A lineup change for the Canucks ahead of game 5
Posted June 10, 2011 11:38 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It’s game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals in Vancouver tonight with the Canucks and Bruins tied at 2-2.
Canucks coach Alain Vigneault will be making one lineup change, as Keith Ballard is out and Chris Tanev is in on the blueline. Ballard struggled in his only cup appearance in Game 4 in Boston. Tanev hasn’t played since the San Jose series in the Western Final.
The Canucks need to have their best players performing at a high level from here on in. Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin, who combined for 198 points in the regular season, have only two points in the series. Combined, they’re a -3 in the four games and had only six shots in the two losses at TD Garden.
In Game 3, goalie Roberto Luongo allowed eight goals on 38 shots. In Game 4, the Vezina Trophy finalist surrendered four goals on 20 shots before being pulled in favor of backup Cory Schneider with 16:21 remaining.
The powerplay has to be better, as it’s 1-22 in the series and has not scored in the last 14 chances with the man advantage.
Home teams are 4-0 in the Stanley Cup Final for the third consecutive season. In the 20 years before 2009, that only happened once — in 2003, when New Jersey beat Anaheim in a series that saw the home team win all seven games.
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