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Canucks aim to increase division lead
Mar 21, 2007 - 2:20 PM Nashville (47-20-6) at Vancouver (44-23-6) 10:00 pm EDTVANCOUVER, British Columbia (Ticker) -- The Vancouver Canucks seek to increase their one-point lead over Minnesota in the Northwest Division when they host the Nashville Predators on Wednesday.
The Canucks have won eight of their last 10 games and trail Anaheim (43-18-12) by four points and the Predators (47-20-7) by six points in the Western Conference race.
Vancouver edged Edmonton, 2-1, on Monday for its third straight victory. Roberto Luongo made 36 saves and is 7-1-1 with just 19 goals allowed in his last nine starts.
Nashville leads Detroit (45-19-9) by just one point in the Central Division and conference race and snapped a two-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over Dallas on Saturday.
Kimmo Timonen scored twice and Jordin Tootoo also scored but received a five-game suspension for punching Dallas defenseman Stephane Robidas in the face.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NASHVILLE 0 0 0 0
VANCOUVER 2 0 0 2 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: VAN - JAN BULIS 12 (MARKUS NASLUND, LUKAS KRAJICEK) 10:58
VAN - TOMMI SANTALA 1 (TREVOR LINDEN) 17:57
2ND PRD: NONE
3RD PRD: NONE
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: NAS - 0 OF 4, VAN - 0 OF 7.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD
Mar 22 12:33 AM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NASHVILLE 0 0 0
VANCOUVER 2 0 2 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: VAN - JAN BULIS 12 (MARKUS NASLUND, LUKAS KRAJICEK) 10:58
VAN - TOMMI SANTALA 1 (TREVOR LINDEN) 17:57
2ND PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NAS 4 9 1
Mar 21 11:38 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NASHVILLE 0 0
VANCOUVER 2 2 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: VAN - JAN BULIS 12 (MARKUS NASLUND, LUKAS KRAJICEK) 10:58
VAN - TOMMI SANTALA 1 (TREVOR LINDEN) 17:57
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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NAS 4 4
VAN 17
Mar 21 10:45 PM - NHL
NASHVILLE 0
VANCOUVER 2
1ST PRD: VAN - TOMMI SANTALA 1 (TREVOR LINDEN) 17:57
Predators vs. CanucksMar 21 10:43 PM - NHL
NASHVILLE 0
VANCOUVER 1
1ST PRD: VAN - JAN BULIS 12 (MARKUS NASLUND, LUKAS KRAJICEK) 10:58
Predators vs. CanucksMar 21 10:27 PM
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