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HOYLAKE, England -- Rory McIlroy looked as though he had just thrown a knockout punch at the British Open, and it was only Saturday. When he rolled in a 10-foot eagle putt on the final hole for a 4-under 68, he straightened his back, stared defiantly at thousands of fans crammed into the horseshoe arena around the 18th green at Royal Liverpool and lightly pumped his fist. He went from being tied for the lead to six shots ahead of Rickie Fowler in just over an hour. And suddenly, the biggest challenge facing the 25-year-old from Northern Ireland was reminding himself that he had one more round left. McIlroy cant afford to picture his name etched on the base of that silver claret jug. He cant think about what it will be like next April to drive down Magnolia Lane at Augusta National with a shot at becoming the sixth player to capture the career Grand Slam. "Im not taking anything for granted," McIlroy said. He knows that from experience, good and bad. He blew a four-shot lead at the Masters in 2011 and shot 80 in the final round. He had an eight-shot lead at the U.S. Open two months later and set two scoring records to win by eight. And just two months ago, McIlroy came from seven shots behind to win by seven. It looks like a lost cause for Fowler, Sergio Garcia and anyone else trying to chase down a guy who has won both his majors by eight shots. The six-shot lead was the largest at The Open since Tiger Woods led by six at St. Andrews in 2000. Even so, McIlroy was doing his best to preach caution. "A lot can happen," he said. "And Ive been on the right side of it and Ive been on the wrong side of it. You cant let yourself think forward. Youve just got to completely stay in the moment, and thats what Im going to try to do for all 18 holes tomorrow." History is on his side. No one has ever lost a six-shot lead in the 121 years that The Open has been contested over 72 holes. Boy Wonder would not seem to be a candidate. "What you have with him is hes just so explosive," Jim Furyk said after a 71 left him 10 shots behind. "He won the U.S. Open by eight shots. He obviously doesnt have any issue as the front-runner, and has no issue trying to extend that lead, much like Tiger used to." McIlroy was at 16-under 200. "If Im able to go out and get off to a good start, maybe I can put a little bit of pressure on him," Fowler said after a 68. "Because hes definitely in control of the golf tournament right now." Fowler tried to do his part on a cloudy Saturday with occasional rain, but not nearly what the R&A expected when it went to a two-tee start of the first time in history. Fowler, who was six shots behind going into the third round, ran off three straight birdies to start the back nine and shared the lead when McIlroy made bogey on No. 12. It all changed so quickly. Fowler made a bogey on the 14th hole. McIlroy, playing in the group behind, drilled a 35-foot birdie putt that put his lead back to two shots. "Rickie was just getting close to me," McIlroy said. "I could hear the cheers in front of me. I just wanted to get ahead. To hole a putt like that was huge." And thats when he turned it on. McIlroy blasted a drive on the par-5 16th hole and hit 4-iron from 252 yards over a pot bunker to the left side of the green and made a 15-foot eagle putt. That restored his lead to five shots, for Fowler had driven into a pot bunker and made a bogey. Fowler recovered with a superb shot out of the pot bunker on the 18th to tap-in range for birdie. That put the American into the final group for the second straight major, both times a long way out of the lead. He trailed Martin Kaymer by five shots going into the last day of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. Fowler didnt get closer than four shots from Kaymer in the final round. Garcia, who played in final group with Woods at Royal Liverpool in 2006, certainly had his chances. He was only three shots behind at the turn until missing a short birdie putt on No. 12 and failing to convert so many other chances. Garcia had a 69 and was seven shots behind, along with Dustin Johnson (71). "Its going to be difficult," Garcia said. "But well give it a shot." David Hearn (71) of Brantford, Ont., was tied for 31st at 2-under par. This was Rorys show, just like it was at Congressional, just like it was at Kiawah Island when he won the 2012 PGA Championship. And yet the biggest crowd belonged to Woods, the sports biggest star who is playing his first major since back surgery four months ago. Woods narrowly made the cut on Friday, opened with two straight birdies and that was about all the excitement. He made another double bogey, another triple bogey and shot 73. Woods was 19 shots out of the lead. The biggest challenge for McIlroy might be to avoid looking ahead. 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Well regroup.Vancouver conceded a goal late in the third period to Montreals Tomas Plekanec, and Max Pacioretty added a third for the Canadiens in an empty net with one second on the clock to extend the Canucks winless run to three games.After starting the road trip with wins in Columbus, Washington and Pittsburgh — and a loss in Detroit — Willie Desjardins men have since been beaten by three Canadian teams. The Canucks lost 5-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs last Saturday, and then blew a three-goal lead versus the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, ultimately losing in overtime.If you can go .500 on the road, you have a chance of getting in the playoffs, said Desjardins. But we had a chance to do better than that. We had what we needed. I didnt think we played badly in any of the games.Added Alexandre Burrows: Well take the .500 road trip and well go back home and get better and keep improving. It would have been nice to get more, but if you looked at the two-week road trip early in the year and said (we would go) .500, I think we would have taken it. We got through it.On Tuesday, the Canucks (18-9-2) were lackluster for much of the encounter, taking just 16 shots on Carey Price. Montreal directed a total 69 pucks towards Miller (25 shots on, 26 blocked, 18 misses), while Vancouver managed just 30.The Canadiens (18-10-2) had several chances to put the game away early on, but couldnt capitalize.With a two-man advantage to start the second period, Montreals Alex Galchenyuk had a glorious opportunity to put his team ahead after a goal-mouth scramble, but he fired the puck wide. Then, Pacioretty hit the post to Millers left near the end of the same period. Minutes later, youngster Sven Andrighetto failed to make contact with a loose puck on the doorstep.We all knew we needed to do more offensively, said Brendan Gallagher, who put the Canadiens in front 1-0 in the second period. We generated a lot of chances. Every line contributed.A modified Habs team took to the ice, as coach Michel Therrien did some substantial line shuffling after Montreals loss in Dallas on Saturday.Galchenyuk played centre with Pacioretty and Gallagher on the first line, while David Deshharnais played with Michael Bournival on the second.dddddddddddd Andrighetto joined Plekanec and Jiri Sekac on the third.The new-look Canadiens finally broke the 1-1 deadlock with less than five minutes remaining in the game when Plekanec tipped a beautiful pass from Andrighetto into the roof of the net.It was a nice play by Andrighetto, said Plekanec. One of the defencemen got too close to him so he had room to make that play to me and I just tried to lift it up because I was tight to the net and got lucky.The play was made possible when a streaking Plekanec caught Vancouvers Burrows flat-footed at the blue-line. The Montreal native took full blame for the goal.Its all me, said Burrows. I missed my turn, and the guy blew by me. I had to be above him, and I missed my turn.The victory ended Montreals three-game losing skid. The Canadiens are now 15-1-1 when tied or leading after two periods.Prior to puck drop, the Canadiens honoured the late Jean Beliveau with a video tribute, moment of silence, and lengthy standing ovation. The Canadiens great passed away last Tuesday at the age of 83. Beliveaus wife, his daughter and his granddaughters were in attendance.We played one of our best games of the season, said Therrien. The guys made sure it was a special night.Shortly after the end of the ceremony, Nick Bonino came a hair from putting the Canucks ahead just one minute into the contest, but Price made a diving save to his right to keep the puck out.Montreal went scoreless in the first period for the 22nd time this season.Therriens men finally got their breakthrough when Gallaghers seemingly harmless shot from the face-off circle beat Miller glove-side into the top corner of the net at 6:56. The goal was Gallaghers third since signing a six-year contract extension with Montreal on Nov. 29.The Canucks wasted little time finding their equalizer, with Derek Dorsett beating Price exactly five minutes after the Canadiens opened the scoring. Dorsett scored Vancouvers fourth shorthanded goal of the season after taking a cross-ice feed from Jannik Hansen on an odd-man rush with Brad Richardson in the box.Vancouver has not beaten Montreal at Bell Centre in regulation time since 2007.This was the second and final meeting between the Habs and Canucks this season.Notes: Lars Eller missed the encounter with an upper-body injury. Mike Weaver, who suffered a concussion against the Stars on Saturday, was also out of the lineup. ... Nathan Beaulieu, recalled from Hamilton on Monday, dressed for Montreal for the first time in three weeks. … The Canadiens have scored a league-low nine first-period goals this year. … The Canucks have not scored a power-play goal in their last four games (0-for-13). ' ' '