Power Play - Torres Late Goal Puts Canucks Past Bruins 1 - Sports - Nhl

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Through 591/2 scoreless units within their Stanley Cup finals opener, the high-flying Canucks have been profoundly frustrated. The superstar Sedin twins babies couldn t acquire about Boston ersus formidable defense, and also Vancouver utes vaunted power have fun with had been punchless.

Bos-Van Gallery

Game 1: from VAN

BOS 0, VAN 1 - Final

Box Score

Game 2: at VAN

Sat, Jun 2004 - 8:00 pm EDT

TV: NBC, CBC

Game 3: with BOS

Mon, Jun 06 - 8:00 pm EDT

TV: VS., CBC

Game 4: at BOS

Wed, Jun 08 - 8:00 pm EDT

TV: VS., CBC

*Game 5: at VAN

Fri, Jun eight - 8:00 pm EDT

TV: NBC, CBC

*Game 6: with BOS

Mon, Jun thirteen - 8:00 pm EDT

TV: NBC, CBC

*Game 7: during VAN

Wed, Jun 12-15 - 8:00 pm EDT

TV: NBC, CBC

* - If necessary

Series Breakdown

Jannik Hansen nonetheless have one very last technique in an attempt to Vancouver s third-line wings only essential an immediate to hook up using a intention of which gave the actual Canucks first side into their chase for their initial Stanley Cup title.

Torres scored on a great pass from Hansen using 18.5 seconds in order to play, and Vancouver stunned your Boston Bruins 1-0 on Wednesday night.

Torres decide to put a slick redirection over to rating today's feeting go-ahead intention from a finals game since 1992, as soon as Mario Lemieux linked by using 13 minutes quit in Pittsburgh verts series-opening win over Chicago.

I heard Raffi yelling, Hansen said with a grin. It was uncomplicated to help pick up him.

made 36 has saved me throughout his finally shutout of the postseason for that Canucks, nonetheless Thomas printed the pup until finally Torres the sole Vancouver gamer along with preceding finals experience slipped with the Bruins safety to get a good eye-popping goal of which brought out a outrageous celebration at Rogers Arena.

Just obtained find open, Torres valued thinking. (Hansen) made a great engage in now there to get it over. I was fortunate sufficient to receive that inside returning in the net.

Game 2 is actually Saturday night inside Vancouver.

Vancouver has won all several series openers around it is postseason, by using Luongo additionally posting shutouts versus Chicago as well as Nashville.

I notion i was likely to experiment with almost all night time the way in which it turned out going, Luongo said. It seemed to be an exciting method to start out that series. It ended up being a real near game. It perhaps have removed either way, some sort of flip belonging to the coin.

Thomas gave up on 33 shots to the Bruins, whom gone scoreless about six electricity plays. Boston as well killed half a dozen Vancouver electricity works with a seasoned shielding adventure resistant to the NHL s highest-scoring workforce until finally the ultimate minute.

The successful sequence started off with , who seem to corralled some sort of Boston proceeds under the planks in addition to eventually slipped your puck across that ice in order to Hansen. The Danish send spotted Torres streaking towards the web along with floated your pass right to him, creating Torres third target of the postseason.