The Abbotsford Canucks took a 2-0 sequence lead within the Western Convention Finals with a 1-0 win over the Texas Stars at a sold-out Abbotsford Centre on Saturday night time.
The sequence continues with Sport 3 in Cedar Park, Texas, on Monday.
Akito Hirose scored the one aim of the competition 7:39 into the third interval, as his shot from the purpose pinballed off a skate in entrance and trickled previous Remi Poirier.
Artūrs Šilovs made 26 saves for his fifth shutout of the playoffs, one shy of the AHL report set for a single postseason by Rochester’s Mika Noronen in 2000. Šilovs has held the Stars off the board for the final 93 minutes and 41 seconds.
Texas almost tied the sport with 2:46 to go, however the officers dominated that Šilovs had frozen the puck earlier than it was poked over the aim line from below his pads.
The Stars have been 0-for-4 on the ability play in Sport 2 because the Canucks’ penalty kill improved to 39-for-40 (97.5 %) on the postseason.
Poirier stopped 28 of 29 pictures within the loss, his first defeat in regulation in the course of the playoffs.
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(Abbotsford leads sequence, 1-0)Sport 1 – Thu., Could 29 – ABBOTSFORD 3, Texas 2 (OT)Sport 2 – Sat., Could 31 – ABBOTSFORD 1, Texas 0Game 3 – Mon., June 2 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00Game 4 – Wed., June 4 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00*Sport 5 – Fri., June 6 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00*Sport 6 – Solar., June 8 – Texas at Abbotsford, 9:00*Sport 7 – Mon., June 9 – Texas at Abbotsford, 10:00*if essential… All instances Jap
