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The Vancouver Canucks ended a lengthy losing streak in their first appearance after the Olympics. Theyll shoot for another positive result when they host the Minnesota Wild in tonights clash at Rogers Arena. The Canucks went into the NHLs Olympic break mired in an 0-7-0 slump, but halted that slide with Wednesdays 1-0 win over the visiting St. Louis Blues. It had been Vancouvers longest stretch of regulation losses since the 1998-99 season, but goaltender Eddie Lack helped snap the skid with a 20-save shutout performance. "Lack was outstanding," Vancouver head coach John Tortorella said of his rookie goaltender. "Key saves at key times. He calms this team down." Jannik Hansen provided the offense needed for Vancouvers recent win, scoring the games only goal late in the third period. After outshooting St. Louis 28-17 over the first 40 minutes, Vancouver finally broke the scoreless deadlock late in the third when Tom Sestito picked up the puck along the right midboards in his own zone and backhanded a beautiful outlet pass to Hansen. Hansen corralled the disc near the red line and split two defenders near the blue line before skating into the inner half of the right circle and rifling a wrister under the right arm of Jaroslav Halak to make it 1-0 at the 11:13 mark. The Canucks played Wednesdays game without forward Ryan Kesler, who is dealing with a bruised right hand. The American Olympian has been the subject of trade rumours ahead of next weeks deadline and returns to the lineup for tonights tilt. Despite the win on Wednesday, Vancouver was knocked out of a playoff position while idle on Thursday as Dallas moved into the eighth spot in the West with a win over Carolina. The Canucks are tied with Phoenix and one point back of the Stars. Lack will get another start tonight while Roberto Luongo sits this one out. Luongo won his second gold medal with Team Canada in Sochi after playing a backup role to Carey Price. Tonights test marks the final test for Vancouver before hosting Ottawa in Sundays outdoor battle at BC Place. The Wild posted a third straight win when they came back from the break to post Thursdays 3-0 victory in Edmonton. Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves for his second shutout of the season to anchor the win. Mikael Granlund, Stephane Veilleux and Dany Heatley scored for the Wild, who will aim for their first four-game winning streak since Jan. 2-9. "I thought that our guys had a real good focus on defending tonight and doing it the right way," Minnesota head coach Mike Yeo said. Kuemper is expected to get the start again tonight. Niklas Backstrom is dealing with an abdominal problem at the moment, but he was able to dress as the backup on Thursday. 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Sometimes you cant keep track of the score. Djokovic has a 100 per cent winning record in finals at Melbourne Park, claiming his first Grand Slam here in 2008 and winning three straight titles from 2011 before losing in the quarterfinals last year to Wawrinka. Only Roger Federer and Stefan Edberg had reached five mens finals at the Australian in the Open era. The previous two meetings between Djokovic and Wawrinka at the Australian Open had gone to five sets and lasted a combined nine hours. Fridays match lacked that kind of intensity and memorable moments. Strange, Wawrinka said. Not the best. At times Wawrinka got on top of Djokovic, who sometimes looked lethargic. Despite dropping serve in four of the five sets, Djokovic kept his composure in the 3-hour, 30-minute match as Wawrinka blasted 42 winners but offset that with 69 unforced errors. The momentum shifted suddenly in three of the five sets, with both players struggling to turn service breaks into big leads and wasting breakpoint opportunities. Djokovic hit 27 winners — none in the fourth set — and finished with 49 unforced errors. The battle was great ... in terms of fighting from both sides, Djokovic said, but the level of performance was not where I wanted it to be. It was good enough to increase his career record to 17 wins in 20 matches against Wawrinka, who won his first major title here last year. The Swiss player didnt advance past the quarterfinals at his next three Grand Slam events, and will drop to No. 9 when the next rankings are released. Theres no pressure for that, Wawrinka said of the burden of defending a title. But, no, for sure we hadd some great battles here last two years.ddddddddddddToday was strange match. He was there playing good enough to win and he deserve to win and play the final. Murray is moving in the other direction, restoring his position in the so-called Big Four of major winners that includes Djokovic, No. 2 Federer and No. 3 Rafael Nadal, who dominated the Grand Slam titles for so long. Sixth-seeded Murray, who has lost three Australian Open finals, moved into the championship match with a fiery four-set win over No. 7 Tomas Berdych on Thursday night. Djokovic has beaten Murray in seven of their last eight matches and is 15-8 overall, but theyre level in Grand Slam finals with two wins apiece — Djokovic in Australia in 2011 and 13 and Murray at the 2012 U.S. Open and Wimbledon in 2013. And then theres the question of fitness, and whether Djokovic can rebound quickly and with one less day to prepare. Theres no question about it. Some points of the match I did struggle physically to recover for the next one, Djokovic said of his semifinal. I didnt have many free points on the first serve as I did throughout the tournament, so that was a significant change. But, you know, nothing that will worry me. You know, Im sure that Ill be fit and ready for finals. Once youre on the court, you really forget about being exhausted or, you know, sick or something like this. Top-ranked Serena Williams had to re-schedule a practice session ahead of Saturdays womens final against No. 2 Maria Sharapova. Ive been sick with a cold all week, and I got better, then I got worse the morning, said Williams, who has won 15 in a row against Sharapova, has won all five Australian Open finals she has contested and is chasing a 19th major title. She was feeling well enough to return to the practice court in the afternoon. Mixed Doubles Daniel Nestor and partner Kristina Mladenovic will play for the Australian Open mixed doubles title for a second straight year tonight when the duo face seventh-seeded Swiss-Indian pair Martina Hingis and Leander Paes. The defending champions ousted top seeds Sania Mirza of India and Bruno Soares of Brazil 3-6, 6-2, 10-8 in the semifinals on Friday. No. 3 seeds Nestor and Mladenovic blasted six aces and hit 28 winners to 14 unforced errors in a very close duel. With a victory, 42-year-old Nestor will have won at least one Slam title for a ninth straight year. He and Mladenovic will be aiming for their third major trophy together, to go alongside their 2014 Australian Open and 2013 Wimbledon hardware. ' ' '