"In this playoff series that now seems ruled by Murphy's Law as far as the Canucks are concerned, you know it was only a matter of time before Sami Salo went down.

The injury prone defenceman has actually been remarkably resilient since returning from his latest majory injury – a torn Achilles tendon suffered last July playing floorball in Finland. Salo played the final 27 games of the NHL regular season before the playoffs, but fate caught up with the oft-injured Salo about eight minutes into the first period of Game 6 when he appeared to leave the ice favouring his leg.

Salo, who took four shifts, went to the dressing room and did't return. It forced the Canucks to rotate five defencemen, including Andrew Alberts, who hadn't played since breaking his wrist in St. Louis on Feb. 14."