Rookie goalie Arturs Silovs takes over Vancouver Canucks net for Game 4: reports
NASHVILLE — Multiple reports say rookie goalie Arturs Silovs will be in net for the Vancouver Canucks when they face the Nashville Predators in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series today.
The 23-year-old Latvian will be backed up by 24-year-old Belarusian netminder Nikita Tolopilo, who has never played an NHL game.
Silovs is the third goalie to play for the Canucks in the best-of-seven series, and has spent much of the season with Vancouver’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks.
All-star netminder Thatcher Demko backstopped Vancouver to a win in Game 1 but has since been sidelined by an undisclosed injury, and is considered week to week.