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CANUCKS VS STARS PREVIEW:
VS STARS NOTES:
Thomas Vanek has 27 points (12-15-27) in 39 career games versus Dallas. Henrik Sedin has 14 points (3-11-14) in 20 career games versus the Capitals. Daniel Sedin has 13 points (7-6-13) in 19 career games versus Dallas. Sam Gagner recorded his 200th career assist against Dallas on Nov. 20/14. Henrik Sedin collected his 100th career point versus the Stars on Mar. 25/03. Troy Stecher notched his first career goal against Dallas on Nov. 13/16. Chris Tanev registered his first career assist on Jan. 24/11 against Dallas.
LAST GAME: OCT. 26: VAN 6 vs WSH 2
Thomas Vanek opened scoring at 12:53 in the first period...The Canucks scored three power play goals (Horvat and Baertschi - 2) for the first time since Nov. 21/15 vs TOR...Markus Granlund and Derek Dorsett also notched goals for the Canucks...Both Sven Baertschi and Alexander Burmistrov collected their 100th NHL point...Brock Boeser established a career high for most assists/points in a game with 3...The game marked the first time the Canucks have scored 6 goals in a game since Nov. 21/15 vs TOR
QUICK HITS (Through Oct. 28):
THE GOING RATE:
Jake Virtanen has 3 points (2-1-3) over the past 4 games including goals in back-to-back games for the first time in his NHL career. He scored in 3 straight last season with Utica from Dec. 7-10.
Brock Boeser has 8 points (2-7-9) over 8 games played, which included a career high three assists/points on Oct. 26 vs WSH.
Michael Del Zotto recorded at least an assist in 4 straight games from Oct. 17-22: 5 assists, which tied a career high (Dec. 5-11/11: 5 assists).
Derek Dorsett has 6 goals over the past 7 games. This included a 3-goal scoring streak, the longest goal scoring streak of his career, from Oct.19-22.
Alex Burmistrov has 5 points (1-4-5) over the past 7 games.
