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Blackhawks Blank Canucks

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 40 shots in his first shutout of the season and the Chicago Blackhawks blanked the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 on Sunday night.

 

Brandon Hagel scored the game's lone goal with a third-period tip-in, while Fleury earned his 68th career shutout - first with Chicago - and improved his recent record against Vancouver to 13-0-2.

 

Thatcher Demko stopped 23 of 24 shots for the Canucks, who controlled play through much of the first two periods but stuttered in the third, giving up an early goal and struggling to generate offense.

 

Hagel finally broke the scoreless deadlock 4:12 into the third, tipping in a long shot from Erik Gustafsson for his fifth goal of the season.

 

Vancouver dominated play through much of the first two periods, outshooting the visitors 30-13. It also killed off three penalties - rare, considering the Canucks came into the game with the NHL's worst penalty kill at 60.3%.

 

The Blackhawks visit Calgary on Tuesday.

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