Game 1: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia. In net: Pekka Rinne for Nashville and Roberto Luongo for Vancouver. Vancouver opened the scoring in the second period with a Chris Higgins tally, his second of the postseason coming off of Maxim Lapierre and Kevin Bieksa. This would be the final after a scoreless third period, with Rinne (29 for 30 saves), Mason Raymond, and Luongo (20 save shutout) earning the three stars. Vancouver took a 1-0 series lead with the victory.
Game 2: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia. In net: Pekka Rinne for Nashville and Roberto Luongo for Vancouver. Vancouver took the lead in the second period with the fourth of the postseason by Alexandre Burrows, with help from Ryan Kesler for the shorthanded goal. Nashville tied it late in the third period with Ryan Suter's goal, courtesy of Martin Erat and Joel Ward. After a scoreless first overtime and half of a second, the Predators defeated the Canucks with Matt Halischuk netting his second of the playoffs, thanks to Nick Spaling and Suter. Rinne (32 for 33 saves), Luongo (44 for 46 saves), and Kesler took the three stars. The win by Nashville tied the series at 1.
Game 3: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee. In net: Roberto Luongo for Vancouver and Pekka Rinne for Nashville. Nashville was the first to strike this game, with a shorthanded goal by David Legwand, coming via Ryan Suter and Nick Spaling for his third of the postseason. Vancouver tied it in the second period with a Ryan Kesler goal, assisted by Christian Ehrhoff and Daniel Sedin on the power play. The Canucks took the lead with Chris Higgins potting his third of the playoffs, with help from Kesler and Alexander Edler. The Predators found an equalizer later in the third period with Joel Ward recording his fourth of the postseason, guided in by Martin Erat. The tie lasted into overtime, where Vancouver beat Nashville 3-2 with another Kesler goal, his second of the game and of the playoffs, fueled by Mikael Samuelsson and Ehrhoff on the power play. The three stars were awarded to Kesler, Rinne (44 for 47 saves), and Higgins. The win put Vancouver in the series lead by a 2-1 margin.
Game 4: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee. In net: Roberto Luongo for Vancouver and Pekka Rinne for Nashville. Vancouver opened the scoring with a Christian Ehrhoff goal, his second of the postseason coming off of Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin. Nashville answered with a power play goal by Joel Ward, his fifth of the playoffs powered by Cody Franson and Martin Erat. The Canucks regained the lead with Alexander Edler's second of the postseason, assisted on by Ryan Kesler and Ehrhoff. The Predators retied it again with a Franson marker, made possible by David Legwand and Ward. Vancouver got the lead back once again, with Kesler netting his third of the playoffs on the power play via Henrik and Ehrhoff. The Canucks finished the game off 4-2 with Henrik's empty netter fueled by Alexandre Burrows and Kesler. Kesler, Ehrhoff, and Ward took the three stars. The win put Vancouver up 3-1 for the series.
Game 5: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia. In net: Pekka Rinne for Nashville and Roberto Luongo. Nashville opened with a shorthanded goal by David Legwand, his fourth of the postseason by Joel Ward. Vancouver tied it with a Raffi Torres tally, assisted by Jannik Hansen and Dan Hamhuis. The Canucks took the lead with the fourth of the playoffs by Ryan Kesler, courtesy of Mason Raymond and Chris Higgins. The Predators tied it back up with Legwand's second of the game and fifth of the postseason, an unassisted goal. Nashville got two more goals in the third period from Ward, his sixth and seventh of the playoffs, with Mike Fisher guiding in the first one and Jordin Tootoo doing the same for the second. Kesler made it 4-3 for Vancouver with his second of the game and fifth of the postseason, fueled by Alexander Edler and Torres. This would be the final, with Ward, Kesler, and Legwand getting the three stars. This cut the Canucks series lead to 3-2.
Game 6: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee. In net: Roberto Luongo for Vancouver and Pekka Rinne for Nashville. Vancouver led off with a Mason Raymond goal via Ryan Kesler. The Canucks extended their lead on the power play with the sixth of the postseason by Daniel Sedin, powered by Kesler and Henrik Sedin. Nashville made it 2-1 in the second period with a David Legwand tally, his sixth of the playoffs finding twine thanks to Joel Ward and Sergei Kostitsyn. This would go on to be the final, with Kesler, Raymond and Legwand grabbing the three stars. Vancouver took the series 4-2.
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