10:07 pm
November 7

Stars @ Canucks

Who will WIN this matchup?

Dallas Stars (4-4-2)

@ Vancouver Canucks (4-6-1)

 

Starting Goalies:

Anton Khudobin (DAL): Confirmed

Thatcher Demko (VAN): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Dallas Stars: (-115)

Vancouver Canucks: (-105)

 

• As they founder though a lengthy homestand, the Vancouver Canucks have no problem pinpointing the skate-blade sharp difference between winning and losing. Heading into Sunday’s home date with the Dallas Stars, the Canucks have just one victory through five games of a seven-game homestand, and their substandard special-team play is the biggest reason for that swoon. On the power play, Vancouver has scored just once with 20 opportunities in those five games, while their opponents have seven power-play markers.

• Vancouver’s 3-2 loss to the Nashville Predators on Friday night was a textbook example of those woes. Nashville went 2-for-3 with the man-advantage, while the Canucks were blanked despite five power plays. The failure to score while holding an advantage is a big reason all four of Vancouver’s losses on the homestand have been by one goal.

• It’s a surprising lack of execution for a squad that boasts plenty of offensive talent in the likes of Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland and captain Bo Horvat.

• The Stars arrive on the West Coast after splitting the first two stops on a three-game trip, falling 4-3 in Winnipeg, and then scoring a 4-3 overtime win over the Flames on Thursday. That was a much-needed victory, snapping a four-game skid.

• Forward Tyler Seguin said a team meeting on Wednesday helped everybody dial in on their job, which resulted in a victory they hope to build on.

• All four of the Stars’ victories have been in overtime this season, but the victory over the Flames saw a few more positives in Seguin, Alexander Radulov and Jamie Benn having an offensive impact after slow starts to the season. Radulov has four points in a four-game point streak and Benn, who scored the overtime winner, has tallied in consecutive games after opening the season with an eight-game scoring drought.

4/10
Confidence
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Dallas Stars
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