alonso/Hamilton line-up, but the Spaniard insists there is one big difference.In 2007 it was very unique because Lewis was very protected by McLaren from a very young age, he was part of the programme, and he was very fast. We had a very competitive car so we were certainly fighting for the world championship when no one was expecting ... and he was British. So, Stoffel is not British. Thats enough of the difference, I think [to avoid a repeat]. ' ' '