Schedule and 2010-11 Results
Regular Season Records: Vancouver 54-19-9=117pts, Chicago 44-29-9=97pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 13 April: Chicago loses at Vancouver, 2-goals-nil
Game 2 on Friday, 15 April: Chicago loses at Vancouver, 4-goals-3
Game 3 on Sunday, 17 April: Vancouver wins at Chicago, 3-goals-2
Game 4 on Tuesday, 19 April: Vancouver loses at Chicago, 7-goals-2
Game 5 on Thursday, 21 April: Chicago wins at Vancouver, 5-goals-nil
Game 6 on Sunday, 24 April: Vancouver loses at Chicago, 4-goals-3 (OT)
Game 7 on Tuesday, 26 April: Chicago loses at Vancouver, 2-goals-1 (OT)

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-games-3 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1126. With their series 1126 win, the Vancouver Canucks improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 13-16 overall and 9-6 in the Preliminary round (with an active four-series winning streak). With their series 1126 loss, the Chicago Blackhawks see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 32-39 overall and 7-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order posted by the victorious Vancouver Canucks in series 1126 was WWWLLLW: Series 1126 thus becomes the first NHL Preliminary-round series, the fourth NHL series (all rounds), and the seventh MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. Having lost series 1126 Games 1-3 and won series 1126 Games 4-6, the Chicago Blackhawks tallied a short-handed goal with less than two minutes left in series 1127 Game 7 regulation in Vancouver to tie the game, but lost Game 7 and series 1127 in overtime.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2010-11 regular season, Vancouver finished 20 points ahead of Chicago. From 1939 through the 2010 NHL Finals, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 20 regular-season points, they have posted a 5-1 (.833) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1126 is the 71st best-of-7 playoff series for Chicago, and the 29th for Vancouver. In best-of-7 playoff series, Chicago has a 32-38 series record, a 7-7 Prelim-round series record, and a 26-44 Game 1 record, while Vancouver has a 12-16 series record, an 8-6 Prelim-round record, and a 17-11 Game 1 record. Series 1126 is the fifth best-of-7 meeting between Chicago and Vancouver; Chicago won three of the previous four.