CANUCKS ARMY GDT# 21 – CANUCKS @ STARS
By Always90four
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The rush of beating the Coyotes is still fresh, and the Canucks take that momentum into Dallas to face the equally lowly Stars.
A few interesting things have happened since the Canucks last played: Vancouver started their Black Friday deals early by signing Ben Hutton to a 2-year deal, and Philip Larsen is apparently getting back into the lineup (soon). The Stars will want to redeem themselves after blowing a lead in Vancouver the last time these teams played. You remember it well, Troy Stecher with the self-pass and the Stecher-bomb to tie it regulation. Your boy Markus Granlund ended it in OT, and that was it.
Vancouver is only 3 points back of Dallas, so this is a pivotal matchup that could put them in sniffing distance.
If not, there’s always a moral victory to be had.
BROADCAST INFO
TV: SNET-P
RADIO: TSN 1040
PUCK DROP: 5:30 PM
LINE COMBOS
No big changes. Jack Skille might make it back, but a winning lineup usually goes untouched.
Ryan Miller will start this one with Jacob Markstrom going tomorrow.
Vancouver Canucks lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com:
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Daniel Sedin |  Henrik Sedin |  Brandon Sutter |
 Sven Baertschi |  Bo Horvat |  Alexandre Burrows |
 Markus Granlund |  Michael Chaput |  Loui Eriksson |
 Jack Skille |  Brendan Gaunce |  Jayson Megna |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Alexander Edler |  Troy Stecher |
 Ben Hutton |  Erik Gudbranson |
 Luca Sbisa |  Nikita Tryamkin |
Jiri Hudler practiced yesterday with the Stars but isn’t ready to return yet.
Antti Niemi should start.
Dallas Stars lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com:
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Jamie Benn |  Cody Eakin |  Tyler Seguin |
 Patrick Sharp |  Jason Spezza |  Patrick Eaves |
 Antoine Roussel |  Radek Faksa |  Brett Ritchie |
 Lauri Korpikoski |  Devin Shore |  Adam Cracknell |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Dan Hamhuis |  Julius Honka |
 Esa Lindell |  John Klingberg |
 Jamie Oleksiak |  Jordie Benn |
GAME NOTES, STATS AND OTHER INTERESTING INFO
- Bo Horvat is tied for the team lead in points at 13. That’s pretty great. His linemates Sven Baertschi and Alex Burrows work just fine, and even they have been rewarded with some points too! That contract can’t be too far behind either.
- Ryan Miller gets another shot at the Stars today, and he’s been good in the immediate past. However, his three wins in his last ten starts speak more to the lack of goal scoring up front. The season is still early; Miller can bounce back.
- I hate the last five game stat, but Sven Baertschi has 6 points, half of them on Wednesday, in his last five and he could feast on a shaky Stars squad. I’m saying he does because I like predicting things.
- Things LOOK like they’re going Luca Sbisa’s way these days, his 101.6 PDO suggests that as well. He might finally be able to hand in his Dominos car topper.
- Big problems ahead: if and when Philip Larsen comes back, what does that mean for Troy Stecher? I don’t have anything after that, and I’m just scared.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
Next up: Bo
MY TAKE
Vancouver is pretty bad, the stats say so, but they won’t lose every night, and they proved to the Stars last game that you couldn’t count them out until it’s over. The Sedin’s might have a big night so watch out for them.
WILL BO HORVAT CONTINUE HIS TORRID PACE TONIGHT?
This IS a Canucks preview, right? Of course, he does. The Stars are about as awful as the Canucks so for a guy like Horvat, this one should be easy as pie. Two points for the young star Canuck.
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