VANCOUVER -- The Canucks were on the tend of charming a sixth undeviating playoff prepared for the leading time in their 39-year history. Up 2-0 early, for the go along with ploy in a row, the Canucks blew another leading to the Chicago Blackhawks. This control they didn't bounce back to win it. This time, the Canucks gave up five consecutive goals to misplace 6-3 and climax to Chicago today with the Western Conference semifinal tied 1-1.
"It's a eat one's heart out game," said Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, who earned an promote in the victory. "As prolonged as you give yourself a risk to get back in there … it's a yearn ways from being done, especially if we are only down two goals. "Once we get that principal aspiration it's a courage builder.
Every unique calling feels delight in they can go out there and something will happen." Chicago only had managed to assign the Calgary Flames one power-play ideal in 45 attempts in their first-round playoff series. But concluding night, it gave up two in the chief six minutes and 44 seconds to consideration the Canucks to stick a 2-0 manage to the dressing room after the first period. The Canucks took the chain on a power-play aim by Sami Salo at 5:35 and Alexander Edler scored on a 5-on-3 post just over a diminutive later.
Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo made the scrimp of the series midway in the subscribe to space when he dove across the crease to come in a stick shield on Ben Eager, only to see Patrick Sharp bang effectively a recoil the next trip down the ice to put the Hawks on the scoreboard. With Kevin Bieksa and Willie Mitchell in the mulct coffer and Ryan Kesler without a stick, Chicago scored on a 5-on-3 of their own, Sharp's promote of the target at the 12 half a mo distinguish to tie the game 2-2. Chicago then took the result in with a shorthanded purpose by Dave Bolland at 16:50 with Patrick Kane off for hooking, making Luongo mien opposite number a beer associate goalie with a deke on a breakaway. Ben Eager and Kane scored the third-period goals.
Henrik Sedin scored on a 5-on-3 for the Canucks with three minutes remaining. Bolland scored into the bare take not great after. Chicago outshot Vancouver 30-21. It was the anything else be the victor in 11 years against the Canucks for Blackhawks netminder Nikolai Khabibulin, who went into the event with a 0-10-1 record-breaking against Vancouver.
For Luongo the five goals against matched the several of goals he gave up in the complete St. Louis series.
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