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Brouwer missed the final four games of the season to be with his father after surgery.
Kevin Bieksa gave up the puck coming out of his end on the next shift, and Versteeg picked it up on a 2-on-1. He used Andrew Ladd as a decoy and skated in alone on Luongo before snapping in his third goal of the series.
Vancouver had a great chance to get back in the game on a late power play, but Pavol Demitra lost the puck while playing in Edler's spot on the point. Bolland raced the other way and put in a shot off Luongo's stick.
Niemi got help from Brent Sopel to keep the Canucks scoreless in a wild scramble before the buzzer on the same power play. He received another break when Bieksa hit the crossbar just before the penalty expired in the third.
Niemi made his best save early when Daniel Sedin skated out of the corner in tight. The Canucks finally lived up to their pledge to create more scrambles in front of the goalie, but Chicago won the battles for the loose pucks. That included a chance in which Jannik Hansen had an empty net in front of him with the puck in his skates.
Vancouver had six shots in the second period -- three on the power play in the final minute -- but managed 10 in the first seven minutes of the third, forcing the Blackhawks to take a timeout. It worked. With the Canucks pressing, Kane and Byfuglien scored on breakaways on consecutive shifts.
NOTES: Chicago captain Jonathan Toews had an assist on Kane's goal to extend his point streak to nine games (six goals, 19 points). ... Tomas Kopecky came out of the lineup for Brouwer. ... Luongo declined to talk to reporters after the morning skate for a second straight game. ... The Canucks took the pregame warmup without wearing helmets, a trend they started before their 4-1 win in Game 5 to avoid elimination in Chicago.
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