DALLAS — Cory Schneider made 25 saves and stopped a penalty shot, Mason Raymond scored early in the first period and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Thursday night.
The Canucks were without Daniel Sedin, the team leader with 30 goals who is sidelined indefinitely because of a head injury. Sedin is in Vancouver, British Columbia, after taking an elbow to the head from Chicago’s Duncan Keith in the first period of the Blackhawks’ 2-1 overtime win over the Canucks on Wednesday night.
Vancouver capitalized on its first shot of the night at 4:46 of the opening period when Raymond was wide open to the right of Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen. Raymond netted his ninth goal of the season, converting Henrik Sedin’s setup that glanced off the stick of teammate Dan Hamhuis to Raymond.
Kevin Bieksa made it 2-0 at 4:18 of the third period when he tucked a rebound past Lehtonen for his eighth of the season. Sedin and Raymond assisted for the Canucks, who had been slumping at 3-5-3 in their previous 11 games.
Vancouver No. 1 goalie Roberto Luongo got the game off on the second leg of a back-to-back, and Schneider was solid until a misplay in the third period allowed Dallas to get on the board.
Schneider went behind his net to play the puck but fanned when he tried to pass. Dallas’ Vernon Fiddler tucked the puck into an open net at 7:44 for his eighth goal of the season.
Dallas pulled Lehtonen late and had a 6-on-4 advantage when Bieksa was called for high-sticking with 44.9 seconds left, but the Stars never managed a shot on goal.
