The Vancouver Canucks rallied together and were able to triumph over the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 in the first game of the second round for the Stanley Cup. Pavol Demitra opened the scoring late in the first period, followed by goals from Henrik Sedin and Ryan Kesler to give Vancouver a 3-0 lead.
The Blackhawks came back strong in the third period with two goals from Patrick Kane, one of which was on the powerplay. Dave Bolland scored not even five minutes after Kane’s second goal to even the game out. Sami Salo secured the win by beating Chicago’s Nikolai Khabibulin with two minutes left in the third period, which was then followed by Ryan Johnson’s empty netter.
Vancouver leads the series 1-0 with game two scheduled for Saturday, May 2^nd at 6:00 PM PT at GM Place.

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