Blackhawks aim to rebound in Game 2 vs. Canucks

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05/03/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The second-seeded Chicago Blackhawks will try to bounce back from a blowout loss in the opener of the Western Conference semifinals, when they host the Vancouver Canucks in Game 2 tonight at United Center.

The Blackhawks also hosted Game 1 on Saturday, but were slammed, 5-1, by the third-seeded Canucks. In its first round series against Nashville, Chicago lost the opener at home by a 4-1 count before rebounding to win the series in six games.

This series is a rematch of last year's conference semifinals, which Chicago won in six games before losing to Detroit in the West finals. The Canucks also won the opener in last year's matchup when they had home-ice advantage.

Roberto Luongo made 36 saves and Vancouver scored the first five goals of the game en route to Saturday's easy victory in the Windy City.

Christian Ehrhoff and Mason Raymond each had a goal and an assist while Henrik Sedin, Michael Grabner and Kyle Wellwood each added a goal for the Canucks, who eliminated Los Angeles in six games to reach this stage.

Both the Blackhawks and Vancouver had a considerable layoff between the first and second round of the playoffs. Chicago was playing its first game since April 26, while the Canucks had been off since April 25.

"I was able to make a few saves early and it got me going," said Luongo. "That was nice to get in the action right away since we hadn't played since Sunday. Now we've got to keep it going."

Patrick Kane scored the lone goal while Antti Niemi made 20 saves in the loss for the Blackhawks. Niemi was pulled after the second period and replaced by Cristobal Huet, who stopped all three shots he faced.

"Sometimes when you have a long layoff it hurts," said Kane. "But they had the same thing, though, so there's no excuse for it. Maybe we came in thinking it was going to be an easy series which obviously it's not."

Niemi, who will get the start again tonight, has surrendered a total of 12 goals on 74 shots over his last three games. Luongo has stopped 90-of-95 shots over the same span.

The Blackhawks were 29-8-4 as the host during the regular season and is 2-2 at United Center in the postseason. Vancouver, which will host Game 3 on Wednesday, was 19-20-2 on the road this year and is 3-1 as the guest in the playoffs.

This marks the fourth time the clubs have battled in the postseason. Vancouver's only series victory over Chicago was in the 1982 conference finals, when the Canucks ousted the Blackhawks in five games before getting swept by the New York Islanders in the Stanley Cup Finals.

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