Stars 4, Canucks 3

The Canucks dropped their opening game on the road trip as they fell 4-3 in overtime to the Dallas Stars who improve to 8-2-0 on the year.

For me, there is no cause for concern. 10 games in and they have played 9 playoff teams so far. All of them have been games circled on the calendar when the schedule came out as the only team that the Canucks have played who didn't make the playoffs was the Edmonton Oilers who have Connor McDavid on their roster now and he is kinda a big deal.

Despite the Canucks blowing a 3rd period lead for the fourth time this year, the Canucks should be happy with the one point they have gained in Dallas. The Stars outplayed the Canucks by a big margin and should have been down 4-0 after the 1st period if it weren't for the play of Ryan Miller who was brilliant again tonight in the losing effort.

The Canucks had plenty of chances to win the game as they opened the scoring 10 seconds into the 3rd period. The Canucks added a goal on the power play and on a penalty shot in the first when Alex Burrows opened the scoring.

At 4-2-4 it is a bit of an unorthodox start to the season but the Canucks have had a good start to the year all things considered. We will see if Ryan Miller starts his eleventh consecutive start as the Canucks finish their short two game road trip in Arizona when they take on the Coyotes. The puck drops at 6pm and can be seen on Sportsnet Vancouver Hockey as Sportsnet Pacific will be showing Game 3 of the World Series between the Royals and Mets.