The Chicago Blackhawks packed for a long road trip, but the Vancouver Canucks would like to send them home early for an unwanted Game 7. The Canucks stayed alive in the Western Conference semifinal series with a 4-1 win in Chicago on Sunday that closed the deficit in the best-of-seven series to 3-2. Now they must now find a way to win Game 6 on Tuesday at home, where the Blackhawks won Games 3 and 4 by a score of 12-6.
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Vancouver has the big injury of the series with Salo likely out with a ruptured testicle. Rome (lower body), Willie Mitchell (concussion) and Baumgartner (knee) all haven’t skated in this series. … Chicago is healthy despite the long-term injury to defenseman Kim Johnsson (concussion), who has been out since March.The Blackhawks are 4-1 on the road in the playoffs and similarly 4-1 at GM Place in the postseason dating back to last season’s conference semifinals. They have scored 22 goals in the five playoff games at GM Place, including 12 in Games 3 and 4 this year.
Kevin Bieksa scored only three goals in 55 games during the regular season, but he potted two in Game 5, including the winner, and he played fantastic in his own zone by logging more than 27 minutes. … Jonathan Toews continues to wield the hot stick for the Blackhawks. He scored again in Game 5 and now has 11 points (4 goals, 7 assists) in the series and 19 points (6 goals, 13 assists) in the playoffs.
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