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| Time | Sat. 7:00 PM PST |
TV | CBC |
| Season Series | 3-0 Canucks |
Last Meeting |
4-1 Canucks (Feb. 01/11) |
| The Enemy | Defending Big D | Scoring Leaders |
D. Sedin: 30-44-74 Richards: 24-39-63 |
| Stars |
Category | Canucks |
| 31-21-6 | Season Record | 37-13-9 |
| 8th |
Conference Position | 1st |
| Lost 3 |
Streak | Lost 1 |
| 14-13-1 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
20-4-5 |
| 2-7-1 |
Last 10 | 7-3-0 |
| -4 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +57 |
| 2.71 (18) |
Goals Per Game | 3.30 (2) |
| 2.79 (16) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.29 (2) |
| 1.03 (14) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.30 (3) |
| 19.0 (9) |
Power Play % |
25.2 (1) |
| 78.8 (25) |
Penalty Kill % |
85.3 (5) |
| 27.2 (28) |
Shots Per Game | 32.1 (9) |
| 31.3 (20) |
Shots Against Per Game | 30.4 (17) |
| 82.1 (2) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 81.6 (3) |
| 90.0 (4) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 92.6 (3) |
| 26.7 (21) |
Winning % When Trailing After 1 | 28.6 (19) |
| 88.9 (12) |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 90.3 (11) |
| 50.7 (10) |
Faceoffs % | 55.4 (1) |
| 14.9 (26) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
11.5 (13) |
| NHL.com |
UPDATE: Andrew Raycroft will start for the Stars. (h/t kesrows)
With the Canucks' defence ailing it is a huge relief to hear that Dan Hamhuis may be ready to play by Saturday's game against the Stars and Keith Ballard is to skate with the team any day now. But there are no guarantees on the timeline.
The Stars have key injuries of their own, but mostly on their forward ranks. Brad Richards and Jamie Benn (still injured from the last time these teams met) and the butt munch Adam Burish are out for Dallas. What's worse is their healthy forwards are cold (see below). Ribeiro, Neal and Eriksson are not producing. Dallas has lost their last 3 straight and 7 of their last 8. They have only scored 4 goals in their last 3. They have only scored 3 goals in their 3 losses to the Canucks this season. Ouch.
Vancouver's top guns of the Sedins, Burrows, Kesler have not been putting up their usual amount of points over the Canucks' last few games either.
LINKS
-The Red Wings went through a barrage of injuries to their D in 2008. (Vancouver Sun)
What a save by Lehtonen recently vs Chicago:
GO CANUCKS!