Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Canucks' Luongo Shuts Out Blackhawks

Brendan Morrison scored an early power-play goal and Roberto Luongo did the rest, making 27 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night.

With former Canuck Brent Sopel off for clearing the puck over the glass, Chicago goalie Patrick Lalime committed to Sami Salo's point shot. But the Canucks defenseman sent a perfect slap pass to an open Morrison at the right side of the crease instead, leaving Morrison with a wide open net.

Daniel Sedin added an empty-net goal with 31.7 seconds left for Vancouver, which improved to 7-1-2 in the last 10 games.

Luongo made his best save off Dustin Byfuglien on a 3-on-1 …

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