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Markstrom stopped all 43 shots he faced and the Canucks, who should have trailed by three or four goals heading into the third period, somehow won 1-0 on Pettersson’s world-class finish 40 seconds into overtime. (imacSportsnet)

It may not be remembered that way, considering it was a mid-week game in December against the. But considering that only one week earlier Markstrom was home in Sweden for his father’s funeral after his dad’s agonizing battle with cancer, what the 29-year-old goalie did was truly astounding.

Markstrom made 22 saves in the second period alone when the Hurricanes outskated, outshot and out-everythinged the Canucks. Carolina was especially dangerous on its three power plays, which included an uninterrupted advantage of 4:34 early in the period. In the third period, Markstrom made a brilliant glove save on Aho’s open shot from the slot, and two more on Warren Foegele from the edge of the crease.

“I feel like I corrected the stuff I didn’t like in the Toronto game. I didn’t play a game for about a week before that, so I was a little too excited and little tense for that Toronto game. I just wanted to be a little loose and relaxed, and I thought we did that.”

 

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