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Neither the Dallas Stars nor Vancouver Canucks were very happy with their efforts last time out and the clubs look to shake off recent losses in tonights meeting at American Airlines Center. You can hear the game live on TSN Radio 1040 Vancouver, with coverage beginning at 5:30pm pt. The Canucks have lost three straight in Dallas and try to rebound tonight following their first loss of the season, a 4-2 setback to visiting Tampa Bay on Saturday that halted a three-game winning streak. Chris Higgins and Alexander Edler both scored for the Canucks, who had picked up a shutout win over Edmonton the previous night. Eddie Lack started his first game of the season, but allowed all four goals on 24 shots. I thought we gave this game away, said Vancouvers Henrik Sedin. We showed on a back-to-back night we can play the best teams. I thought we should have won the game. I cost us the first goal and we gave them the second goal as well. We pushed hard to come back in the game but then we gave them a 5-on-3 and thats where I think the momentum changed. Daniel Sedin had an assist and has logged six helpers and seven points over a season-opening four-game point streak. Ryan Miller is likely to start tonight for Vancouver and has posted a 1.95 GAA and .927 save percentage in winning his first three starts with the club. He is 4-3-1 with a 2.94 GAA and .892 save percentage in eight prior meetings with the Stars. For the Stars, they failed to hold a trio of leads in Saturdays 6-5 overtime setback to the Philadelphia Flyers, wasting four-point efforts by Jason Spezza and Tyler Seguin. Spezza had a goal and three assists, while Seguin notched four helpers. Trevor Daley scored a pair of power-play goals and Kari Lehtonen remained winless in his career versus the Flyers (0-10-2) by allowing six goals on 36 shots. Though Dallas has notched a point in four of five to begin the season (2-1-2), head coach Lindy Ruff had a harsh description of his clubs effort on Saturday. Even on the fifth goal we lost two guys on the forecheck for no reason, Ruff said. We let them come all the way up ice. That for me is just a lack of focus. Thats just garbage hockey. The news got worse for the Stars when they learned that 22-year-old defenseman Patrik Nemeth will miss the rest of the season due to a severe arm laceration he suffered versus the Flyers when he was accidentally cut by the skate of Philadelphias R.J. Umberger. Nemeth had surgery on Sunday and is expected to be replaced in the lineup by 2011 first-round pick Jamie Oleksiak. I think it involved everything, Ruff told Dallas website of the surgery. When I said severe that was probably an understatement. I dont want to go into detail because I dont know exactly, but it involves everything. First and foremost, I hope for his sake that it is a full recovery. Seguin, meanwhile, will take the ice one day after being named the NHLs First Star of the week. He led the league with eight points in three games, recording four goals. Lehtonen is 6-7-0 with a 2.77 goals against average and .914 save percentage in his career versus the Canucks and should get a chance tonight to extend his clubs four-game winning streak over Vancouver. Dallas won all three meetings last season and has claimed seven of the last 10 in this series overall. Canucks Projected Lines Daniel – Henrik – Vrbata Higgins – Bonino – Burrows Matthias – Richardson – Kassian Dorsett - Vey – Hansen Hamhuis -Weber Edler – Tanev Sbisa -Bieksa Miller Stars Projected Lines Benn – Spezza – Seguin Rousell – Eakin – Garbutt McKenzie – Fiddler – Hemsky Cole – Horcoff - Sceviour Goligoski – Connauton Dillon – Benn Oleksiak - Daley Lehtonen TSN Game Notes DAL was 3-0-0 vs VAN last season, 1GA in each game DAL has won 3 straight at home vs VAN, outscoring them 15-3 DAL (2-1-2): 0-0-2 at home, 3/9 on PP 8/13 on PK last 3 games Seguin (4G, 4A) during a 3 game PT streak VAN (3-1-0): 2-0-0 on the road, 2GA, 1/6 on PP, 8/8 on PK 6 of 12GF have come in 2nd pd D Sedin (1G, 6A) 4 game PT streak Asics Baratas Chinas . Parnell will be out much longer if it turns out he needs surgery. But first, he will try resting for two weeks before beginning a throwing program that could last up to a month, general manager Sandy Alderson said. Asics Baratas España . "Youre next." Hardly. Iguodala tormented his former team with a game better than any he ever played in eight seasons with the 76ers. http://www.baratasasics.es/. - Zac Leslie scored two goals and assisted on two more, and Justin Nichols made 34 saves as the Guelph Storm blanked the Kitchener Rangers 6-0 in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday. Zapatillas Asics España . Vonn punctuated her near-perfect season in perfect fashion Friday, earning her fourth overall World Cup title with a dominating giant slalom victory. Zapatillas Asics Baratas España . On paper, it looks a little like Andre the Giant taking on a midget wrestler. It has all the makings of a rout with the Americans adding an eighth win in nine outings of this biennial event. The Yanks have eight players in the top 15 in the world while the Internationals have just one.(SportsNetwork.com) - Bottom feeders in the Southeast Division square off Saturday night, as the Orlando Magic pay a visit to the Charlotte Hornets. The Magic will also visit the Miami Heat on this quick road trip and are coming off Fridays 98-89 loss to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tobias Harris and Evan Fournier scored 16 and 15 points, respectively, and Victor Oladipo added 13 for the Magic, who made almost 50 percent (49.3) from the field and gave up 29 points to James. Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said they let James beat them in the fourth quarter. I dont think we got tired down the stretch, Vaughn said. He made the plays for himself and his teammates. Orlando has lost seven of its last nine games and is winless in the last three road assignments. Charlotte will play two in a row at The Hive versus Orlando and Milwaukee, and suffered a 98-75 loss at Oklahoma City last night. The Thunder again played without reigning NBA MVP Kevin Durant (ankle) and were led by Russell Westbrooks 29 points.dddddddddddd. Brian Roberts paced the Hornets with 17 points off the bench and Marvin Williams scored 11 points in a reserve role. Starters Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Cody Zeller each had nine points, while Al Jefferson (4) and Kemba Walker (6) combined for only 10 points. The Hornets shot just 28.7 percent from the floor and had a season-high four- game winning streak come to an end. Theyre so good defensively, we just had trouble in the first quarter making shots, Charlotte coach Steve Clifford said. We played a very good team and they played well. Charlotte dropped a 105-100 decision versus Orlando on Nov. 21, as Fournier led the way with 21 points and Nikola Vucevic added 14 and 10 rebounds. Jefferson posted 24 points and 11 rebounds in that one for the Hornets. ' ' '