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SHOOTOUT.
>> Jim: VANCOUVER WILL SHOOT
FIRST.
AND RYAN KESLER WILL BE THEIR
FIRST SHOOTER.
HERE WE GO.
RYAN KESLER AGAINST JIMMY
HOWARD.
>> Jim: 0-FOR-1.
>> Craig: THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF
SPEED, AND WHAT KESLER TRIES TO
DO BY GOING TO THE SIDE IS GET
JIMMY HOWARD LOSE HIS NET.
HOWARD DIDN'T BITE ON ANYTHING.
YOU'RE HOPING AS A SHOOTER YOU
CAN GET THE GOALTENDER TO FLINCH
AND GET HIM GOING THE OPPOSITE
WAY.
HOWARD STOOD HIS GROUND.
>> Jim: WHO KNOWS WHAT PAVEL
DATSYUK HAS IN STORE FOR US HERE
TONIGHT.
HERE'S HIS EFFORT AGAINST CORY
SCHNEIDER.
>> Jim: BOY, JUST MISSED IT,
DIDN'T HE?
>> Craig: HE TRIED THE FLIP.
YOU CAN SEE HIM LOOKING SKYWARD.
HE KNOWS HE MISSED MAYBE AN
OPPORTUNITY.
HE HAD SCHNEIDER AS THE
GOALTENDER -- YOU'VE GOTTA
RESPECT HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT
ALL THE WAY ACROSS HIS BODY.
SCHNEIDER DOESN'T OVERREACT BUT
STARTS TO MOVE.
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO THERE IS THE
LITTLE FLIP UP AND OVER AND JUST
FLIPPED OVER HIS STICK AND
DIDN'T GET ALL OF IT.
>> Jim: PUCK STARTED TO ROLL
JUST ABOUT THE TIME HE WAS GOING
TO FLIP T HERE'S DEREK ROY
AGAINST JIMMY HOWARD.
NOBODY HAS SCORED YET.
AND A POKE CHECK FOR JIMMY
HOWARD AS CANUCKS ARE 0-FOR-2.
>> Craig: ROY JUST LOST CONTROL
OF THE PUCK A LITTLE BIT THERE.
HE TOOK IT WIDE TO TRY TO CHANGE
THE ANGLE.
HE BOBBLED IT FOR A SPLIT
SECOND.
WHAT A READ BY HOWARD, THE OLD
POKE-CHECK JOHNNY BAUER STYLE.
>> Jim: HENRIK ZETTERBERG, THE
SECOND SHOOTER FOR THE DETROIT
RED WINGS.
MIGHT ONLY TAKE A GOAL TO WIN
THIS SHOOTOUT.
ZETTERBERG AGAINST CORY
SCHNEIDER.
GOALIES ARE BEST SO FAR.
YOU CAN SEE SCHNEIDER DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE IT WAS FOR A SPLIT
SECOND.
HE SAID HEY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT
SPIN IS ON THAT PUCK.
>> Jim: WHAT CAUSED THIS DELAY
AS HENRIK WENT TO THE BACKHAND?
>> Craig: PUCK GOT A LITTLE
CLOSE TO HIS FEET.
TRIED TO GO FIVE-HOLE.
CREDIT SNIDER WITH NOT
OVERREACTING TOO QUICKLY AND
JUST TRACKED IT ALL THE WAY
ACROSS.
>> Jim: FOREHAND-BACKHAND SHELF
HERE DO YOU THINK?
>> Jim: LET'S SEE.
MAXIM LAPIERRE AGAINST JIMMY
HOWARD.
FOREHAND-BACKHAND SHELF!
>> Craig: THAT'S THE LOUDEST
THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN ALL
NIGHT.
TAKING A DIFFERENT TACT.
TWO PLAYERS CAME IN WITH SPEED.
THIS IS NO SPEED BUT QUICK
HANDS.
HE MOVED THE PUCK LATERALLY.
HOWARD SCRAMBLED ACROSS.
CREDIT LAPIERRE WITH GETTING
THAT PUCK UP AND OVER.
>> Jim: DAMIEN BRUNNER MUST
SCORE OR THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS
GET THE EXTRA POINT.
HERE COMES THE SWISS STAR.
CANUCKS WIN IT!
>> Jim: A NIGHT WHERE THEY HAVE
CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT FOR THE
TRUNCATED SEASON PLAYOFFS COMING
UP IN JUST OVER A WEEK.
CORY SCHNEIDER LED THE WAY FOR
VANCOUVER AGAIN.
>> Craig: IT'S A BIG GAME FOR
SCHNEIDER.
HADN'T WON IN HIS LAST THREE
GAMES.
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH HIS
GAME IN DALLAS.
HE WAS SOLID ALL NIGHT.
THAT EXCLAMATION POINT.
DOESN'T OVERREACT AND GETS THE
PADDLE DOWN AND CLOSES OFF THE
FIVE-HOLE AND CLOSES OUT THIS
GAME.
>> Jim: FOUR STRAIGHT SHOOTOUT
LOSSES FOR THE DETROIT RED
WINGS.
THEY JUST CAN'T FIND THAT EXTRA
GOAL, AND AGAIN TONIGHT, THEY
ONLY GET ONE.