Canucks drop OT decision to Stars
Dallas prevails in entertaining goalie duel as Radulov nets winner
VANCOUVER (CP) — Alexander Radulov scored in overtime and the Dallas Stars defeated the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Monday night.
Tyler Seguin found the back of the net in regulation for Dallas (7-5-0), which improved to 3-1 on its current five-game road trip that finishes up Thursday in Winnipeg. Ben Bishop made 38 saves for the Stars. Sam Gagner scored a power-play goal for the Canucks (6-3-2), who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves after serving as backup for the last two games.
Radulov won it in overtime when he carried the puck the length of the ice and fired a bullet over the blocker-side shoulder of Markstrom at 2:28.
Markstrom helped keep the first period scoreless when he made several impressive saves during a Stars power play, including off a point-blank shot from Jamie Benn. Markstrom also stopped a shorthanded breakaway by Gemel Smith in the dying seconds.
Seguin opened the scoring in the second with Canucks forward Thomas Vanek in the penalty box for the second time in the first three minutes of the middle frame.
Seguin one-timed his seventh goal of the season with an Alex Ovechkin-like shot while down on one knee at 3:11. The goal broke Vancouver’s streak of 14 consecutive penalties killed.
Vancouver’s unlikely leading goal-scorer, Derek Dorsett, had a chance all alone in the slot on Bishop in the final minutes of the second, but he couldn’t convert.
The Canucks tied the game six minutes into the third on a power play. Vanek took a quick pass from Daniel Sedin in the slot and fired a shot that rebounded to Gagner for his first goal as a Canuck at 13:51.