Canucks Game Day: Double-dip road trip starts with Texas tilt in Big D

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It’s the first of two road games in two nights on Sunday in Dallas against the Stars.

4 p.m., American Airlines Center, TV: Sportsnet; Radio: Sportsnet 650 AMYet another number to put on the resumé of the Canucks’ No. 1 goalie: he’s facing some of the toughest shots in the league and has been making big saves. Imagine the Canucks without Jacob Markstrom’s superb play this season.

He’ll never say it in public, but watching blown assignments in front of him leading to goals against that shouldn’t have happened must get a tad frustrating.The Stars are in a playoff spot. Their drive sputtered about a week ago, but they seem to have righted the ship. They’re scoring enough and preventing enough goals — it all adds up to a 7-3 record in the last 10 games. They’ve got the Arizona Coyotes breathing down their neck, so bet on them being plenty motivated.

SICK BAYCanucks: Sven Baertschi , Brandon Sutter , Ben Hutton , Antoine Roussel , Quinn Hughes , Ryan Spooner , Chris Tanev SPECIAL TEAMSPOWER PLAYtwitter.com/risingaction • LISTEN: This week’s White Towel podcast opens with talk of expectations squarely on the shoulders of injured rookie Quinn Hughes, potential for the Canucks to make moves at the NHL Entry Draft, Travis Green’s pitch to be the bench boss going forward, and why GM Jim Benning might be out of a job by the end of the season:Is there more to this story? We’d like to hear from you about this or any other stories you think we should know about. Email vantips@postmedia.com.

 

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