Canucks blank Blackhawks to tighten West playoff race
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03/29/2009 -
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Daniel Sedin registered two goals and an
assist, and Roberto Luongo made 26 saves to notch his seventh shutout of the
season, as the Vancouver Canucks stymied the Chicago Blackhawks, 4-0, at
United Center.
Alex Burrows had a goal and two assists, while Henrik Sedin collected three
helpers for Vancouver, which has won seven of its last nine games and moved
into a tie with Chicago for fourth place in the Western Conference. The
Canucks are also one point behind Calgary for the top spot in the Northwest
Division.
"At the end of the day, getting the win is all that matters," Luongo said. "We
all saw the standings and knew this was the biggest game of the year.
Fortunately, we were up to the challenge."
Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 19-of-23 shots for the Blackhawks, who had a three-
game win streak halted.
Henrik Sedin held the puck behind the net and dished out front to Daniel
Sedin, who was on the doorstep and poked it past the right pad of Khabibulin
3:22 into the contest.
The Chicago netminder then made an acrobatic save with a little less than six
minutes to go in the first period to keep it a one-goal game. Mats Sundin slid
the puck through the crease to Pavol Demitra, but Khabibulin lunged across to
deny the veteran forward with the right pad.
Burrows made it 2-0 when he went hard to the net and redirected Daniel Sedin's
slap pass inside the right post at 8:43 of the middle stanza.
The crafty Sedin twins worked their magic again in the third period. Henrik
whipped the puck blindly to the right side of the cage for Daniel, who fired
it past a sprawled Khabibulin and inside the far post at 3:53.
A frustrated Blackhawks squad began to turn up the physicality, which resulted
in fisticuffs and a multitude of penalties.
"Little mistakes cost us," said Chicago captain Jonathan Toews. "There was
already some bad blood between our two teams, but we have to learn to control
our frustration. The guys on this team will always stick up for one another."
Ryan Kesler gave Vancouver a four-goal edge at 6:59.
Patrick Sharp's strong effort on the penalty kill led to a penalty shot as he
was taken down by Demitra with 5:41 remaining. The three-time 20-goal scorer,
however, had the puck hop over his stick.
Game Notes
It was the 45th whitewashing of Luongo's career...Daniel Sedin leads the
Canucks with 30 goals and 76 points...Chicago finished a five-game homestand
with a record of 3-1-1...Sharp is 0-for-3 in his career on penalty
shots...Blackhawks forward Troy Brouwer left the game in the first period with
an undisclosed injury and did not return. He is listed as day-to-day.
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