Vancouver Canucks vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 2009 · American Airlines Center
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Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Dallas Stars 5–2 on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Canucks 37–22.
Ryan Kesler scored twice and Henrik Sedin scored twice. Brendan Morrison, Daniel Sedin and James Neal also scored.
Roberto Luongo made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Marty Turco stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Brendan Morrison (13)Mark Fistric (3), Steve Begin (5)0–104:44 DAL
Ryan Kesler (22)Mats Sundin (12), Pavol Demitra (29)1–111:06 VAN · 
Daniel Sedin (27)Sami Salo (16), Henrik Sedin (52)2–118:27 VAN ·
2nd period
Henrik Sedin (16)Kevin Bieksa (29), Daniel Sedin (43)3–101:38 VAN ·
3rd period
- Ryan Kesler (23)Pavol Demitra (30), Ossi Vaananen (10)4–102:26 VAN
James Neal (24)Matt Niskanen (24), Nicklas Grossmann (9)4–209:00 DAL- Henrik Sedin (17)Alexandre Burrows (19), Sami Salo (17)5–219:43 VAN ·
Team stats
VANDAL
2237
52%48%
3/70/4
1925
1941
199
911
715
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Roberto Luongo · delaying game2 min - 10:32 into the first period
Fabian Brunnstrom · holding2 min - 11:58 into the first periodSteve Ott · fighting5 min
- 11:58 into the first periodAlexandre Burrows · fighting5 min
- 16:47 into the first periodMark Fistric · high sticking2 min
- 16:47 into the first periodMark Fistric · high sticking2 min
- 0:53 into the second periodStephane Robidas · holding2 min
- 4:23 into the second periodTaylor Pyatt · hooking2 min
- 6:02 into the second periodJames Neal · hooking2 min
- 6:46 into the second periodMattias Ohlund · holding2 min
- 9:38 into the second periodLoui Eriksson · high sticking2 min
- 12:49 into the second periodSteve Ott · holding2 min
- 14:56 into the second periodSteve Ott · clipping2 min
- 14:56 into the second periodMatt Niskanen · roughing2 min
- 14:56 into the second periodTaylor Pyatt · holding2 min
- 14:56 into the second periodAlexandre Burrows · roughing2 min
- 16:10 into the second periodTrevor Daley · roughing2 min
- 16:10 into the second periodDarcy Hordichuk · charging2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodWillie Mitchell · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 33Henrik SedinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 18:35 |
| 17Ryan KeslerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:39 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 6Sami SaloD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 20:48 |
| 13Mats SundinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 14Alexandre BurrowsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 3Kevin BieksaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:17 |
| 5Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 08:26 |
| 9Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:31 |
| 10Ryan JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 18Steve BernierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 21Mason RaymondL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 24Darcy HordichukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:19 |
| 42Kyle WellwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:35 |
| 8Willie MitchellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:33 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
| 30Jason LaBarberaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Dallas Stars
| 11Brendan MorrisonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:06 |
| 44Steve BeginL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 07:56 |
| 2Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 5Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:19 |
| 28Mark FistricD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:07 |
| 23Tom WandellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:49 |
| 25Chris ConnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 06:59 |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 39Joel LundqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:11 |
| 96Fabian BrunnstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:41 |
| 3Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:01 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 55Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Tobias StephanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Marty TurcoG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |