[8:30 PM] Canucks @ Stars

Who will WIN this matchup?

Vancouver Canucks (8-10-2)

@ Dallas Stars (8-8-5)

 

Starting Goalies:

Ryan Miller(VAN): Confirmed

Antti Niemi(DAL): Likely

 

• The Vancouver Canucks attempt to extend their point streak to four games Friday as they continue their three-game road trip with a matchup against the Dallas Stars. Vancouver, which is looking to win consecutive contests for the first time since opening the season with four straight triumphs, improved to 2-0-1 in its last three when it began its trek with a 4-1 victory at Arizona on Wednesday.

• Vancouver rewarded Ben Hutton on Thursday with a two-year contract extension that will pay the defenseman an average of $2.8 million. The 23-year-old Hutton leads all Canucks defensemen this season with two goals and is tied with Luca Sbisa and Philip Larsen for first on the club among blue-liners with four points.

• The goal against the Predators – a short-hander – was the first of the season by Sharp, who was appearing in his third game after missing 14 with a concussion. John Klingberg, who leads all Dallas defensemen with 10 points, was back in the lineup Wednesday after being scratched for one game for arriving late to a team meeting. Patrick Eaves was kept off the scoresheet by Nashville, ending a six-game point streak during which he collected six goals and two assists.

• The Stars, who entered Thursday last in the league with a 3.38 goals-against average, are 0-6-3 when yielding four or more tallies.

• Canucks C Joseph Labate made his NHL debut in place of F Jack Skille (upper body) on Wednesday and saw 5 minutes, 55 seconds of ice time on nine shifts.

• The defeat in Vancouver on Nov. 13 marked the last time Dallas has scored more than three goals

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Dallas Stars

Confidence: 5/10

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