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The Canucks made it 4-1 just 22 seconds into the third period when Henrik Sedin went to his right and left the Bruins defense knocking into each other _ and goalie Tim Thomas _ before backhanding it into the net. And then three minutes later they put another one off the post _ it was so quick it fooled the referee, who whistled the play dead (but never actually signaled a goal).

After watching the replay, it was clear that the puck went off the post and never crossed the goal line.

So the Canucks still have a long way to go, but a three-goal deficit isn’t insurmountable, especially against the team that blew a 3-0 lead to the Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference semifinals last year. (The Bruins also blew a three games to nothing lead in the series, something that took a long time for them to live down.)







The Canucks would be just fine with another in Game 7.






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