"Plenty of smiles were on display in the Blackhawks' dressing room after their four-game sweep of the Sharks. Duncan Keith, however, wasn't flashing his pearly whites. Or what was left of them.

The veteran defenseman lost seven teeth when hit in the mouth with a puck off the stick of Patrick Marleau during the second period of the Hawks' 4-2 victory Sunday.

"I just smashed all my teeth out," Keith said as he opened his mouth to reveal the damage. "They numbed it after it happened; they just stuck a bunch of needles in there and froze it all up. It feels a lot better when we win. It would probably be hurting a lot more if we lost."

Keith lost four teeth on the bottom and three on top and said he had a long night ahead of him at the dentist's office.

"I took one breath and it felt like my whole mouth was missing, so I knew there were some teeth gone," Keith said. "I saw a couple fall out, and I had one in the back of my throat. I could feel it and coughed it out. A bunch of them disintegrated, it felt like.

"That sort of thing happens. I'm not the only guy who's ever lost a bunch of teeth or been hit in the mouth with a puck or stick, and I'm sure I won't be the last guy.""