Seguin scores in shootout and Stars beat Canucks 3-2
DALLAS (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored on the first shot of the shootout, Antti Niemi stopped all three Vancouver attempts after making 34 saves and the Dallas Stars beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Friday night.
Vancouver's Henrik Sedin tied the game on the power play with 4:10 left. Daniel Sedin assisted with a pass across the goal mouth.
The Stars outshot the Canucks 6-2 in overtime, but goalie Ryan Miller stopped them even during a power play. Miller finished with 23 saves.
Niemi deflected Vancouver's last shootout attempt by Chris Higgins wide of the net.
Dallas' Jamie Benn scored his league-leading 17th goal on a tip-in on the power play with 4:33 left in the first period.
Daniel Sedin tied the game for the Canucks at 3:10 of the second period, but Jason Spezza put Dallas back ahead with a power-play goal with 8:08 left in the second.