Regular Season Game 74, Overall Game 81, National Hockey League Game 1,106
Where: American Airlines Center | Dallas, Texas Date: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 Time: 7:30 PM Central Time Stars Television/Radio: Fox Sports Southwest | 1310 AM/104.1 FM The Ticket Canucks Television/Radio: SportsNet Pacific | TEAM1410 AM National TV/Radio: None | XM 215 | Sirius 214 Tonight's Officials: Referees - Wes McCauley, Brad Watson | Linesmen - Mike Cvik, Ryan Galloway
Mascot: Stars
Colors: Green/Gold
Head Coach: Glen Gulutzan
Official Team Site: DallasStars.com
HF Board: HFBoard.com - Dallas Stars
Fan Site: TheStarsFans.com
Record: 40-28-5 with 85 Points
Standings: Pacific Division-1st, Western Conference-3rd, NHL-11th
Home Record: 21-13-3
Away Record: 19-15-2
Overtime Record: 3-1
Shootout Record: 7-4
Streak: 1 Game Winning Streak
Last Five Games:
03.20 - vs Phoenix - W 4-3 (SO) - Box Score
03.16 - vs Chicago - L 4-1 - Box Score
03.14 - at Winnipeg - L 5-2 - Box Score
03.13 - at Minnesota - W 1-0 - Box Score
03.10 - vs Anaheim - W 2-0 - Box Score
Next Five Games:
03.24 - vs Calgary - 1:00 PM
03.26 - at Calgary - 8:00 PM
03.28 - at Edmonton - 8:30 PM
03.30 - at Vancouver - 9:00 PM
03.31 - at San Jose - 9:30 PM
Team Stats:
Goals: 186 (21st)
Goals Per Game: 2.55 (18th)
Goals Allowed: 191 (12th)
Goals Allowed Per Game: 2.62 (14th)
Shots Per Game: 28.2 (21st)
Missed Shots: 914 (10th)•
Shots Allowed Per Game: 30.6 (20th)•
Blocked Shots: 1,148 (7th)•
Powerplay: 14.9% (27th)
Penalty Kill: 83.4% (10th)
Hits: 2,008 (3rd)•
THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Mascot: Canucks
Colors: Navy/Green
Head Coach: Alain Vigneault
Official Team Site: VancouverCanucks.com
HF Board: HFBoard.com - Vancouver Canucks
Fan Site: CanucksCorner.com
Record: 43-21-9 with 95 Points
Standings: Northwest Division-1st, Western Conference-1st, NHL-4th
Home Record: 21-10-4
Away Record: 22-11-5
Overtime Record: 5-2
Shootout Record: 7-7
Streak: 2 Game Losing Streak
Last Five Games:
03.21 - at Chicago - L 2-1 (OT) - Box Score
03.19 - at Minnesota - L 2-0 - Box Score
03.17 - vs Columbus - W 4-3 - Box Score
03.14 - vs Phoenix - L 5-4 - Box Score
03.10 - vs Montreal - L 4-1 - Box Score
Next Five Games:
03.24 - at Colorado - 9:00 PM
03.26 - vs Los Angeles - 9:00 PM
03.28 - vs Colorado - 9:00 PM
03.30 - vs Dallas - 9:00 PM
03.31 - vs Calgary - 9:00 PM
Team Stats:
Goals: 217 (6th)•
Goals Per Game: 2.97 (5th)•
Goals Allowed: 177 (5th)•
Goals Allowed Per Game: 2.42 (5th)•
Shots Per Game: 31.4 (6th)•
Missed Shots: 878 (14th)
Shots Allowed Per Game: 30.8 (22nd)
Blocked Shots: 893 (28th)
Powerplay: 21.3% (3rd)•
Penalty Kill: 86.0% (6th)•
Hits: 1,615 (18th)
JERE LEHTINEN INJURY REPORT DALLAS
Total Man Games Lost: 157
Current Players Injured (1):
Mark Fistric - Lower Body - Day-To-Day
VANCOUVER
Total Man Games Lost: 237
Current Players Injured (4):
Aaron Volpatti - IR - Shoulder
Andrew Ebbett - IR - Upper Body
Keith Ballard - IR - Upper Body
Daniel Sedin - Day-To-Day - Concussion
DALLAS TEAM LEADERS
Points: Loui Eriksson - 68
Goals: Michael Ryder - 32
Assists: Loui Eriksson - 42
Hits: Steve Ott - 241
Plus/Minus: Ryder & Eriksson & Souray - +20
Penalty Minutes: Steve Ott - 140
Shots: Michael Ryder - 184
Blocked Shots: Trevor Daley - 106
Missed Shots: Alex Goligoski - 75
Powerplay Goals: Michael Ryder - 7
Shorthanded Goals: Loui Eriksson - 2
Game Winning Goals: Jamie Benn - 7
GOALTENDERS
Kari Lehtonen | 30-16-4
Games Played: 51 (Started 51)
GAA: 2.26 (114 Goals Allowed)
Save %: .923% (1,374 of 1,488)
Shut Outs: 4
Richard Bachman | 8-4-1
Games Played: 16 (Started 14)
GAA: 2.71 (39 Goals Allowed)
Save %: .911% (399 of 438)
Shut Outs: 1
Andrew Raycroft | 2-8-0
Games Played: 10 (Started 8)
GAA: 3.52 (31 Goals Allowed)
Save %: .898% (272 of 303)
Shut Outs: 0
VANCOUVER TEAM LEADERS
Points: Henrik Sedin - 70
Goals: Daniel Sedin - 30
Assists: Henrik Sedin - 57
Hits: Maxim Lapierre - 214
Plus/Minus: Dan Hamhuis - +22
Penalty Minutes: Maxim Lapierre - 120
Shots: Daniel Sedin - 229
Blocked Shots: Alexander Edler - 114
Missed Shots: Daniel Sedin - 97
Powerplay Goals: Daniel Sedin - 10
Shorthanded Goals: 4 Players - 1
Game Winning Goals: Alexandre Burrows - 7
GOALTENDERS
Roberto Luongo | 27-14-8
Games Played: 50 (Started 49)
GAA: 2.47 (119 Goals Allowed)
Save %: .917% (1,315 of 1,434)
Shut Outs: 3
Cory Schneider | 16-7-1
Games Played: 28 (Started 24)
GAA: 2.08 (54 Goals Allowed)
Save %: .933% (755 of 809)
Shut Outs: 2
SEASON SERIES: Dallas 2-0-0 ALL TIME SERIES: 83-72-22-3 | Home: 46-31-12-0 | Away: 37-41-10-3
Dallas Goals: 560 ---- Vancouver Goals: 569
Regular Season: 79-64-22-3 | Home: 45-27-12-0 | Away: 34-37-10-3
Shoot Out: 2-2 | Home: 1-0 | Away: 1-2
Playoffs: 4-8 | Home: 1-4 | Away: 3-4
Record In Dallas: 37-36-6-3 | Home: 17-19-4-0 | Away: 20-17-2-3
Last Game In Series: 3.06.11 | at Vancouver | Win 5-2 | GAME RECAP | GAME THREAD | GAME HIGHLIGHTS
THIS SEASON vs the Canucks: Meetings:
02.26 - Dallas 3• vs Vancouver 2 (Overtime)
03.06 - Dallas 5• at Vancouver 2
03.22 - Dallas vs Vancouver
03.30 - Dallas at Vancouver Goal Scorers:
DAL (8) - Ryder, Ribeiro (3), Eriksson (2), Benn, Robidas
VAN (4) - Kesler, Raymond, Higgins, Edler Goaltenders:
DAL - Lehtonen (1st) - 63:28 - 26 Shots - 24 Saves - 2 Goals Against - 1-0-0 Record
DAL - Bachman (2nd) - 60:00 - 31 Shots - 29 Saves - 2 Goals Against - 1-0-0 Record
VAN - Luongo (1st|2nd) - 122:11 - 56 Shots - 49 Saves - 7 Goals Against - 0-1-1 Record Special Teams:
DAL - 2 For 6 on Powerplay | 5 For 5 on Penalty Kill | 0 Shorthanded Goals
VAN - 0 For 5 on Powerplay | 4 For 6 on Penalty Kill | 0 Shorthanded Goals
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PACIFIC DIVISION GAMES Dallas Stars Vs Vancouver (7:30 PM CT) Anaheim Ducks Vs OFF Los Angeles Kings Vs St Louis (9:30 PM CT) Phoenix Coyotes Vs Colorado (9:00 PM CT) San Jose Sharks Vs Boston (9:30 PM CT)
WESTERN CONFERENCE GAMES
Nashville Predators At Pittsburgh (6:00 PM CT)
Edmonton Oilers At Tampa Bay Lightning (6:30 PM CT)
Calgary Flames At Minnesota Wild (7:00 PM CT)
Tiebreakers - From NHL.com
1. The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage).
2. The greater number of games won, excluding games won in the shootout.
3. The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs. If two clubs are tied, and have not played an equal number of home games against each other, points earned in the first game played in the city that had the extra game shall not be included. If more than two clubs are tied, the higher percentage of available points earned in games among those clubs, and not including any "odd" games, shall be used to determine the standing.
4. The greater differential between goals for and against for the entire regular season.
MARCH GAMES
Thursday 22nd - vs Vancouver - 7:30 PM - Fox Sports Southwest
Saturday 24th - vs Calgary - 1:00 PM - TXA21
Monday 26th - at Calgary - 7:00 PM - Fox Sports Southwest
Wednesday 28th - at Edmonton - 8:30 PM - Fox Sports Southwest
Friday 30th - at Vancouver - 9:00 PM - Fox Sports Southwest Plus
Saturday 31st - at San Jose - 9:30 PM - Fox Sports Southwest
Tonight's game against the Vancouver Canucks marks the 1,433rd regular season game for the Stars since moving to the Lone Star State. Dallas is 747-479-125-79 (Wins-Losses-Ties-OT/SO Losses) in the previous 1,432 games.
Loui Eriksson is one shorthanded goal away from moving into 8th all-time in shorthanded goals.
Kari Lehtonen is one overtime/shootout losses away from moving into 9th all-time in overtime/shootout losses.
Kari Lehtonen is one game played away from moving into 10th all-time in goaltender games played.
Mike Ribeiro is one assists away from moving into 10th all-time in assists.
Brenden Morrow is two shorthanded goals away from moving into 4th all-time in shorthanded goals.
Brenden Morrow is two power play goals away from moving into sole possession of 5th all-time in power play goals.
Kari Lehtonen is two shutouts away from moving into 6th all-time in shutouts.
Kari Lehtonen is seven wins away from moving into 7th all-time in goaltender wins.
Brenden Morrow is eight assists away from moving into 9th all-time in assists.
Brenden Morrow is nine even strength goals away from moving into 6th all-time in even strength goals.
Brenden Morrow is nine goals away from moving into 7th all-time in goals.
Glen Gulutzan is nine wins away from moving into 9th all-time in coaching wins.
Brenden Morrow is 21 points away from moving into 7th all-time in points.
Kari Lehtonen is 21 losses away from moving into 9th all-time in goaltender losses.
Steve Ott is 23 penalty minutes away from moving into 4th all-time in penalty minutes.
Loui Eriksson is 29 goals away from moving into 10th all-time in goals.
Loui Eriksson is 30 even strength goals from moving into 10th all-time in even strength goals.
Brenden Morrow is 32 games away from moving into 5th all-time in games played.
Loui Eriksson is 32 power play goals from moving into 10th all-time in power play goals.
Kari Lehtonen is 115 goals against from moving into 10th all-time in goals against.
Brenden Morrow is 203 penalty minutes away from moving into 3rd place all-time in penalty minutes.
Kari Lehtonen is 317 minutes played away from moving into 9th all-time in goaltender minutes played.
Kari Lehtonen is 346 saves from moving into 5th all-time in saves.
Brenden Morrow is three games away from 800 career games played.
Jamie Benn is four penalty minutes away from 150 career penalty minutes.
Loui Eriksson is six games away from 450 career games played.
Toby Petersen is eight games away from 250 games played as a Dallas Star.
Stephane Robidas is eight points away from 200 points as a Dallas Star.
Loui Eriksson is 12 goals away from 150 career goals.
Jamie Benn is 12 assists away from 100 career assists.
Loui Eriksson is 13 assists away from 200 career assists.
Stephane Robidas is 14 penalty minutes away from 550 penalty minutes as a Dallas Star.
Brenden Morrow is 15 goals away from 250 career goals.
Alex Goligoski is 15 games away from 100 games played as a Dallas Star.
Steve Ott is 16 goals away from 100 career goals.
Kari Lehtonen is 18 games away from 150 games played as a Dallas Star.
Brenden Morrow is 20 assists away from 300 career assists.
Loui Eriksson is 25 points away from 350 career points.
Mike Ribeiro is 29 goals away from 150 goals as a Dallas Star.
Kari Lehtonen is 2-5-0 all-time against the Canucks in 7 games with a 3.79 goals against average and a .874 save percentage.
Richard Bachman is 1-0-0 all-time against the Canucks in 1 game with a 2.00 goals against average and a .935 save percentage.
Loui Eriksson is on a three game point streak (3 goals, 3 assists).
With the win over Phoenix, Glen Gulutzan became the 38th rookie head coach in NHL history to win 40-or-more games in his first full season as head coach.
Dallas is looking for their first three game winning streak against Vancouver since 2006.
Dallas has allowed just two powerplay goals in their previous 11 games (33 for 35 on the PK).
Dallas is just nine wins away from equaling their win total as the North Stars.
The Stars haven't had a power play in either of their two previous games.
Dallas has a 9-1-1 record against Canadian teams this season. The Jets ended a 9-0-1 run by the Stars over Canadian squads.
The Stars are 12-3-0 against the Northwest Division this season.
Dallas is 12-9-1 against the Pacific Division this season.
Dallas is 16-4-0 this season when a defenseman scores a goal.
Dallas is 65-0-7 over the past three seasons when holding a lead after two periods. Their last loss in regulation was on October 31st, 2009 against Nashville. Dallas is 24-0-2 this season.
Dallas is 15-2-0 when scoring at least four goals, and 14-2-0 when allowing one goal.
Dallas is 34-4-1, this season, when allowing two-or-fewer goals in a game.
The Stars will play a total of 14 back-to-back series in 2011-12. The Stars are 8-14-4 in games included in back-to-backs, going 7-4-2 in the first game while 1-10-2 in the second.
The Dallas Stars are 7-4 in shootouts this season. The Stars beat Phoenix (2-1 on 10.10) in Dallas, Phoenix (2-1 on 10.25) in Phoenix, Los Angeles (2-1 on 1.12) in Los Angeles, Minnesota (2-1 on 2.04) in Dallas, Calgary (2-0 on 3.04) in Calgary, San Jose (1-0 on 3.08) in Dallas, and Phoenix (1-0 on 3.20) in Dallas. The Stars lost to Toronto (1-0 on 11.25) in Dallas, Detroit (1-0 on 1.17) in Dallas, Buffalo (2-1 on 2.10) in Buffalo, and Pittsburgh (3-2 on 2.29) in Dallas. To see full stats of the shoot out, CLICK HERE
OPPONENT LOOK: THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Roberto Luongo is 14-9-2 all-time against the Stars in 26 games with a 2.24 goals against average and a .928 save percentage. He has four shut outs.
Cory Schneider is 2-1-0 all-time against the Stars in 3 games with a 1.35 goals against average and a .966 save percentage.
In each of the first two meetings between the Stars and Canucks, Vancouver has scored the first goal.
Vancouver is 36-9-4 when scoring first, and 7-12-5 when their opponent scores first.
Vancouver is 7-5-4 against the Pacific Division this season.
After a 9-1-4 February, and the Canucks are only 3-5-1 in the month of March so far.
When leading after 2 periods, Vancouver is an NHL best 184-3-14 since the 2006-07 season. They have the second longest active streak at 93-0-5.
DALLAS RECORDS & STATISTICS
Day games (before 5 pm): 4-1-0
Night games: 36-27-5
When leading after 1st Period: 17-3-1
When trailing after 1st Period: 2-20-3
When tied after 1st Period: 20-5-1
When leading after 2nd Period: 24-0-2
When trailing after 2nd Period: 4-25-0
When tied after 2nd Period: 12-4-3
When scoring first: 28-7-3
When trailing first: 12-21-2
When scoring a powerplay goal: 20-5-3
When not scoring a powerplay goal: 20-23-2
When allowing a powerplay goal: 13-15-2
When not allowing a powerplay goal: 27-13-3
1-goal games: 20-7-5
2-goal games: 10-5
3-goal games: 10-16
THE ZUBIE SHOOTOUT REPORT
Record: 7-4
Home: 4-3
Away: 3-1
Goals: 14-10 Games
76th All-Time - 10.10.11 - vs Phoenix - Win 2-1 - Lehtonen 2 Saves on 3 Shooters - Goals: Eriksson, Ribeiro - Win 2-1
77th All-Time - 10.25.11 - at Phoenix - Win 3-2 - Lehtonen 7 Saves on 8 Shooters - Goals: Ryder, Daley - Win 2-1
78th All-Time - 11.25.11 - vs Toronto - Loss 4-3 - Lehtonen 2 Saves on 3 Shooters - Goals: None - Loss 1-0
79th All-Time - 01.12.12 - at Los Angeles - Win 5-4 - Lehtonen 3 Saves on 3 Shooters - Goals: Eriksson - Win 1-0
80th All-Time - 01.17.12 - vs Detroit - Loss 3-2 - Bachman 2 Saves on 3 Shooters - Goals: None - Loss 1-0
81st All-Time - 02.04.12 - vs Minnesota - Win 2-1 - Lehtonen 2 Saves on 3 Shooters - Goals: Eriksson, Benn - Win 2-1
82nd All-Time - 02.10.12 - at Buffalo - Loss 3-2 - Lehtonen 3 Saves on 5 Shooters - Goals: Benn - Loss 2-1
83rd All-Time - 02.29.12 - vs Pittsburgh - Loss 4-3 - Lehtonen 1 Save on 4 Shooters - Goals: Eriksson, Benn - Loss 3-2
84th All-Time - 03.04.12 - at Calgary - Win 3-2 - Lehtonen 2 Saves on 2 Shooters - Goals: Benn, Eriksson - Win 2-0
85th All-Time - 3.08.12 - vs San Jose - Win 4-3 - Lehtonen 5 Saves on 4 Shooters - Goals: Vincour - Win 1-0
86th All-Time - 3.20.12 - vs Phoenix - Win 4-3 - Lehtonen 3 Saves on 3 Shooters - Goals: Ribeiro - Win 1-0 Totals For Season - Shooters
Loui Eriksson - 5 For 11 (1 Game Winner)
Mike Ribeiro - 2 For 7 (2 Game Winners)
Michael Ryder - 1 For 7
Jamie Benn - 4 For 8 (2 Game Winners)
Sheldon Souray - 0 For 1
Brenden Morrow - 0 For 1
Steve Ott - 0 For 1
Trevor Daley - 1 For 2 (1 Game Winner)
Tomas Vincour - 1 For 2 (1 Game Winner)
Team: 13 For 34 | 13 Goals Totals For Season - Goaltenders
Lehtonen: 7-3 | 30 Saves - 39 Shots | 9 Goals Against
Bachman: 0-1 | 2 Saves - 3 Shots | 1 Goal Against
Team: 7-4 | 32 Saves - 42 Shots | 10 Goals Against
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Last edited by Stars99Lobo37: 03-22-2012 at 12:52 PM.
I hate to say it, but Daniel sitting this one out would be a welcome advantage for us.
I understand that feeling, but it's just bad for the game if Sedin (and players of his caliber) are on the shelf. I'd rather face him tomorrow night if the alternative was he missed some or all of the rest of the season/playoffs. Luckily that's not the only alternative though.
Hopefully he's back very soon if he can't go tomorrow.
1) Doan is a repeat offender ... his 3rd offense in 17 months. I don't believe Duncan Keith has a history.
2) I still don't believe Doan had any intention of hurting Jamie Benn. Slowed down it was ugly, but at full speed you can see the key to that still dirty play was him almost instinctively shooting the chicken wing out towards a guy going by him. With Duncan, man it really seems like he consciously said I'm going to eliminate this guy with an elbow. He was coming in straight at him and lining him up. The accusations of revenge are not a positive either.
3) This is the rare star on star brutality. So that means punishment for hurting a star player and the leniency for being a star player are going to be a wash.
I can see many fans screaming for more than 5 games, but I'll go with 3 to 5 max. I just hope Daniel is back soon.
I understand that feeling, but it's just bad for the game if Sedin (and players of his caliber) are on the shelf. I'd rather face him tomorrow night if the alternative was he missed some or all of the rest of the season/playoffs. Luckily that's not the only alternative though.
Hopefully he's back very soon if he can't go tomorrow.
I doubt Daniel will play tonight. The Canucks usually sit players who have taken serious head shots for a week at minimum if they have any signs of concussion. It is a set protocol.
Had to come over here to find a game day thread. The Canucks board is slow to put one up. I think it is because they are still talking about the Keith elbow. I think Dallas gets an automatic two points tonight. The Canucks are in their worse slump of the season. They have little motivation lately since they have the second spot practically locked up. Daniel will be out, and after lasts nights emotional game and a flight from Chicago to Dallas, I don`t see the Canucks having enough left to play a top game. Enjoy the game.
Just a heads up, Daniel will not play tonight and likely won't play Saturday. He's been returned to Vancouver for further evaluation. Props to you guys for the classy remarks about his health, you're a good group.
Any word on your starting lineup tonight? Ours should look something like this:
Just a heads up, Daniel will not play tonight and likely won't play Saturday. He's been returned to Vancouver for further evaluation. Props to you guys for the classy remarks about his health, you're a good group.
Any word on your starting lineup tonight? Ours should look something like this:
I think it was Heika that mentioned via Twitter Gulutzen is considering playing Jordie Benn, but Pardy was partnered with Daley at the morning skate. Gully is not considering 7 D.
This is probably the best we'll have them. They're all but locked into second place. They're on the second half of a back-to-back. They do not have Daniel Sedin and they're playing some of their worst hockey this season.
We lose tonight it's not the end of the world but it's tightening the noose around our necks if we do. Lets just say it's another must win game.
Came to say good luck and saw couple posts at the top regarding sedin. Such classy fans. I wish vancouver had more fans like you guys.
Hopefully its a great game. Quick history trip here, 2 years ago daniel broke his ankle in dallas which started henriks hart winning season without his brother. Hopefully he does the same tonight
By the way, Ryder is four goals from tying Russ Courtnall for most goals in their first season with the club. He's tied with Hull at 32 right now for most goals in the first season with the club since the move to Texas.
Danny Grant in 1968 (34 goals), Brian Bellows in 1982 (35 goals), Wayne Connelly in 1967 (35 goals), and Russ Courtnall (36 goals) are the only ones above him.
LAST GAME RECAP 
TEAM REPORT 
THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS 
JERE LEHTINEN INJURY REPORT 
MIKEY MO'S STAR GAZING REPORT 
THE ZUBIE SHOOTOUT REPORT 
DALLAS VS VANCOUVER 
