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| Canucks win Game 5, close in on historic Cup |
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| Written by Denis Gorman |
| Friday, June 10, 2011 23:23 |
Vancouver 1, Boston 0 (Canucks lead series 3-2)No one in the 40-year history of the Vancouver Canucks scored the kind of important goal that Maxim Lapierre did Friday night. Not Stan Smyl. Not Pavel Bure. Not even the Sedin twins. Rather it will be Lapierre’s season-saving goal that is fondly remembered when the story of the 2010-11 Vancouver Canucks is told. The Canucks had dropped consecutive games in Boston to send the team – as well as a city, province and nation – into the kind of intense psychoanalysis and self-loathing normally reserved for Olympic silver medal years. Both teams were knotted in a scoreless tie for the first 44:35, with each shot causing success-starved fanbases to simultaneously gasp and hold their breath. It was in this cauldron of emotion and obsession that Lapierre, standing along the goal line, accepted an off-the-end boards pass from Kevin Bieksa before snapping a shot past Tim Thomas. The game's only goal was the only goal the Canucks would need in a 1-0 win. They lead the series 3-2 and have a chance to win its first Cup in franchise history Monday night in Boston. Vancouver began to take control of the game after an even first period. The top line of Henrik Sedin Daniel Sedin and Alex Burrows was strong as they buzzed around Thomas (24 saves). The trio combined for seven shots and three hits. Roberto Luongo stopped 31 Boston shots for his fourth shutout of the postseason. Game 6: Monday, at Boston, 5 p.m. (NBC, CBC, RDS) On Twitter: @HockeyPrimeTime and @DenisGorman Photo by Getty Images
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