In Vancouver Saturday, Ryan Miller was stellar in the Canucks’ net in stopping 38 shots form the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 3-2 win in the shootout.
“He made some pretty miraculous saves, some game-changing saves,” Bo Horvat said.
Ryan recovered from a dismal effort in Anaheim earlier in the week.
“I wanted to bounce back after Anaheim, I left that game with bad feelings,” Miller said . “I felt like I let the guys down. I wanted to do something to pick them up.”
Daniel Sedin and Sven Baertschi scored for Vancouver in regulation.
“Willie (Vancouver coach Willie Desjardins) gave me a chance,” Miller said. “I didn’t know if I would start. He said in front of all the guys I would be going. I needed to get my head on straight.”
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James van Riemsdyk and Auston Matthews each scored their 11th goals of the season for the Maple Leafs.
“You’d love to get the other point, sure, but that was a good game for our team and I thought we really pushed hard as the game went on. You’ve got to give Miller a lot of credit, kind of held the fort,” Leafs head coach Mike Babcock said of the shootout point.
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