“Canucks” with Blüger in the lineup and Shilov in the reserve will look to regain the lead against “Predators”

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Teodors Bļugers | Foto: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFP

The upcoming night in the National Hockey League (NHL) at 2:30 Latvian time Teodora Blüger and Arthur Shilova The represented Vancouver Canucks will play the third game of the first round of the Stanley Cup against the Nashville Predators.

The Canucks won 4-2 in the first game of the play-offs, but before the second match, the Canadian team received an “alarm signal” with the injury of the main goalkeeper Thatcher Demko, whose participation in the following series is under a question mark. It helped the ‘Predators’, who took revenge in the second match with a score of 4:1, restored the tie in the series and gained home field advantage.

Similar to the team, Blüger’s first game turned out to be more successful – he got an assist, earning the fifth point of his career in the “play-off” competition. Meanwhile, Shilov was called up to the Canucks as an emergency backup goaltender shortly before the start of the playoffs, but due to the aforementioned injury to Demko, he was benched for the second game of the series. However, despite the fact that in the previous loss, the nominally second goalkeeper of the Canucks, Casey DeSmith, saved only 12 of 15 shots, Shilov will remain in the reserve tonight as well.

In Nashville, Canucks coach Rick Tocchet says Casey DeSmith starts Game 3

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This and the fourth game of the series will be played in Nashville before the teams return to Vancouver. If necessary, the sixth match will again be held at the home of the “Predators”, and the seventh game – in the Canadian city. The winners of the series will play the Edmonton Oilers or Los Angeles Kings in the conference semifinals.

NHL “play-off”

West

Dallas Stars – Vegas Golden Knights 0-2
Vancouver Canucks – Nashville Predators 1-1
Edmonton Oilers – Los Angeles Kings 1-1
Winnipeg Jets – Colorado Avalanche 1-1

East

New York “Rangers” – Washington “Capitals” 2-0
Florida Panthers – Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0
Boston Bruins – Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1
Carolina Hurricanes – New York Islanders 3-0