Andrew Phillip Chernoff

. CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff October 29, 2015

Canucks Look To Stay Undefeated On The Road

With 4rth Straight Win.

Canucks Toyota Road Game Day Report:

http://video.canucks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=858966&catid=6

The Canucks enter the game fresh off a 5-1 victory at home against the Montreal Canadians, ending their consecutive win streak from the start of the season at 9-games.

The Stars last game was a defeat of the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on October 27, evening up their current 4-game home stand at 1-1 after a 6-2 loss to Florida on October 24.

The Canucks have lost their last four games at the American Airlines Center, and are looking to change that by extending their current winning streak to two.

The Canuck’s power play is currently 16th best at 17.2 per cent, up from 14.8 per cent, on October 26 when they were 22nd in the league.
As for penalty killing the Canucks are at 88 per cent, 6th place, up two spots from October 26, when they were in 8th spot.
Dallas power play is currently ranked 2nd at 30 per cent, and their penalty killing is tied for 4rth best with Nashville at 88.5 per cent.
The Canucks are tied with Florida and Los Angeles for allowing the 3rd least goals against in the NHL with 18-goals.
The Stars are tied with Anaheim and Detroit for the 8th least goals against in the NHL with with 24 goals.
Dallas has scored 31 goals, good for 3rd best in the NHL, while Vancouver is tied for 9th best with Edmonton having scored 24 goals so far this season.

Neither Brandon Prust nor Dan Hamhuis are with the Canucks for the two game road trip. Brandon Prust was scheduled for an MRI on his injured left ankle Tuesday. Dan Hamhuis (lower body) is being evaluated. Defenseman Alex Biega and forward Brendan Gaunce were recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League.

The Canucks are currently tied for 2nd-place, with Arizona, in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference with 11-points; 1-point behind Los Angeles, who are alone in first place. San Jose is currently in 3rd sport with 10-points. Vancouver, Los Angeles and San Jose all have a game in hand on Arizona.

Vancouver is among the top 14-teams in the NHL, and are tied for 6th best team in the league with their 11-points. The Montreal Canadians are the top team with 18-points, with 1-loss and 9-wins, all wins in regulation play.

Dallas is currently in 2nd-place in the Central Division of the Western Conference, with 14-points, 1-point behind first place Nashville who lead the division with 15-points. St. Louis and Minnesota are tied for 3rd-place with 13-points, one point ahead of Chicago who have 12-points in 4rth.

Brandon Sutter leads the Canucks in scoring with 7-points; Alex Burrows and Daniel Sedin are next with 6-points each, closely followed by Brandon Prust with 5-points. Rookies Ben Hutton and Jared McCann, Jannik Hansen, and Henrik Sedin, closely follow with 4-points.

McCann tops Canucks in goals scored with 4-goals followed by Sutter with 3-goals.

For the Stars, Jamie Benn leads Dallas with 15-points, and 8-goals. Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza have 13-points and 9-points respectively. Seguin leads the team with 9-assists.