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**buddyjh** · May 1st, 2009

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Vancouver Canucks gave up a three-goal lead but still delivered the opening blow in their second-round playoff series with a hard-fought 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.
Sami Salo followed a shot from team mate Steve Bernier for the go-ahead goal with just 1:13 remaining before Ryan Johnson added an empty-netter as the Canucks took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Vancouver, who swept past the St. Louis Blues in the first round, improved to 5-0 in the postseason but not before some nervous moments down the stretch.
Trailing 3-0 heading into the third period, Chicago's Patrick Kane scored twice in a span of 10 minutes and Dave Bolland added his first goal of the playoffs to erase the deficit at 14:31 in the third.
Bolland's game-tying score came as the Blackhawks were on the attack, and the Canucks on their heals. The Chicago center gathered a shot by Duncan Keith with his backhand and sent a forehand past Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo.
Luongo finished with 28 saves and cruised through the first two periods as the Canucks built an advantage on scores from Pavol Demitra, Henrik Sedin and Ryan Kesler.
Game Two is on Saturday in Vancouver.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Nick Mulvenney)

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buddyjh Expert Site Helper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Never far from a cold beer Posts: 8,577 Credits: 39,167.50 Thanks: 12,386 Thanked 18,135 Times in 4,120 Posts	Canucks down Blackhawks 5-3 to open series VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Vancouver Canucks gave up a three-goal lead but still delivered the opening blow in their second-round playoff series with a hard-fought 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. Sami Salo followed a shot from team mate Steve Bernier for the go-ahead goal with just 1:13 remaining before Ryan Johnson added an empty-netter as the Canucks took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Vancouver, who swept past the St. Louis Blues in the first round, improved to 5-0 in the postseason but not before some nervous moments down the stretch. Trailing 3-0 heading into the third period, Chicago's Patrick Kane scored twice in a span of 10 minutes and Dave Bolland added his first goal of the playoffs to erase the deficit at 14:31 in the third. Bolland's game-tying score came as the Blackhawks were on the attack, and the Canucks on their heals. The Chicago center gathered a shot by Duncan Keith with his backhand and sent a forehand past Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo. Luongo finished with 28 saves and cruised through the first two periods as the Canucks built an advantage on scores from Pavol Demitra, Henrik Sedin and Ryan Kesler. Game Two is on Saturday in Vancouver. (Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Nick Mulvenney)