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Game Day Preview: Canucks Go For Two In A Row On Road Trip Against Dallas

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Antti Niemi #31 of the Dallas Stars makes a save in front of Alex Burrows #14 of the Vancouver Canucks in the second period at American Airlines Center on October 29, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. (Oct. 28, 2015 - Source: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images North America)
Antti Niemi #31 of the Dallas Stars makes a save in front of Alex Burrows #14 of the Vancouver Canucks in the second period at American Airlines Center on October 29, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. (Source: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images North America)

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andrewchernoff By Andrew Chernoff

November 25, 2016

Game Time: 5:30 PM PST
Location: American Airlines Center
TV: Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: TSN 1040

Vancouver (8-10-2=18 pts) play the second game of a three game road trip tonight at American Airlines Center against Western conference rivals, Dallas Stars (8-8-5=21 pts).

In the their last game, Sven Baertschi (1-2=3 pts) and Bo Horvat (1-2=3 pts), led the Canucks offensively with three points apiece, including a goal each; Alex Burrows with a goal and an assist, and Loui Eriksson, with his 4th goal of the season, also contributed to Vancouver getting their second road win of the season.

  • Luca Sbisa and Markus Granlund chipped in with an assist each.
  • Daniel Sedin’s 8 game point streak came to an end.

Canucks starting goalie Ryan Miller, stopped 35 of 36 shots in the game. Miller, is 3-7-0 with a 2.73 GAA and a .908 save percentage.

Canucks In Brief:

Canucks, are in 6th place in the Pacific division with 18 points; 5 points behind San Jose and Los Angeles, who occupy 2nd and 3rd place; a point behind Calgary and 4 points ahead of Arizona.

The Canucks in their last 8 games are:

  • 4-3-0-1=9 pts / 16 pts (Nov 6-25/16)
    • Home: 2-1-0-1
    • Road: 2-2-0-0
  • 25 goals scored (t-10th in NHL)
  • 28 goals against (28th in NHL)
  • power play, 4 for 20: 20.0 percent (t-10th in NHL)
  • penalty kill, 4 for 23: 82.6 percent (15th in NHL)
  • faceoff win percentage, 55.5 percent (1st in NHL)

Vancouver is now 2-6-1 on the road.

Vancouver’s goaltender tandem of Ryan Miller and Jacob Markstrom are 25th in the NHL, with a 3.00 GAA and a .894 SV%:

  • Jacob Markstrom is 26th in the NHL with a 2.82 GAA; Ryan Miller is 24th with a 2.73 GAA (min. 8 games played)
  • Jacob Markstrom is 34th in the NHL with a .897 save percentage; Ryan Miller is 24th with a .908 save percentage (min. 8 games played)
  • Markstrom is 5-3-2, while Miller is 3-7-0, on the season.

Leading scorers:  Bo Horvat (7-6=13 pts), Daniel Sedin (6-7=13 pts), Henrik Sedin (5-7=12 pts), Brandon Sutter (5-6=11 pts), Sven Baertschi (2-7=9 pts), Markus Granlund (5-3=7 pts), Loui Eriksson (4-4=8 pts), Alex Burrows (3-4=57pts), Jannik Hansen (2-4=6 pts), Ben Hutton (2-2=4 pts), Derek Dorsett (1-3=4 pts), Philip Larsen (0-4=4 pts), Luca Sbisa (0-4=4 pts)

Scratches: #55-Alex Biega, #62-Joseph Labate;#63-Philip Larsen; #65-Alex Grenier

Canucks injured:  #8-Tanev; #15-Dorsett; #17-Anton Rodin; #36-Jannik Hansen;

Points streaks: Bo Horvat (2-2=4 pts / 2 Games); Sven Baertschi (1-3=4 pts / 2 Games); Alex Burrows (1-2=3 pts / 2 Games); Loui Eriksson (2-0=2 pts / 2 Games)

Vancouver special teams are:

  • 7 for 59: 11.9 percent on the power play overall (28th in the NHL), with 75 shots for, 17 shots against, 1 shorthanded goal against
  • 9 for 56: 83.9 percent on the penalty kill overall (t-10th best in NHL), with 57 shots against, 15 shots for, 2 shorthanded goals for

Canucks have allowed 61 goals against (25th in NHL), and have scored 44 goals (t-25th in NHL).

Canucks Notables:

  • Alex Edler ranks t-7th in the NHL in blocked shots with 46.
  • Michael Chaput ranks 2nd in NHL in FOW% at 63.5 (min 8GP, 63 faceoffs)
  • Chaput also ranks 4th in NHL in even strength FOW% at 63.5 (min 8GP, 63 faceoffs)
  • Edler leads the team and ranks t-12th in the NHL with 24:38 TOI per game; last season, he led the team in ice time with 24:37 TOI/game and led the team in that category in 48 games, including 26 games where he led all skaters in TOI.
  • Nikita Tryamkin ranks 10th in the NHL in hits per game (3.6).
  • Troy Stecher ranks 4th in rookie TOI/game with 20:34
  • Brandon Sutter is 17th in the NHL with 196 faceoff wins; Bo Horvat is t-28th with 165 faceoff wins.
  • Daniel Sedin had an 8-game point streak (Nov. 5-19: 4-5-9); it ranks t-3rd in the NHL for the longest scoring streak this season. The longest scoring streak of Daniel’s career spanned over 11 games (3-14-17) from Feb. 12-Mar. 16/10.
  • With three points on Nov. 23 at ARI, Bo Horvat currently leads the team in goals (7) and shares the lead in points (13). Through the first 20 games of 2015.16, Horvat had six points (2-4-6). He has registered 43 points in 64 games during the calendar year.
  • Bo Horvat ranks t-7th (min 20 GP) in the NHL in shooting percentage (22.6%).
  • The Canucks rank 6th with 646 total faceoff wins and rank 3rd with 527 even-strength faceoff wins.
  • Vancouver ranks 7th in faceoff win percentage at 51.7%; in 2015.16, the Canucks’ 45.4% faceoff win percentage ranked 30th.
  • The Canucks are 9th for the fewest shots allowed per game at 28.9.

Stars In Brief:

Stars have 21 points and are in t-4th place with Nashville, in the Central division, 1 point behind Minnesota.

Dallas in their last game, lost 5-2 to the Nashville Predators in Nashville. Patrick Sharp and Brett Ritchie scored goals, and Kari Lehtonen stopped 16 of 20 shots for the Stars, who fell to 8-8-5 on the season. Dallas outshot Nashville 35-21 in the game.

Dallas has the 30th best goaltending in the NHL, with Kari Lehtonen, and Antti Niemi with a 3.35 GAA, and .890 SV%.

Lehtonen is 4-6-3, with a 3.84 GAA, and a .884 SV%. Niemi is 4-2-2, with a 3.17 GAA, and a .903 SV%.

Dallas leading scorers: Tyler Seguin (7-15=22 pts); Patrick Eaves (9-7=16 pts); Jamie Benn (6-10=16 pts); Antoine Roussel (4-9=13 pts); John Klingberg (2-8=10 pts)

Stars injured: Ales Hemsky, Juri Hudler, Mattias Janmark, Johnny Oduya

Points streaks: Brett Ritchie (2-0-2 / 2 Games); Jamie Oleksiak (1-1-2 / 2 Games); Radek Faksa (0-2-2 / 2 Games)

Dallas special teams are:

  • 15 for 82: 18.3 percent on the power play overall (14th in the NHL)
  • 16 for 73: 78.1 percent on the penalty kill overall (27th in the NHL)

Stars have surrendered 71 goals (30th best in NHL), and have scored 55 goals (t-11th in NHL).

Stars Notables:

  • Stars captain Jamie Benn scored the overtime game-winner (1-0=1) against Minnesota on Monday night and now has goals in two of
    his last three games (2-0=2).
  • The goal marked Benn’s second game-winning goal of the season, which is tied for 15th in the NHL and first on the Stars.
  • The captain also shares ninth in the League and second on the team with four power play markers this season.
  • Benn comes into Friday’s tilt with seven points (4-3=7) over his last eight games, including two multi-point outings
  • Forward Patrick Eaves was held scoreless on Wednesday at Nashville, snapping his six-game point streak.
  • Eaves’ six-game streak matched a career-long for the forward, as he also recorded points in six consecutive games during his rookie campaign in 2005-06 from April 3 – 13 while with Ottawa.
  • Eaves’ comes into Friday’s tilt having posted seven goals and 11 points (7-4=11) in his last 10 games, including three multi-point outings.
  • Forward Radek Faksa notched an assist (0-1=1) on Wednesday night at Nashville for his sixth assist of the season.
  • With the assist, Faksa now has points in back-to-back games (0-2=2) for the first time the season. This marks the third time in his career he’s recorded points in consecutive games, and the first since April 3 – 7, 2016 (1-2=3).
  • Faksa also shares 20th in the NHL and ranks second on Dallas with 16 takeaways this season.
  • Stars forward Brett Ritchie scored a goal (1-0=1) against the Predators on Wednesday night.
  • Ritchie has now scored goals in back-to-back games (2-0=2) and has goals in three of his last four games (3-0=3).
  • This marks the first time the forward has registered goals in consecutive games since doing so during the 2015-16 season in his first two career NHL games (2-1=3) from Dec. 31 – Jan. 3.
  • The Orangeville, Ont. native shares third on the Stars with six goals this season and has recorded seven points (6-1=7) this season, all of which have come against Central Division teams.
  • Ritchie posted one hit in Wednesday’s contest and now ranks second on Dallas with 37 hits this season.
  • Defenseman Jamie Oleksiak posted an assist (0-1=1) Wednesday night against the Predators, and now has points in back-to-back games (1-1=2).
  • Forward Patrick Sharp scored a shorthanded goal (1-0=1) at Nashville on Wednesday, marking his first goal of the season. Sharp now has two points (1-1=2) in seven games this season.
  • Forward Lauri Korpikoski notched an assist (0-1=1) against the Predators on Wednesday night and now shares sixth on the team with eight points (4-4=8) this season.

VS DALLAS NOTES:

  • Troy Stecher notched his first NHL goal in the Canucks’ last meeting with Dallas on Nov. 13 in Vancouver.
  • Loui Eriksson was drafted by Dallas in 2003 and played in parts of 7 seasons with the Stars; he currently ranks 7th all-time in Stars
    scoring with 357 points, 6th all-time in goals with 150, 8th all-time in assists with 207, 9th all-time in power-play goals with 36, 5th alltime in shorthanded goals with 7 and t-8th all-time in game-winning goals with 20.
  • Loui Eriksson has played in 7 games versus the Stars in his career notching 5 goals in these contests.
  • Henrik Sedin has 48 career points (11-37-48) in 55 games to lead all skaters in career scoring versus the Stars.
  • Daniel Sedin has 40 career points (15-25-40) in 51 games versus Dallas.
  • Alex Burrows’ lone successful penalty shot attempt occurred on Oct. 25/15 vs Dallas (Niemi).
  • Alex Edler’s first career assist occurred on Nov. 6/06 vs Dallas; he now as 209 assists in his career, good for 5th all-time amongst
    Canucks defencemen.
  • Brendan Gaunce made his NHL debut last season on Oct. 29/15 at Dallas.
  • Philip Larsen was drafted by Dallas in 2008 and played in parts of 4 seasons with the Stars registering 19 points (5-14-19) in 95 games.
  • Willie Desjardins served as an Associate Coach in Dallas for two seasons before serving as Head Coach of their AHL affiliate; in two seasons with the Texas Stars, Desjardins compiled a record of 91-40-21 and led the Stars to a Calder Cup Championship in 2014.
  • Doug Lidster served as an Assistant Coach with the Texas Stars from 2012 to 2014 and helped the team capture a Calder Cup Championship.

Pregame Stats

Regular Season Game 21, Road Game 10

Records:
Van: 8-10-2 (Road: 2-6-1)
Dal: 8-8-5 (Home: 5-3-2)

Team    SF    SA     PP        PK     PIM    HITS   GF   GA
Van         585   578   7-59      9-56      226       395      44     61
Dal          613   647  15-82     16-73     258       409      55     71

Team        CF               CA           SCF          SCA       CF60%   CA60%   CF%
Van      1086(860)   1054(852)  423(317)   445(362)   53.77        53.27       50.23         Dal       1194(898)    1279(965)   476(341)   487(354)  56.68        60.91      48.20

Note: 5v5 stats in parenthesis for CF & CA, SCF & SCA ,                                                                CF60%, CA60% & CF% are 5v5
SCF=scoring chances for; SCA=scoring chances against.

Potential Canucks Lineup:

#22D. Sedin-#33H.Sedin-#20Sutter
#60Granlund-#45Chaput-#21Ericksson
#47Baertschi-#53Horvat-#14Burrows
#9Skille-#50Gaunce- #46Megna

#23Edler-#51Stecher
#27Hutton-#44Gudbranson
#5Sbisa-#88Tryamkin

#30Ryan Miller
#25Markstrom

Game Review: Vancouver Orchestrates 5-4 OT Win Over Dallas, Granlund Scores Winner, Stecher Has First NHL Goal

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VANCOUVER, BC – NOVEMBER 13: Troy Stecher #51 congratulates Markus Granlund #60 of the Vancouver Canucks who scored in overtime against the Dallas Stars during their NHL game at Rogers Arena November 13, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 5-4 in overtime. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

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andrewchernoff By Andrew Chernoff

November 13, 2016

Vancouver (6-9-1=13 pts) played the first game of a 4 game homestand this afternoon at Rogers Arena against the Dallas Stars (6-6-4=16 pts), defeating Dallas 5-4 in overtime, coming back from a 3-1 deficit in the third period.

The Canucks snapped their three game winless streak at home; avenged their loss to the Red Wings, and ended the Stars 10 game win streak against them, all against the visitors.

Markus Granlund, with his 4th goal of the season in the overtime, was the hero, with the decisive winning goal of the game; and picked up an assist as well, for a two point game.

Brandon Sutter, Alex Burrows and Bo Horvat, with two points each; Troy Stecher with his first NHL goal; and Loui Eriksson, his second goal in the last three games, led the Canucks.

Daniel and Henrik Sedin extended their point streaks with assists in the game. Sven Baertschi had his 4th assist of the season.

Vancouver is now 5-3-0 at home, with three games left on their current homestand.

Canucks starting goalie Ryan Miller, stopped 17 of 21 shots in the game, his second win of the season.

VANCOUVER, BC - NOVEMBER 13: Ryan Miller #30 of the Vancouver Canucks stops Radek Faksa #12 of the Dallas Stars on a breakaway during their NHL game at Rogers Arena November 13, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, BC – NOVEMBER 13: Ryan Miller #30 of the Vancouver Canucks stops Radek Faksa #12 of the Dallas Stars on a breakaway during their NHL game at Rogers Arena November 13, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

Miller, after tonight, is 2-7-0 with a 2.92 GAA and a .899 save percentage.

Canucks, are all alone in 5th place in the Pacific division with 13 points; 4 points behind Anaheim in 3rd place;  2 points ahead of the Calgary Flames; 3 points in front of last place Arizona, who have two games in hand.

Game Summary

In the first, the Stars would get the opening goal of the game, to make it 1-0. Patrick Eaves (5), from Dan Hamhuis (5), at 5:43.

Twenty-two second later, Bo Horvat would tie the game at 1-1, with his 5th goal of the season, with assists to Alex Burrows (1) and Sven Baertschi (4), at 6:02.

Before Canuck fans could stop with the high-fives, Dallas would take the lead in the game back, at 2-1, as Lauri Korpikoski (4), twenty seconds later scored, assisted by Radek Faksa (4), at 6:25.

In the second, Patrick Eaves (6), would give Dallas a two goal lead at 3-1, his second goal of the game, at 15:04, assisted by Tyler Seguin (12) and Antoine Roussel (7). Seguin with his second assist of the game.

In the third, the Canucks were once again having to reach into their hat and pull out a miracle, and somehow perform a comeback.

And comeback they would.

Markus Granlund, with his second helper of the season, would set up Loui Eriksson (2), to pull Vancouver within one of the Stars, at 3-2, with his second goal in the last 3 games, at 3:26.

With Vancouver on the power play, Brandon Sutter would score a rare power play goal for the Canucks, his second goal of the year, tying up the game at 3-3, at 6:06; assisted by Daniel Sedin (4) and Henrik Sedin (5).

The assists by the Sedin’s would continue their points streaks; Daniel 5th straight game with a points; Henrik, three games.

Antoine Roussel, his fourth goal of the season, would put Dallas up by one, 4-3, at 11:19, assisted by Tyler Seguin (13), his third assist of the game.

Sixty-three seconds later, Alex Burrows in a scramble in front of the Dallas net, would score a goal that would undergo review for interference on Kari Lehtonen by Burrows. The review determined it was not a goal, due to interference. And Dallas would continue to lead by a goal, 4-3.

Rookie Troy Stecher, would score a great goal, his first NHL goal, to even the game at 4-4 at 18:20, assisted by Alex Burrrows (2) and Bo Horvat (4), with Ryan Miller pulled and the Canuck net empty.

VANCOUVER, BC - NOVEMBER 13: Troy Stecher #51 of the Vancouver Canucks with the puck from his first NHL goal, scored against the Dallas Stars during their NHL game at Rogers Arena November 13, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 5-4 in overtime. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, BC – NOVEMBER 13: Troy Stecher #51 of the Vancouver Canucks with the puck from his first NHL goal, scored against the Dallas Stars during their NHL game at Rogers Arena November 13, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 5-4 in overtime. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

And off to overtime the game would go.

Markus Granlund would make the comeback complete, with an overtime goal at 1:27, with the lone assist going to Brandon Sutter (6), as Sutter pulled the puck back to Granlund off the faceoff in the Dallas end.

In brief:

  • Canucks behind 2-1 after one; trailed 3-1 after two periods
  • Vancouver out shot Dallas 30-21
  • Canucks penalty kill, 2 for 2
    •  2 shots against; 1 shot for; 0 shorthanded goals for
  • Vancouver power play, 1 for 3
    • 5 shots for; 0 shot against; 0 shorthanded goals against

Next Game: Nov 15, 2016: New York Rangers at Vancouver @7:00 p.m. PST

Canucks Post Game Stats

Regular Season Game 16, Home Game 8

Final Score      1     2     3     OT   SO     F
Van                       1      0     3        1                 5
Dal                        2      1     1        0                 4

Records:
Dal: 6-6-4 (Road: 3-4-3)
Van: 6-9-1 (Home: 5-3-0)

Stats:   SF   SA     PP     PK   PIM    CF         CA       SCF    SCA   HITS 
Dal          21    30       0-2   2-3     6     40(32)    57(41)   21(15)   19(11)    24
Van         20    21       1-3    2-2     4      57(41)    40(32)  19(11)   21(15)    29
                                    5v5 stats in parenthesis for CF & CA                                                                SCF=scoring chances for; SCA=scoring chances against.

Event summary:

  • Vancouver had 9-blocked shots; 6-giveaways; 4-takeaways, 14-shot attempts blocked and 13-missed shots

Face-offs:

  • Total: 31-59: 53 percent
    • offensive zone: 10-19: 53%
    • defensive zone: 8-14: 57%
    • neutral zone: 13-26: 50%

Game Stats Reports:  Game, Face-Offs, Shots, Event

Player Stats:

  •  Face-Offs:
    • Sutter, 14-19; H.Sedin, 3-9
    • Horvat, 9-18; Gaunce, 1-2
    •  Chaput, 3-4; Granlund, 1-7
  • Shots leaders:
    • Sutter, 5; Dorsett, 4; D.Sedin, 4
    • Stecher, 4
  •  Hits leaders:
    •  Tryamkin, 5; Gudbranson, 4; Edler, 3
  • Blocked Shots leaders:
    • Hutton, 2; Edler, 2
  • Giveaway leaders:
    • Dorsett, 1; H.Sedin, 1; Horvat, 1; Hutton, 1
    • Granlund, 1; Miller, 1
  • Takeaway leaders:
    • Sutter, 1; H.Sedin, 1; Hutton, 1; Baertschi, 1
  • Shot Attempts Blocked:
    • Stecher, 3; Baertschi, 3
  • Missed Shots:
    • Stecher, 2; Baertschi,2; Edler, 2

Advanced Player Stats For Game:

  • Defensemen (CorsiFor%):
    • All Strengths:
      • Edler: 69.23; Stecher: 76.32
      • Hutton: 52.94; Gudbranson: 40.62
      • Sbisa: 45.45; Tryamkin: 47.62
    • 5 on 5:
      •  Edler: 64.29; Stecher: 70.37
      • Hutton: 48.28; Gudbranson: 43.33
      • Tryamkin: 56.25; Sbisa: 56.25
  • Forwards (CorsiFor%):
    • All Strengths:
      • D.Sedin: 59.38; H.Sedin: 58.33; Ericksson: 58.06
      • Granlund: 48.15; Sutter: 60.00; Burrows: 94.74
      • Baertschi: 70.83; Horvat: 78.26; Dorsett: 44.00
      • Chaput: 41.67; Gaunce: 53.85; Skille: 33.33
    • 5 on 5:
      • D.Sedin: 52.38; H.Sedin: 46.15; Ericksson: 56.00
      • Granlund: 45.45; Sutter: 60.00; Burrows: 94.12
      • Baertschi: 66.67; Horvat: 85.71; Dorsett: 45.83
      • Chaput: 41.67; Gaunce: 53.85; Skille: 33.33

Note: Corsi stats from naturalstattrick.com, hockeystats.ca, corsica.hockey and nhl 

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