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Dallas Stars’ Mikael Granlund (64) and Mikko Rantanen (96) celebrate Granlund’s goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Dallas Stars’ Mason Marchment (27) and Vancouver Canucks’ Tyler Myers (57) vie for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Dallas Stars’ Thomas Harley (55) holds Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson (25) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen (32) stops the puck against the Dallas Stars during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Dallas Stars’ Thomas Harley, not seen, scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen (32) as Marcus Pettersson (29) and Dallas’ Mavrik Bourque (22) watch during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Vancouver Canucks’ Conor Garland (8) and Dallas Stars’ Colin Blackwell (15) fall as they vie for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Dallas Stars’ Mikael Granlund (64) and Mikko Rantanen (96) celebrate Granlund’s goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Dallas Stars’ Mason Marchment (27) and Vancouver Canucks’ Tyler Myers (57) vie for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Dallas Stars’ Thomas Harley (55) holds Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson (25) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen (32) stops the puck against the Dallas Stars during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Dallas Stars’ Thomas Harley, not seen, scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen (32) as Marcus Pettersson (29) and Dallas’ Mavrik Bourque (22) watch during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
Vancouver Canucks’ Conor Garland (8) and Dallas Stars’ Colin Blackwell (15) fall as they vie for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 9, 2025.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Mikael Granlund scored his first goal for the Stars and Dallas beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Sunday night.
Dallas picked up both the Finnish center and Cody Ceci from the San Jose Sharks for first- and third-round picks on Feb. 1.
Thomas Harley, Jason Robertson and Mikko Rantanen also scored for the Stars, who were coming off a 5-4 loss to the Oilers. Ceci and Matt Duchene each contributed a pair of assists.
Dallas goalie Casey DeSmith — who played for the Canucks last season — stopped 22 of the 23 shots he faced in his return to Vancouver.
Derek Forbort had the lone goal for the Canucks, scoring for the first time since Feb. 16, 2023, when he was a member of the Boston Bruins.
Vancouver got 15 saves from Kevin Lankinen and missed the services of captain Quinn Hughes (lower-body injury) for a third straight game.
Stars: The team played without star center Roope Hintz, who took a puck to the face in the Stars’ 5-4 loss to the Oilers on Saturday. Head coach Pete DeBoer said before puck drop that Hintz has flown back to back to Dallas and is getting more imaging done on the injury.
Canucks: The result did nothing to improve Vancouver’s playoff picture. The club remains locked in a battle with the Calgary Flames, Utah Hockey Club and St. Louis Blues for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
Lankinen denied Ceci with his blocker as time ticked down in the second period, but the rebound popped out to Granlund and he ripped a shot over the goalie’s shoulder with just 25.9 seconds left to give the Stars a 2-1 lead. It was his first goal in 13 games.
Robertson extended his point streak to eight games with eight goals and seven assists across the stretch.
The Stars visit Winnipeg on Friday. The Canucks wrap up a four-game homestand against Montreal on Tuesday.
AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
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