((HT: TSN/CP))It almost didn't happen that way...Defenceman Sami Salo scored with 1:13 left in the third period to break a 3-3 tie as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 Thursday in the opening game of their NHL Western Conference semifinal series.Salo took the rebound of a Steve Bernier shot and lifted it past Chicago goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, bringing a huge roar from a towel-waving, sellout crowd of 18,630 at GM Place.Ryan Johnson scored into an empty net for Vancouver.Pavol Demitra, Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin scored the other Vancouver goals.The Canucks looked to have the game wrapped up before the Blackhawks erased a 3-0 deficit with three third-period goals.Dave Bolland tied the match at 14:31 after Patrick Kane had scored twice.Kane started the comeback when he beat Canuck goaltender Roberto Luongo with a quick wrist shot from the slot at 1:01 of the third.He made the score 3-2 on a power play at 10:11. Brent Seabrook blasted a shot from the p...
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Steve Bernier,
Nikolai Khabibulin,
Ryan Johnson,
Pavol Demitra,
Ryan Kesler,
Henrik Sedin,
Patrick Kane,
Roberto Luongo,
Brent Seabrook,
Duncan Keith,
Kyle Wellwood
TEAMS: Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks
TEAMS: Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks
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