VANCOUVER - After shaky starts to the Stanley Cup playoffs, goaltenders Roberto Luongo and Pekka Rinne seem to have returned to their stingy selves.
Luongo made 20 saves Thursday to backstop the Vancouver Canucks to a 1-0 win over the Nashville Predators in the opening game of their Western Conference semifinal. At the other end, a busier Rinne made several spectacular stops to give his team a chance to win as Nashville was outshot 26-11 in the first two periods.
"He was unbelievable," teammate Mike Fisher said of Rinne, who like Luongo is a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, the award that goes to the league's top goalie. "On their goal, he almost made the save there too.
"That's what we're kind of accustomed to and hopefully we won't have to rely on him as much on Saturday."
That's when the best-of-seven series will continue before shifting to Nashville on Tuesday and Thursday. It could be a low-scoring match-up as the two clubs combined for only 14 goals in four regular-season games.
Both goalies entered this series after sub-par performances in opening-round wins.
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