from Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet,\

Never have the Vancouver Canucks shot so often, and rarely have they shot so poorly.

The only way injured goalie Thatcher Demko could have helped his team Tuesday was if he had traded his paddle for a regular hockey stick, taken a position in front of the Nashville Predators’ net and actually hit the six-foot-by-four-foot target that seemed to be protected by some force field — and every human being in the Predators’ organization.

The Canucks attempted 84 shots on Nashville goalie Juuse Saros, and forced him to make a save just 18 times. Until a late, meaningless Predator power play, Nashville had blocked more Canuck shots (34) than they’d attempted shots of their own against Casey DeSmith, who is suddenly a focal point of Vancouver’s first real playoff series in nine years due to a Demko injury that coach Rick Tocchet said will keep the star goalie out “week to week.”

The Predators’ first shot of the third period occurred with 1:53 remaining and was Kiefer Sherwood’s empty-net goal that capped a 4-1 victory as Nashville evened the first-round series at 1-1 with Game 3 Friday in Tennessee.

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