VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 13 (UPI) -- Trent Klatt and defenseman Ed Jovanovski scored power-play goals Saturday night to help Vancouver post a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues.
Also, Dan Cloutier came within 55 seconds of his first NHL postseason shutout as the Canucks evened their Western Conference quarterfinal series at one game apiece.
The Canucks, winless in seven straight playoff games at GM Place since the 1996 conference quarterfinals, rebounded from Thursday's 6-0 humbling by taking the lead 3 1/2 minutes into the game.
Vancouver, goalless in 13 power-play opportunities over its previous two games, capitalized on its first chance in this contest as Klatt netted his first postseason goal in three years to end the Canucks' scoring drought at 160 minutes, 11 seconds.
Jovanovski tallied late in the second on the Canucks' eighth man advantage for a 2-0 lead, and Cloutier made it stand up, stopping 11 shots in the third before a power-play goal by Pavol Demitra in the final minute.
St. Louis, which hosts Game Three on Monday, lost defenseman Al MacInnis, who left midway through the first period with an apparent right arm injury.
