Vancouver -- Game two of the NsHL Final was decided in a span of 31 seconds. The Florida Panthers won game two 5-2 and now have a two nothing advantage in the series.
The home crowd was stunned and watched in horror as the visitors scored three goals in the span of 31 seconds in the first period.
Jason York opened the scoring when his flutterball got past Canucks back-up goalie Chris Osgood. Just 19 seconds later Justin Williams got past the defense and beat Osgood glove side to make it 2-0. 12 seconds later Sergei Zubov long pass connected to Evgeni Malkin and from the top of the left circle he blasted a shot passed Osgood.
31 seconds and three goals and the Panthers were off to the races. The crowd was fit to be tied.
"I kept counting the Canucks players, it seemed we were playing without 5 guys," said Canucks fan Dennis Kearns. "What the &$#! happened?"
The visiting Panthers kept up the pace. Juraj Kolnik scored to make it 4-0 and the home crowd turned on Osgood. The crowd gave him the bronx cheer from that point on. After Paul Martin made 4-1 the Panthers went in for the kill. Zubov and Jason Spezza set up their third goal of the night this one converted by Antti Miettinen. This goal spelled the end of Osgood's night.
The Southern cats held the advantage of play the rest of the way and cruised to a 5-2 win.
Rick Dipietro played well to cement his status as the Canucks number one. He will obviously play the rest of the series healthy or not.
Game notes: The game turned out to be a battle of back-ups as Coach Keenan suprised most by starting Manny Fernandez over Patrick Lalime ...... The Canucks camp said Dipietro is battling flu type symptoms ...... when the media asked Keenan about the health of Lalime the coach answered "flu, sure that sounds like what he has" ........ Fernandez left the game in the second period holding his elbow ...... Keenan said he was day-to-day with an upper body injury ...... Ed Jovanovski was a physical force tonight leading all players with 7 hits.
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