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Round 3 Game 2
Canucks 1 @ Blackhawks 0
(Vancouver leads series 2-0)
What a difference a year makes! After getting slaughtered in last year's conference finals, Vancouver has turned the tables on Chicago with two road wins to start the series. An incredible, cohesive defensive effort held the dynamic Hawks to 20 shots, and Markstrom did the rest, stopping all twenty to earn the shutout. Dan Hamhuis' powerplay maker midway through the second frame stood as the only goal of the game. Andrew Shaw fought Dale Weise in the second, putting the series at three fights through two games. These rivals don't like each other much. P.K. Subban played a noticably good game, taking five shots on goal, being credited with a blocked shot, throwing three hits and getting a takeaway as well. Duncan Keith played a solid game for Chicago with a shot, three hits and two takeaways in twenty three minutes.
Rangers 1 @ Red Wings 7
(Detroit leads series 2-0)
Henrik Lundqvist has gone from looking like the best goalie in the league through two rounds to being shell shocked by a potent Red Wings offense. They seem to have his number, and after the sixth goal he was finally chased in favour of backup Rick DiPietro. King Henrik saved only 21 of 27 shots, while Petr Mrazek saved 27 of 28 between the pipes for Detroit. Tatar scored first (Sheahan, Ouellet) for the Wings, and Stepan answered (Zuccarello, Dubinsky) within two minutes for the Rangers as we looked to be having another close back and forth game. In the final five minutes of the first the wheels started to come off for Lundqvist and the Rangers though, with Filppula (Stuart, Tatar) and Nyquist (Zetterberg, Datsyuk) scoring to give Detroit a clear advantage. Zetterberg (Stuart, Nyquist) and Franzen (Stuart, Porter) added to the lead in the second and Sheahan scored twice in the third (Datsyuk)(Tatar, Filppula) as the Wings ran away with it. New York looks to come home and bounce back with a strong effort in game three to get back into the series.
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