Western Conference Semi - Vancouver vs. Chicago

VAN CHI # G EG S% G EG SV% Game 1: 5 3.3 90.6 3 3.2 87.9 Game 2: 3 1.9 86.1 6 3.6 84.2 Game 3: 3 3.1 96.4 1 2.8 90.3 Game 4: 1 1.1 90.0 2 2.0 90.9 Game 5: 2 1.6 87.0 4 2.3 87.5 Game 6: 5 3.8 81.1 7 3.7 86.8 Series [2-4] 19 14.8 88.1 23 17.6 87.8

Game 1: A little disappointing with the Canucks 3rd period, but overall the Canucks showed that when they have to they can win a game.
Game 2: Chicago has been playing extremely well since the 3rd period of game 1. All the Canucks were playing poorly in this game.
Game 3: Many people thought the Canucks were in trouble - I guess not. Much better defensive game for the Canucks. Game 4 should be a much bigger challenge as Chicago wont give the Canucks a 3-1 lead easily.
Game 4: The reason the Canucks chances were so low was that they were leading for most of the game and decided to try and defend their way to a win. That may have been a mistake.
Game 5: Chicago simply out played the Canucks in every area. The Canucks just can't score.

Game 6: After the last couple games it was hard to imagine the Canucks pulling this off a series come back. It seemed like every player went down tonight. Hard to pick out a good one on the Canucks. But Chicago, just kept coming and played hard and were very fast (quick passes) all over the ice. Also, I believe this is Luongo's second 7 goals against in one night game in his entire NHL career, the last one occured on January 4, 2000 (the game before that he had 9 goals against). Not the best night to have your worst game...

VAN CHI Winner Even Strength GF 2.67 2.8 EGF 2.33 2.63 GA 2.2 2.16 EGA 2.34 2.44 SV% 90.6% 91.1% Power Play GF 7.75 7.96 EGF 9.16 6.97 GA 0.84 0.64 EGA 0.66 0.6 SV% 89.8% 90.8%

As you can see by the above table and prediction, this should be a very close series. Both teams have great goaltending and steady offense.