Eddie Lack, backup to Roberto Luongo, steered aside 45 shots in the Vancouver Canucks' 4-3 loss to the Ducks in Anaheim Sunday night. Luongo was a relatively late scratch in the game because of an upper-body injury he suffered on Saturday night. Lack excelled in this one but gave up the winning goal to Corey Perry with only two seconds left in overtime.

Eddie Lack allowed four goals on 33 shots in Vancouver's 4-2 loss to Tampa Bay Wednesday evening. Lack saw his record fall down to a 7-3-1. He also has a 2.02 goals-against average and .924 save percentage. He is a solid fantasy choice at the moment, because he is starting all of the games for the Canucks while Roberto Luongo is injured.

Eddie Lack allowed three goals on 27 shots in Vancouver's 4-3 shootout loss to Philadelphia Monday night. After a shutout on Sunday against Calgary, Lack couldn't save the game for the Canucks. He now has a 7-2-1 record with a 1.84 goals-against average and .929 save percentage. He will keep starting for the Canucks as long as Roberto Luongo is injured.

Eddie Lack, starting in the Vancouver net for the injured Roberto Luongo (groin), steered aside 18 shots, which was good enough for a 2-0 shutout of the Flames in Calgary Sunday night. Lack is now 7-2-0 in his first season with the Canucks. His GAA has improved to 1.74 and his save percentage is now an impressive .933.

With starting Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo sidelined by a suspected groin strain for seven to 10 days, Eddie Lack becomes the the Canucks' puck-stopper, and he's confident. "I've always thought I was capable of playing in this league and I've worked hard for a long time to get here," Lack, 25, said as the Canucks returned to practice following their four-day Christmas break. "Roberto is our No. 1 but now that he's out, it's time for me to step up. I'm just trying to take it day-by-day and not think too much about where I've been. I've only been thinking about what I can do to get better." Canucks coach John Tortorella says he has confidence in Lack, as well. "We have total confidence in his play. So he steps in. I'm not sure what's going to happen with Roberto but Lacker plays Sunday and we'll see where we go from there. Obviously he has given us flexibility in certain situations and picked up points for us, which was very important in the first half of the year." The Canucks, on a 9-1-1 run, have improved dramatically on defense since early season. They have allowed 17 goals in their last 11 outings.

Eddie Lack stopped 15 shots en route to the Vancouver Canucks' 2-1 victory over the visiting Winnipeg Jets Sunday night. Lack came in late in the first period for starting goalie Roberto Luongo, who left with an injury after he was hit in the leg during a goalmouth collision. Luongo had steered away six shots.

Eddie Lack made 24 saves on 26 shots as the Canucks dumped the arch-rival Blackhawks 3-2 in a shootout Friday night. Lack improves to 5-2 on the year and has allowed two goals or less in every game except his first start of the season on Oct. 6.

Eddie Lack will start against Chicago on Friday. Lack has a 2.00 GAA and .928 save percentage in nine games this season. He replaced Roberto Luongo in the third period of Thursday's game versus Dallas and turned aside all seven shots he faced.

Eddie Lack made 31 saves for his first NHL shutout in his first start at home to lead the Canucks to a 2-0 win against the Carolina Hurricanes Monday night. The 25-year-old hadn't played since a 3-2 win in Carolina eight days earlier, but made 11 stops in the first period and his best saves late in the second. Lack now has a 4-2-0 record with a 2.08 goals-against average and .925 save percentage.

Eddie Lack is projected to get the nod Monday night when the Canucks host Carolina. Roberto Luongo has started Vancouver's last three games and his performances over that span earned him the NHL's third star of the week. Lack will start so that Luongo doesn't have to play three games in four nights. Lack's last outing came on Dec. 1 when he had 29 stops in a 3-2 win over the Hurricanes.