Salo Scores Game Winner
Huge goal by Sami Salo with less than two minutes left in the third period stopped a rally by the Chicago Blackhawks in game one of the second round of the Stanley cup Playoffs. The Canuck win game one 5-3.
The Vancouver Canucks looked a little slow out of the gate in tonights game against the Chicago Blackhawks, but the continous line-up by the blackhawk players to the penalty box ended up helping the Canucks beat the Blackhawks tonight. Vancouver ended up ahead of the Blackhawks by a margin of 3-0 by the start of the third period. The Sedin line looked amazing through the first two periods, making dazzling plays, finding each other and Burrows all over the ice. Henrik potted the 2nd goal in for the Canucks after a nice feed from daniel on the sideboards.
Fast forward to the third and the Blackhawks score one only 2 minutes into the period, and the young guns in the Chicago line-up were set on fire. Chicago dominated the third period, finishing their checks, getting pucks on Luongo, and tying up the game. GM Place was dead. You could hear a pin drop. That was until 2 minutes left, when the Canucks broke out of their zone, with a four on one. Khabibulin made an initial save, and the rebound came out to Salo who popped it into the wide open net. Mayhem was about again in GM Place.
Three stars for tonight, third star was Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhakws, second star was Kyle Wellwood, and first star, Sami Salo, who had the game winner tonight.
The Canucks take a 1-0 lead in the series, and they will play again Saturday May 2nd 2009, in Vancouver at GM Place, game time is 6pm and you can watch the game live on CBC, or listen live to streaming online radio at the Team1040.ca
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Tags: Alex Burrows, Canucks Win, Chicago Blackhawks, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Kyle Wellwood, Roberto Luongo, Sami Salo
