Hurrah! The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Dallas Stars 4-1 in the 7th game of the Stanley Cup playoffs!!!!!!! The final score doesn't reflect how close the game was. The Canucks scored two empty netters in the final 2 minutes when Dallas pulled Turco.
Trevor Linden scored the game winner--deflecting an Ohlund shot going wide between Turco's legs. Apparently, Linden is the leading goal scorer in Stanley Cup playoff game sevens, among active players. If I recall correctly, Linden scored the winner in game 4, too. So that's two goals, two game winners in this series. Not bad, Mr. Playoff!
Luongo made an amazing save afterwards to stop the Stars from tieing the game. Although, there was a point where Luongo lost his cool and risked putting the Canucks in to a two-man disadvantage. Fortunately, a penalty wasn't called, especially as the referees were calling tons of penalties in the third. Modano almost tied it when he had a wide open net but he hit the crossbar instead.
The Canucks really poured it on in the second period after Henrik Sedin made the score 1-1 on a powerplay.
I was pretty depressed after losing games 5 and 6, but now it's just overwhelming relief. The Canucks move on to the second round on Wednesday in Annaheim against the Ducks.
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