In Vancouver, the resurgent Dallas Stars downed the Canucks, 4-2, Thursday night behind Anton Khudobin who made 32 saves in the win.
“We have a lot of skill in our lineup and a lot of players that can make plays, so yeah, skill can take over,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. “But if you don’t have the will, your skill doesn’t show and that’s what we’re seeing. We’re doing skill and will right now and that makes us a dangerous team.”
Jake Virtanen and Troy Stecher scored for the Canucks.
“They play with a lot of grit,” the Canucks’ Bo Horvat said. “We turned too many pucks over and they capitalized. If we are going to play a team like that, we have to be willing to play direct, stick to our game and wear them down.”
Alexander Radulov, Justin Dowling, Tyler Seguin, and Blake Comeau scored for the Stars.
“All goals feel good,” Seguin said. “That felt pretty good though.”
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Jacob Markstrom made 25 saves in the loss.
“We didn’t play a terrible game. I thought we turned the puck over a couple times through the neutral zone, even in the offensive zone. They made us pay for it,” Canucks coach Travis Green said after the loss.
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