VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Colin Blackwell broke a tie with 9:13 left and the Dallas Stars opened a four-game journey by beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Thursday night time for his or her sixth victory in seven video games.
Blackwell picked up the puck on the blue line, skated in alone and ripped a shot previous Kevin Lankinen for his second objective of the season.
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Jason Robertson scored in his fifth straight recreation and Mikko Rantanen and Mavrik Bourque added targets to assist Dallas rebound from a 3-2 residence loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday night time. Jake Oettinger made 34 saves.
Linus Karlsson and Elias Pettersson scored for Vancouver in its lone recreation in a five-day span. The Canucks have misplaced 5 of six.
Lankinen made 20 saves.
After Blackwell gave Dallas the lead halfway by way of the third, Rantanen put it away with 1:31 left.
Pettersson tied at 2 on an influence play with 5:35 left within the second.
Vancouver had a two-man benefit for 1:20 early within the second, however couldn’t rating. Jake DeBrusk got here inside inches on a shot from the facet of the crease, however Oettinger stopped the puck because it slid below his physique.
Up subsequent
Stars: At Calgary on Saturday night time.
Canucks: Host Calgary on Sunday night time.
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