The second wild card seed in the west, your Vancouver Canucks. Unfurl the division banners, plan the parades and get your monogrammed playoff rum mugs minted now. Before it’s too late. Or too soon.
Nucks win this game despite not playing their best. The Sabres out-shot, out-possessed the Nucks - except Demko out-saved the Buffalo goalie. ‘Demmer’ is 2 and 0 in his NHL career - first Canucks goalie in history to win his first two starts.
How was the Nucks start at the start of the game?
1st Period
In the esteemed ROG hospitality tradition, the Nucks let the visitors control the play out of the gate.