Originally published Friday, December 3, 2010 at 9:56 PM

Vancouver Canucks shut out champion Chicago Blackhawks | NHL

Roberto Luongo made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season, leading the Vancouver Canucks to their fourth straight victory, 3-0 over the Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks in Chicago.

By The Associated Press

CHICAGO — Goaltender Roberto Luongo was in vintage form and helped the Vancouver Canucks extract a measure of revenge against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Luongo made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season and 53rd overall, leading the Canucks to their fourth consecutive victory, 3-0 over Chicago on Friday night.

Tanner Glass, Christian Ehrhoff and Henrik Sedin scored for the Canucks, who lost at home 7-1 to the Blackhawks on Nov. 20.

Stanley Cup champion Chicago suffered its eighth regulation loss at home, matching its regular-season total from last season. The Blackhawks are 6-8-0 at home, after going 29-8-4 last season at United Center.

"These are fun games to be part of," Luongo said. "We always get up for games against the Blackhawks, so it's nice to get the win, especially after our last one."

The Canucks and Blackhawks have an evolving, spirited rivalry. Chicago has eliminated Vancouver from the playoffs in the past two seasons, each time in the second round.

Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said, "We weren't good enough tonight."

On Friday, the Canucks prevailed because Luongo came up with several dazzling stops to thwart prime scoring chances.

The Blackhawks' winning streak ended at three games although they outshot Vancouver 32-18.

"That's what we need from him every night," Glass said of Luongo. "He's a heck of a goalie when he's on, and he was stellar tonight. Tonight we gave up more chances than we usually do, but that's why Lou makes the big bucks."

Sedin's goal was his first since Nov. 4, his third of the year and ended an 11-game drought. He led the league with 112 points last season on 29 goals and 83 assists.

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