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CHICAGO - In the hours before a must-have Game 4 at the Garden in Boston, a struggling Jonathan Toews was approached in conversation at the team hotel by his senior teammate, 28-year-old Brent Seabrook. "I answered it wrong one time because he just asked me What are you thinking about? and I was like Nothing, what are you thinking about?" Toews recalled of a discussion which would later prove significant. "And he looked at me and I realized what he wanted me to say and I snapped back and I said Scoring goals. And he was like There you go." Tied for the team lead with 23 goals during the regular season, Toews would go on to do just that Wednesday night, erasing a frustrating 10-game spell with just his second goal of the playoffs, the second marker of a wild 6-5 overtime victory. The moment uplifted not only the Chicago captain, but his teammates. They knew the weight of the burden he carried on those 25-year-old shoulders and in spite of the many intangibles he continued to bring, there was something about scoring they knew would ease the increasing pressure and most of all, help the team out from a growing offensive rut. And so it was that Seabrook, who would later blast his second overtime winner of the playoffs, would so bluntly express to Toews what needed to happen. "To be completely honest I was sick and tired hearing about everything that Johnnys doing right," Seabrook declared with refreshing honesty. "Hes a great player; hes one of the best in the league. [But] I just told him that hes got to stop thinking about that too. Hes got to stop thinking about everything that hes doing right and stop worrying about not scoring goals. "Hes got to score goals for us," the veteran defender continued. "It wasnt about the little things that he does. It wasnt about his leadership that he brings. I just thought that maybe he needed to start thinking about scoring goals." Harassed by the forces of Milan Lucic as he drove wide to the net in the second frame of Game 4, Toews flung the puck threw the blue paint and off the side wall where it caromed to the tape of Michal Rozsival at the right point. Instinctively, Toews would plant himself to the left of Tuukka Rask, getting just a piece of a blast that would beat the Bruins netminder, one of an improbable six to do so. "It doesnt make much sense when you say that a puck going off your stick from the point…can liberate you as a player and help you play the rest of the game with less pressure," he said, "but it does. Thats the difference it makes for you. I think anyone will tell you the same thing." When he lifted the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2010, Toews had tallied seven goals and an impressive 22 assists en route to a long-awaited Cup. Entering Game 4 of the Final in 2013, hed amassed just the single marker along with eight helpers. The stiff defensive work opposite the once scorching David Krejci trio couldnt be discounted, nor could the tireless efforts on the draw or killing penalties or even the unique traits that define him as a leader. He knew he needed to score. "You play hard, you try and do the little things right, but at a certain point its not enough," Toews offered of the budding pressure to score. "Youre considered an offensive player, a key player on your team; youve got to find a way to do something." The difference, he detailed, is imbued in confidence and a subsequent shift in the split-second decision-making process. "It just comes down to having that killer instinct when youre around the net," he continued with hearty insight, "to take the puck to the net or hang onto it that extra second instead of just making a safe play and cycling it down behind their net … Its just having that confidence that Hey you can go out there, youve got the puck, dont be afraid, take a chance, throw it on net or take it to the net…" Known as one of the more vocal Hawks, for his fiery preparations before and in the midst of games, Seabrook was trying to stoke that "confidence" from his beleaguered captain, drive it forth from the depths of the dry spell. "He wasnt trying to get on me I dont think; he was definitely just trying to spark me a little bit," said Toews, rooming with Seabrook as a rookie in 2007-2008. "Hes always kind of looked after me that way. He cares about his teammates and he wants guys to have success. And just as much or more than anybody he wants to win this thing. He did what he had to do." Without a goal in the first nine games of the postseason this spring, Toews finally broke under such weight in Game 4 of the Hawks second round series with Detroit. He was hauled off to the box on three consecutive shifts in the second frame, the frustration bubbling over as Chicago went down 3-1 before rallying to top the Wings in seven games. Faced with similar circumstance in Game 4 of the Finals - down 2-1 with the Bruins stifling the Hawks defensively - Toews did not buckle. Instead, he found a spark and made an impact. And with a best-of-three looming and the Cup on the line, Chicago has its leader feeling good once more. "He knows what winnings all about," said Chicago coach Joel Quenneville, "and thats his focus and thats his motivation." Marcin Gortat Jersey . 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LOUIS -- Attorneys for the St. MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota Twins season that appears headed toward 100 losses has seen plenty of its down moments and being swept at home by the Detroit in the season series is among the top disappointments.Justin Verlander (15-8) tied a season-high with 11 strikeouts, while Minnesota struck out 17 times in a 4-2 loss in the second game of Thursdays doubleheader as the Tigers moved into the second AL wild-card spot.Erick Aybar drove in two runs for Detroit, which went 9-0 at Minnesota this year and outscored the Twins 65-25 at Target Field.The way Verlander and those guys arent giving in, you can just tell, especially when you face a team like these guys and Cleveland enough, second baseman Brian Dozier said. They do the little things right 100 percent of the time in order to win games. I hope theyre observing this, a lot of people in here.Ervin Santana (7-11) gave up four runs -- two earned -- five hits and four walks in six innings for the Twins. Juan Centeno and Byron Buxton hit solo homers in the evening loss.The nightcap was another sloppy game for Minnesota, which committed two errors, had two wild pitches and one passed ball. The Twins had three errors and five wild pitches in the doubleheader, scheduled to make up Wednesdays rainout.Minnesota has lost six straight games and 98 overall, reaching 96 for the fourth time in six seasons and three short of their 2011 total.Its kind of been typical for us to hang in games and then not be able to finish, manager Paul Molitor said. Thats part of what were hoping were developing here is these guys are understanding the fine line when you get down to the end, whether its making a pitch or making a play or getting a hit. It can be small when yourre losing these close games, especially when theyre low-scoring like that.ddddddddddddIn the first game, Pat Dean made a spot start and pitched five innings while giving up just one run.Detroits Justin Upton hit a tiebreaking homer off Alex Wimmers (1-3) and Victor Martinez added a pinch-hit, three-run homer in a six-run ninth against Pat Light.AMONG SECONDSDoziers first-inning homer in the first game was his 42nd of the season and 40th while playing second base, establishing a new AL record for homers in a season by a second baseman. Dozier passed Alfonso Sorianos total in 2002. Only Rogers Hornsby (42 in 1922), Davey Johnson (42 in 1973) and Ryne Sandberg (40 in 1990) have hit more.Its just another number, Dozier said. But at the same time, I know the fans are enjoying it, so you come out and you play for them. To get a chance to do that here at home is pretty cool.Dozier had his 24-game hitting streak snapped in the second game.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: DH/3B Miguel Sano (lower back tightness) was back in the lineup for the first time since Sept. 12. Molitor said Sano was still sore but was anxious to return. . Molitor confirmed RHP Trevor May has a stress fracture in his back. May was 2-2 with a 5.27 ERA in 44 relief appearances. He made three trips to the DL with the injury, which hadnt been detected in previous exams. . RF Max Kepler left the second game with a mild neck strain after hitting the wall awkwardly.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Kyle Gibson (6-10) is slated to make his final home start of the season on Friday against Seattle, which will start LHP James Paxton (4-7). ' ' '