Rookie goalie Arturs Silovs to start for Canucks in Game 1 vs. Oilers

VANCOUVER — Rookie goalie Arturs Silovs will start in net for the Canucks as Vancouver kicks off a second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers tonight. Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet says he also expects Elias Pettersson to play after the star centre missed practice due to illness yesterday. Silovs was the third goalie to play for Vancouver in a first-round matchup against the Nashville Predators after all-star netminder Thatcher Demko and backup Casey DeSmith both went down with lower-body