Stars-Canucks Preview

Vancouver Canucks at Dallas Stars
Tuesday March 24
7:30 PM
TV: FSN| Radio: WBAP-820 AM

The Stars are coming off an 0-3-0 road trip that concluded with a 5-2 loss in San Jose Saturday afternoon. It was the Stars' fifth loss in the last seven games.

"It's do or we're done now for us," Stars forward Steve Ott said. "It's tough, but we have a lot of pride. It's been a tough year, a roller coaster for us, injury-wise, but we are not going to give up."

The Stars are in 12th place, three points out of the eighth and final playoff spot.

Stars center Brad Richards, returning after missing 15 games with a broken right wrist, broken his left hand in the game.

Injuries: LW Joel Lundqvist (illness) is questionable. C Brian Sutherby (lower body), C Brad Richards (hand), C Toby Petersen (foot),  LW Brenden Morrow (knee) and D Sergei Zubov (hip) are out.

The Canucks opened a six-game road trip with a 5-1 loss at Phoenix Saturday. It snapped a four-game winning streak for Vancouver.

"This was a missed opportunity,” Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said. “Our game wasn’t there, and execution was not where it needed to be.”

The Canucks are 8-2-1 in their last 11 games.

Injuries: C Rick Rypien (sports hernia) is out.

• This is the fourth and final meeting between the two teams. The Stars are 2-1-0 in the season series and the Canucks are 1-1-1.

• The Stars are 1-20 (5.0%)  on the power play over their last five games.
• The Stars are 17-24 (70.8%) on the penalty kill over their last six games. 
• The Stars have scored 14 goals over their last seven games.
• The Canucks are 0-3-1 in their last four road games.
• The Canucks have been shorthanded 43 times over their last seven games.