Vancouver Canucks vs Dallas Stars: Game preview, predictions and odds

Vancouver Canucks vs Dallas Stars: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 8, 2025

By Cole Shelton

Modified Apr 08, 2025 14:52 GMT

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The Vancouver Canucks are on the road to play the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, April 8 at 8 p.m. ET.

Vancouver (35-29-13) is coming off a 3-2 loss to Vegas. Dallas (50-22-5) is coming off a 3-2 OT loss to Minnesota.

Canucks vs Stars: Head-to-head & key stats

Vancouver is 82-90-22-10 all-time against Dallas
The Canucks are averaging 2.83 goals per game
Dallas is 28-8-2 at home
Vancouver is allowing 3.07 goals per game
The Stars are averaging 3.4 goals per game
The Canucks are 19-14-6 on the road
Dallas is allowing 2.54 goals per game

Vancouver Canucks vs Dallas Stars: Preview

Vancouver will be missing the playoffs this season. The Canucks are led by Quinn Hughes who has 72 points, Brock Boeser has 49 points, Conor Garland, Jake DeBrusk, and Pius Suter have 45,44, and 43 points respectively.

The Canucks will start Thatcher Demko, who's 9-8-2 with a 2.86 GAA and a .891 SV%. In his career against Dallas, he's 7-1-1 with a 2.21 GAA and a .924 SV%.

Dallas, meanwhile, is on a two-game losing streak and is battling for the top spot in the Central. The Stars are led by Matt Duchene, who has 79 points, Jason Robertson has 78 points, Wyatt Johnston has 68 points, and Roope Hintz has 65 points.

The Stars will start Jake Oettinger, who's 36-15-4 with a 2.45 GAA and a .912 SV%. In his career against the Canucks, he's 2-3-1 with a 3.31 GAA and a .884 SV%.

Canucks vs Stars: Odds & Prediction

Vancouver is a +185 underdog while Dallas is a -225 favorite, and the over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Canucks had a disappointing season and won't be making the playoffs. Dallas, meanwhile, has struggled in its last two games, but this is a great spot for the Stars to get back into the win column.

Oettinger, meanwhile, will be able to limit the Canucks' struggling offense to get the Stars back into the win column.

Prediction: Stars 4, Canucks 2.

Canucks vs Stars: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Stars -1.5 (+124)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-108)

Tip 3: Mason Marchment 2+ shots on goal (-145)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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