> Best Foot (Skate?) Forward: The Canucks defense had probably their best game collectively of the entire Stanley Cup Final in game five, limiting the Boston shooters to only a handful of high percentage chances at even strength all the while doling out the hits and keeping their transition passes simple. Up front the pattern is emerging: Chara/Seidenberg can shot down the Twins but they still get their looks, Kesler and Bergeron’s line as cancelling each other out which leads to the third line pluggers. Vancouver’s pluggers came through in games one and five, Boston’s in two and three. Who wants it tonight? Luongo now has 11 of his 15 wins coming in one goal games and leads the post season with four shutouts.

> No Tomorrow: As nervous as Boston should be, I suspect they’re pretty comfortable, drawing on the experience of manhandling Vancouver during games three and four. Julien can use last change to keep Krejci’s line away from Bieksa and Chara/Seindenberg draped over the Sedins and Burrows. Boston needs a hero and it may come in the form of a goal from either Lucic (2 pts) or Bergeron (3 pts). Both teams fired blanks on the PP in game five but Julien planted Campbell in front of Luongo to no avail, so expect another look tonight. Thomas has been nothing short of specatuclar and as long as his defense keeps the puck movement to the outside, he’ll remain incredibly hard to beat. Should be interesting to see if Vancouver chucks all the rubber at him rather than waiting patiently for their spots like they did two days ago.

> Impress Your Friends With Knowledge!: Lapierre leads Vancouver with 16 shots on goal this series. Krejci & Bergeron lead Boston with 17 each. (h/t Jeff Paterson)