Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver Canucks Game two of the Stanley Cup Finals

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Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver Canucks Game two of the Stanley Cup Finals

The Stanley Cup Finals started off with a bang as the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks were engaged in a great game that will be one for the ages. Now with Vancouver leading 1-0 in the series, the Bruins look to avenge the loss and even up the series.

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Nobody can be surprised the Canucks survived giving the Bruins' horrid power play five chances, including a lengthy 5-on-3, but few expected Vancouver to have to survive its own man advantage, which came in tied for the playoff lead with 17 goals but failed to convert its five opportunities.

Good thing, then, that third-liner Raffi Torres was able to convert a brilliant pass from Jannik Hansen -- after an equally impressive hold at the line by Ryan Kesler to start the play -- for the only goal with 18.5 seconds left in the game. That made a winner out of Roberto Luongo, who finished with 36 saves for his third shutout in four Game 1s so far.

The Canucks opened their first Stanley Cup final in 17 years with a memorable win, but the big question was whether the price they paid might cost them a shot at the first championship in their 40-year history.

Long before Raffi Torres capped a 1-0 win with 18.5 seconds left Wednesday, the Canucks lost shutdown defenseman Dan Hamhuis to an apparent leg injury. And they could also be without top winger Alex Burrows, who might face a suspension for biting the finger of Patrice Bergeron during a scrum at the end of the first period.

Bergeron said Burrows bit him -- and replays seemed to support that claim -- drawing a little blood and requiring a small bandage on his index finger after he reached over a linesman to stick his glove in Burrows' face.

Burrows denied the charge but still might have to sit out Game 2 Saturday. The NHL has typically handed out a one-game suspension for past biting incidents, and it once resulted in a two-gamer.

"I don't think so," Burrows said when asked if he bit Bergeron. "He had his fingers in my mouth, but I don't think I bit him. He put his hand up and put it in my face and his fingers in my mouth and that's what happened."

No matter whether Burrows is suspended, the bigger loss may be Hamhuis.

Dan Hamhuis left Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final after trying to throw a low hit on big Bruins forward Milan Lucic four minutes into the second period. Hamhuis dropped immediately to the ice after appearing to take Lucic's knee in the midsection, and he took a couple of shots from Bruins forward David Krejci, who was penalized for cross-checking, as a scrum broke out around him. Hamhuis, who anchors Vancouver's shutdown pairing with Kevin Bieksa, was hunched over as he skated to the bench and hobbled to the locker room after crawling over the bench. Hamhuis has a goal and five assists and is plus-5 while averaging almost 26 minutes of ice time—mostly against the opposition's top forwards—during Vancouver's first run to the Cup final in 17 years. Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault said after the game Hamhuis is day-to-day but didn't give any specifics of the injury.

This game will come down to the Bruins ability to score on the power play and up to this point the Bruins have had some problems. That will change dramatically in game two as the Bruins have the pressure to even the series up.

Tim Thomas will be a show-stopper in net and the Bruins will win game tow.

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