Raffi Torres achieves the winner as the Vancouver Canucks opened the stanley Cup deciders with a 1-0 home win against the Boston Bruins. While Torres will take the credit on paper, it was Jannik Hansen's playmaking skills which set up the late goal and with it the vital win.
The winning strike came with 18.5 seconds left on the clock after Roberto Luongo made 36 saves for Vancouver; uphold his sublime post-season form for the Canucks. Tim Thomas had been in similarly good form at the other end - against the NHL's most important scorers - only for Torres to smash free and break the deadlock.
It was an thrilling way to create the series,Luongo said.It was such a close game. It could've gone moreover way, a flip of the coin.The teams meet again in Game 2 on Saturday, also in Canada.