Vancouver Canucks at Dallas Stars

1. Vancouver beat the Wild, 5-2, last night in Minnesota and has now won three straight games overall. The Canucks are 2-1-0 in the second of back-to-back games this season.
2. Dallas dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to the Flames on Wednesday and has now lost three straight overall (0-1-2 record). The Stars have played seven overtime games this season -- tied for most in hockey.
3. Including a shootout win in Vancouver on October 11, the Canucks have beaten the Stars three straight times, scoring at least two power-play goals in each of those games (7-for-13, 53.8% in those contests).
4. James Neal is currently riding a career-long 7-game point streak for the Stars (6g, 4a) and Brad Richards has a 6-gamer of his own going for Dallas (2g, 7a during streak).
5. Since replacing the injured Roberto Luongo between the pipes, Andrew Raycroft is 4-1-0 with a 1.69 GAA and .935 save percentage for the Canucks. Raycroft is 3-0-0 with a 1.67 GAA in three career starts vs. Dallas.
6. Dallas has a 74.5 penalty-killing percentage in 2009-10 -- worst in the Western Conference and second-worst in the league.