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THE MOJ: Canucks stick with the plan and it pays off with Game 1 victory

Team refused to waver and press after falling behind and it paid off
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Vancouver Canucks’ Dakota Joshua, left to right, Teddy Blueger, Tyler Myers, J.T. Miller and Carson Soucy celebrate Joshua’s second goal against the Nashville Predators during the third period in Game 1 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, in Vancouver, on Sunday, April 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Dakota Joshua described it as a ‘spectacle’. Quinn Hughes said it was ‘electric’.

It was the atmosphere at Rogers Arena as playoff hockey returned to Vancouver for the first time in nine years on Sunday night.

The Vancouver Canucks didn’t disappoint the sell-out crowd of 18,967 as they scored three third period goals – the last one into an empty net – to defeat the Nashville Predators 4-2 in game one of their first-round playoff series.

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