Luongo, making his first start since a broken rib forced him out of the Canucks line-up on October 28, made 28 saves in the defeat and the effort left a strong impression on Babcock.

Luongo is in the running to be the starting netminder for Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

“He made two unbelievable saves,” Babcock told reporters.

“He’s a big man. He’s just got to get himself back playing and get healthy and he’ll be fine. I thought he did a good job.”

Luongo faced just five shots in the opening period, surrendering a power-play goal to Tomas Holmstrom, but faced a much heavier workload in the final two frames.

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