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Canucks win in shootout

The last time Ryan Miller faced the Toronto Maple Leafs his night ended with an ejection following a wild line brawl.

The veteran goalie for the Canucks wrapped Saturday's much-anticipated rematch in a more familiar fashion, making 38 saves in regulation and overtime, plus two more in the shootout, as Vancouver downed Toronto 3-2.

The 36-year-old wasn't even sure if he was going to start after allowing a weak goal in Thursday's 3-1 loss to Anaheim — a flub that killed any chance of a comeback.

But head coach Willie Desjardins went back to Miller, and he repaid that faith with a stellar performance, especially late with the young Leafs pressing.

"Willie gave me a chance," said Miller. "He said in front of all the guys I would be going. I needed to get my head on straight. I took the time to get refocused. I knew I had to be better."

Markus Granlund and Bo Horvat scored in the shootout for Vancouver (11-12-2), while Daniel Sedin and Sven Baertschi had the Canucks' goals in regulation.

James van Riemsdyk and Auston Matthews replied for Toronto (10-9-5), which got 22 saves from Frederik Andersen.

Mitch Marner scored in the shootout for the Leafs, but Miller stoned Matthews on the Leafs' first shot and then Tyler Bozak to clinch it after Brandon Sutter was stopped by Andersen on Vancouver's third attempt.

"We played well. You've got to give Miller a lot of credit, I thought he did a nice job for them, kind of held the fort there," said Toronto head coach Mike Babcock. "When you play good like this, you leave satisfied."



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