On May 3, 2024, the Vancouver Canucks stunned the Nashville Predators with a late third period goal to advance to the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This was the only tally of the game, as Vancouver ultimately won the game 1–0.
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The series-clinching effort came as a result of multiple stellar performances. Pius Suter scored with 1:39 left in the third period to silence the crowd at Bridgestone Arena. Meanwhile, back in Vancouver, Rogers Arena came to life with the cheers of thousands of fans who attended the team’s watch party. Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson helped set up Suter’s series-winning tally.
Despite scoring with less than two minutes left, the Canucks’ final stretch while up 1–0 was possibly the toughest hockey they had to play. With a little more than 30 seconds left in the game, Elias Lindholm was called for cross-checking, forcing Vancouver onto the penalty kill to finish the match. Even so, the team pulled off an impressive slew of blocks, scrambles, and saves in order to take home the win.
While the rest of the league had likely heard of Vancouver’s issues with goaltender injuries, after this game, all they would have remembered is the name of Artūrs Šilovs. The Latvian goaltending prospect, who was 23 at the time, stopped all 28 of Nashville’s shots to post his first NHL shutout. This included having to face three different Predators power play opportunities. With this win, Šilovs became the youngest goalie in Canucks history to record a playoff shutout.
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