Canucks still slugging it out
Vancouver falls to visiting Dallas, 4-2
VANCOUVER — Tyler Seguin scored on the power play in the third period as the Dallas Stars defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Thursday night.
Ales Hemsky, Esa Lindell and Radek Faksa had the other goals for Dallas (28-3210), which got 26 saves from Kari Lehtonen. John Klingberg and Jason Spezza each added two assists.
Sven Baertschi and Ben Hutton replied for Vancouver (28-33-9). Ryan Miller stopped 32 shots in his 12th start in the last 13 games.
With both teams well back in the Western Conference playoff race, the Stars came into Rogers Arena losers of three straight while getting outscored 17-4, including a 7-1 beating at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.
The Canucks finished winless on their five-game homestand (0-3-2), with the last three losses coming in regulation.
Seguin snapped a 2-2 tie at 9:07 of the third period on the man advantage, blasting a one-timer past Miller for his 24th of the season after the Stars zipped the puck around the Canucks’ zone.
Faksa then took advantage of a turnover by Canucks defenceman Troy Stecher at the side of his own net to bury his 11th past a helpless Miller at 15:31 as the Stars improved to 12-0-1 in their last 13 games against Vancouver.
Nikita Tryamkin tossed Jamie Benn to the ice in a sleepy second period, with the Stars captain going back at the hulking Russian and dropping the gloves in what was a spirited fight. Both players went to their respective locker-rooms after the dust up, but Benn didn’t come back for the third because of an upper-body injury.
OILERS 7, BRUINS 4
EDMONTON — Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists and Connor McDavid added three assists as the Edmonton Oilers won their second game in a row, beating up on the Boston Bruins 7-4 on Thursday.
Patrick Maroon had a pair of goals and Benoit Pouliot, Anton Slepyshev, Drake Caggiula, and Milan Lucic also scored for the Oilers (37-24-9), who moved one point ahead of Calgary in the Pacific Division.
David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand, Dominic Moore and David Krejci replied for the Bruins (38-27-6).