Complex sentence: When the young Blackhawks met the Predators in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, the Blackhawks came in as Stanley Cup favorites but fell behind 2-1 early in the series, the Blackhawks came back to win the series and then the Stanley Cup.
Split into simpler sentences: When the young Blackhawks met the Predators in the first round of the playoffs, the Blackhawks came in as Stanley Cup favorites but fell behind 2-1 early in the series. However, the Blackhawks came back to win the series, and eventually the Stanley Cup.