In Dallas, the Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson scored twice after the Stars took a 1-0 lead in the second period on Saturday.
“Lately, I’ve been feeling good,” Pettersson said. “Me, Bo [Horvat], and Brock [Boeser] taking steps every game. Whenever I get the chance, I will try to score. Lately, I’ve been feeling better, especially with shooting, too.”
Those goals gave the Canucks a 2-1 lead enroute to a 4-1 win over Dallas.
Vancouver continues to make a push up the Pacific ladder and improved to 32-26-9.
“I think I told [Pettersson] especially to shoot the puck,” Vancouver coach Bruce Boudreau said. “He’s got such a great shot … and he doesn’t use it. He wants to be a playmaker most of the time, and when he shoots the puck, they go in. The second [goal] was a perfect example of how his shot is electric. The first [goal], when he keeps shooting, it finds ways to get in because he has such a good release.”
Thatcher Demko made 35 saves in the Vancouver win.
“You’ve got to bring confidence every night,” Demko said. “Guys are too good, they’re going to expose you. You try to go into every game with the same mindset. The outcome is not really in your control. You can just focus on each individual moment, each shot, each chance against, and go from there.”
Jacob Peterson hit for the Dallas goal in the middle frame.
“It’s a little bit hard not to score on the chances you have,” Peterson said. “We’re just going to keep going out there. We probably win those games in the longer run.”
Dallas dropped to 36-25-3.
“When we needed a good power play, we got it. We just didn’t score,” Stars coach Rick Bowness said. “You have wide-open nets or you’re hitting posts or you’re shooting at [Demko]. It’s 2-1 and that game should have been tied 2-2 right there.”
Bo Horvat hit an empty net goal with just over a minute to go in the third period.
J.T. Miller scored with 27 remaining in the game for the 4-1 final.
Jake Oettinger made 27 saves in the Stars loss. 
“We had enough to tie that game up at the end,” Dallas’ Joe Pavelski said. “You score one goal and you expect more. Chances or not, you’ve got to finish. We had some chances early, second [period] wasn’t our best. We pushed at the end, it was there, but the result we didn’t get.”
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