The Abbotsford Canucks took a 2-0 collection 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 collection continues with Recreation 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 beneath his pads.
The Stars had been 0-for-4 on the facility play in Recreation 2 because the Canucks’ penalty kill improved to 39-for-40 (97.5 p.c) on the postseason.
Poirier stopped 28 of 29 photographs within the loss, his first defeat in regulation through the playoffs.
(Abbotsford leads collection, 1-0)
Recreation 1 – Thu., Could 29 – ABBOTSFORD 3, Texas 2 (OT)
Recreation 2 – Sat., Could 31 – ABBOTSFORD 1, Texas 0
Recreation 3 – Mon., June 2 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00
Recreation 4 – Wed., June 4 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00
*Recreation 5 – Fri., June 6 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00
*Recreation 6 – Solar., June 8 – Texas at Abbotsford, 9:00
*Recreation 7 – Mon., June 9 – Texas at Abbotsford, 10:00
*if vital… All occasions Jap
