Canucks' Thatcher Demko: Earns Game 1 win


by CBS Sports

CBS Sports— Demko stopped 20 of 22 shots in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Predators in Game 1. Demko allowed four goals on 65 shots over two games to close...

ESPN—Canucks top goalie Thatcher Demko out for at least Game 2. Coach Rick Tocchet said starting goalie Thatcher Demko would be out for Game 2, and questionable for the rest of the series against the Predators, with a new injury.

ESPN—Canucks earn 3rd playoff game win with 3rd different goalie. The Canucks on Sunday became only the second team in NHL history to have three different goalies win each of their first three games in a postseason.

News18—Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko will miss Game 2 against Predators. VANCOUVER, British Columbia: The Vancouver Canucks will be without goalie Thatcher Demko when they face the Nashville Predators in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday. Coach Rick Tocchet says Demko is “day to day” and will be evaluated later in the day. He will be replaced in net by backup Casey DeSmith. Demko, 28, stopped 22 shots for the Canucks in a 4-2 Game 1 victory on Sunday night. Demko missed a month after suffering a knee injury on March 9, but returned for Vancouver’s...