Stars/Canucks preview

[MasonRaymond0320]

The Dallas Stars will be playing againest the Vancouver Canucks tonight at 7:00 pm, pacific, 10:00 Eastern. The Stars enter the game with a 1-0-0-2 record (1 win, 2 shootout losses).
The Canucks come into the game with 1 win and 3 losses. There only win came Wednesday night againest the Canadiens when they won 7-1. The former Canuck coach, Marc Crawford will once again come to Vancouver this time of course, coaching the Stars. The Canucks will close out a 3 game home-stand tonight before their next game againest Calgary on Friday. The Star's only win came against the Calgary Flames in which the Stars won 5-2.

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STARS LINE-UP
(Subject to Change)
James Neal, Brad Richards, Loui Eriksson
Brenden Morrow, Mike Ribeiro, Jamie Benn
Steve Ott, Tom Wandell, Fabian Brunnstrom
Krys Barch, Brian Sutherby, Toby Petersen

Stephane Robidas, Trevor Daley
Nicklas Grossman, Karlis Skrastins
Jeff Woywitka, Matt Niskanen

Marty Turco
Alex Auld

CANUCKS LINE-UPS
(Subject to Change)
Steve Bernier, Henrik Sedin, Alex Burrows.
Mikael Samuelsson, Ryan Kesler, Mason Raymond.
Tanner Glass, Kyle Wellwood, Guillaume Desbiens
Rick Rypien, Ryan Johnson, Darcy Hordichuk.

Willie Mitchell, Sami Salo
Alexander Edler, Kevin Bieksa
Christian Ehrhoff, Shane O'Brien

Roberto Luongo
Andrew Raycroft

TOP SCORERS
POINTS
DAL - (4) Neal, Richards
VAN - (6) H.Sedin

GOALS
DAL - (3) Neal
VAN - (3) H.Sedin

ASSISTS
DAL - (3) Richards
VAN -(4) D.Sedin

PLAYER NOTES - See more here

--RW Loui Eriksson is coming off a 36-goal season but had been quiet before Friday. He finally broke the drought midway through the first period with his first goal of the season.

--LW James Neal went (gasp) goal-less for the first time this season on Friday. Not that he still didn't find a way to contribute. Neal had a secondary assist on Loui Eriksson's goal.

--D Stephane Robidas is always a gamer, but he was especially strong on Friday. Robidas had two assists and finished plus-5 for the night against Calgary.

--RW Jere Lehtinen has missed the first two games with a hip/groin injury. Lehtinen, however, is on the Western Canada trip, is skating well in practices and could play Sunday against Vancouver.

--G Roberto Luongo bounced back from being pulled in Monday's loss to Columbus by stopping 27 of 28 shots in a 7-1 romp over his hometown Montreal Canadiens. While Luongo had plenty of goal support, he did have to be good early in the second period after facing just four shots in the first. Montreal had the first 14 shots of the second period and Luongo stopped all but one, a sharp-angle shot from Tomas Plekanec he'd probably like back. But he did make a handful of highlight-reel stops, including one off Mike Cammalleri on a power play before the Canucks broke it open, and generally looked far better than the goalie who produced a .820 save percentage and 4.55 goals-against average in the first three losses.

--C Henrik Sedin is supposed to be the passer in the family, but on a night when he kept the puck on a 2-on-0 rush with Steve Bernier to score his second goal of the game in a 7-1 romp over Montreal on Wednesday, it was identical twin brother Daniel Sedin who finished with three assists. Daniel, who has always been the finisher in the family, has yet to score this season, while Henrik already has three goals in four games. "I've always said he's as good a playmaker as anyone in this room, but it's always been him in scoring positions the last couple of years," Henrik said of Daniel. As for keeping the puck on a 2-on-0, Henrik, a pass-first center who has always been encouraged to shoot more by the Canucks' coaching staff, said he planned his move as soon as he got over the blue line.

"Having Steve there was key," Henrik said. "(Montreal goalie Carey Price) thought I was going to pass for sure, so it was nice to see him bite."

--C Ryan Kesler, who was under the media microscope for having just one assist and being minus-3 through the first three games while anchoring the second line, finally broke through with a goal and two assists, finishing plus-2, a much more acceptable stat line for a guy who last season was a finalist for the Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward. "It felt like everything was going in and rightfully so," said Kesler, who seemed to get a boost when speedy Mason Raymond replaced Sergei Shirokov on the line. "We've been working hard and it's finally good to get rewarded."


. . . . . . Dallas Stars | Vancouver Canucks
1-0-2 | 1-3-0
SCORING
11 Goals 13
18 Assists 23
29 Points 36
3 Power Play Goals 5
1 Short-Handed Goals 0
GOALIES/PENALTIES
2.53 GAA 3.50
.890 Saves % .863
0 Shutouts 0
38 PIM 57

[CSSports]

Didnt have much time to put it together but hope its good enough for people watching the game...

[MasonRaymond0320]

Ya Thanks!

[CSSports]

Just turned on the game - Nucks up 2-1

[avstars]

The game is available free on yahoo sports. Just a note if anyone is interested.

[maple19]

tied 3 & 3 going into overtime

mike