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Casey DeSmith made 30 saves for his first playoff win, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser scored power-play goals for the Canucks, who took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Despite Nashville’s late goal from Luke Evangelista, DeSmith held strong to preserve the win. The Canucks went 2-for-3 on the power play, while Nashville failed to convert on any of their five opportunities. The Predators now face an uphill battle as they head back to Nashville for Game 4 on Sunday.

The Vancouver Canucks are down 1-1 in their playoff series against the Nashville Predators, but they’re sticking to their game plan. Despite a 4-1 loss in Game 2, the Canucks controlled possession for much of the game and put up 84 shot attempts. The problem was that only 18 of those shots made it on net, with Nashville absorbing 30 blocked shots.

The Canucks are confident that they can turn things around in Game 3. Captain Quinn Hughes said the team needs to keep going to the net and capitalizing on their opportunities. Forward J.T. Miller said the team needs to break through Nashville’s defense and get more shots on goal.

Head coach Rick Tocchet said he wants to see more “decisive” play from his team. He also said that goalie Casey DeSmith will start Game 3 in place of the injured Thatcher Demko.

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko will miss Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Nashville Predators due to an undisclosed injury. Backup Casey DeSmith will start in his place. Demko, 28, made 22 saves in Game 1, a 4-2 Canucks victory. DeSmith, 31, has appeared in 27 games for Vancouver this season, posting a 12-9-6 record with a 2.89 goals-against average and an .896 save percentage.

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko will miss Tuesday’s Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round series against the visiting Nashville Predators due to an undisclosed injury. Demko had been dealing with a knee injury earlier in the season but had returned for the final two games of the regular season. Casey DeSmith will start in Demko’s place. The Canucks won Game 1 of the series 4-2 on Sunday.

The Vancouver Canucks have been dealt a major blow with the news that starting goaltender Thatcher Demko will miss Game 2 of the team’s first-round series against the Nashville Predators and could potentially miss the rest of the series. The Canucks will rely on Casey DeSmith and Arturs Silovs in the crease in Demko’s absence. The injury to Demko is a re-aggravation of the lower-body injury that kept him out of Vancouver’s lineup from March 9 to April 16. In Demko’s absence, the Canucks produced a 7-5-2 record, earning a 2.86 goals against average and a .884 save percentage. The Canucks had the second-highest odds of winning the Stanley Cup before the playoffs began, but their chances have now been lowered.

Vancouver Canucks starting goalie Thatcher Demko has been ruled out for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Nashville Predators on Monday, coach Rick Tocchet announced. He will be replaced in net by backup Casey DeSmith. Demko, 28, stopped 20 shots for the Canucks in a 4-2 Game 1 victory on Sunday. The 28-year-old missed a month after suffering a knee injury on March 9 but returned for Vancouver’s two final games of the regular season and finished the campaign with a 35-14-2 record, a .918 save percentage, and five shutouts.