Canucks blank Predators in Game 6, advance to 2nd round

With 33. 9 seconds left, Nashville had a ultimate opportunity to put work on hold after Gustav Nyquist was cross-checked by Elias Lindholm. Before time ran out, however, the Predators could n’t stop rookie goalie Arturs Silovs, who had to hit the ice with his stick.

Silovs, who is the 14th rookie goalie in Tournament history to win a series shutout and his five in 30 years, did it with 27 saves. He joined Akira Schmid ( 2023 ), Matt Murray ( 2017 against Nashville in the Stanley Cup Final winner ), Carey Price ( 2008 ) and Ilya Bryzgalov ( 2006 ) in that select group.

Vancouver may perform Edmonton. The Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings in the first round to finish second behind the Canadians in the Pacific Division.

The Islanders kept their winning streak going until Game 2 of their road trip. Since 2011, when Vancouver reached the Stanley Cup Final, which included a Game 6 gain over the Nashville Preds, they have won their first playoff series outside of the pandemic bubbles.

The Animals ‘ six right home-ice playoff losses have some of the franchise’s status as Smashville lost. After winning the Presidents ‘ Trophy a year after Nashville’s unanticipated run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2017, they have n’t won a postseason series since 2018.

Suter’s even other goal of the line came off a Brock Boeser move.

After allowing a total of 92 pictures in the first five sports, Vancouver outshot Nashville for the first time in this series. In a postseason series that included five activities, it had lost just to Washington (90 ) in the Eastern Conference finals of 1998, which was the second-most since 1960.

Silovs was a part of the equation when Thatcher Demko, a contender in the Vezina Trophy, was named week-to-week with an injury following Game 1 victory. Casey DeSmith started Games 2 and 3 before his own injuries, next Silovs made his playoff debut, winning Game 4 for a 3- 1 result.