Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, the Dallas Stars (11-13-5, 27 points) and Vancouver Canucks (18-10-2, 38 points) take the ice for the second of three meetings against each other this season live from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver. The game can be live streamed here. Dallas fans can hear all of the action on 105.3 The Fan while Vancouver fans can do the same on TEAM 1040.
Dallas has won two of its last three games and opens up a three-match road trip while Vancouver has dropped four straight contests and plays the second match of a four-game homestand. The Stars topped the Canucks 6-3 the last time these teams played on Oct. 21.
The Stars are nine points out of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference while the Canucks currently sit in second place in the Pacific Division.
The Stars have had a rough start to this point, but are coming off of a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
General Manager Jim Nill isn't losing patience over his team's slow start.
"We were fortunate to make some moves last season that probably put us ahead of what anybody really thought, and now it all has to come together," Nill said per NHL.com.
Tyler Seguin has paced the Stars and the NHL this season with 23 goals and 38 points thus far this season. Jamie Benn is second on the team with 26 points off of eight tallies and 18 assists while Jason Spezza has found the back of the net six times and added 18 assists for 24 points.
The Canucks are coming off of a 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday and the team is going to make some adjustments to try and avoid its fifth straight loss.
"We're just trying to make changes that allow us to more utilize our talent," coach Willie Desjardins told NHL.com. "I think certain lines are good at certain things and others have other strengths, so we want to try to maximize that with our systems with all the lines."
The team has been paced by the Sedin twins as Daniel Sedin (seven goals, 19 assists) and Henrik Sedin (six markers, 20 helpers) each have 26 points. Radim Vrbata is second on the team with 23 points by way of lighting the lamp 12 times and adding 11 assists.
In net, Vancouver turns to Ryan Miller and he is 16-7-0 with a 2.69 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage this season. Miller is tied for second in the league with three shutouts.
Dallas responds with Kari Lehtonen in the crease and he is 11-7-5 with a 3.10 GAA and a .902 save percentage thus far this season.
The Stars look for their second straight win while the Canucks try to avoid a five-game skid when the lights come up at the Rogers Arena tonight in Vancouver.
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