Dallas vs Vancouver Prediction: the Canucks are Disappointing

Prediction for the NHL Dallas Stars vs. Vancouver Canucks match, which will take place on February 28th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Dallas had a solid season, making tremendous progress from last year when they failed to make the playoffs. Nevertheless, even now, the Stars still have bad stretches. One of those setbacks occurred in late February when they failed five straight games. The day before, Peter DeBoer's team defeated Vegas 3-2 on the road, remaining second in the Western Conference standings.

Vancouver can't boast anything similar. The regular season was disappointing for the Canucks. Even the new head coach didn't help them. Not so long ago, Rick Tocchet was named to replace the legendary Bruce Boudreau, but the Canadian team continues to show modest results. They only claimed two wins over Philadelphia and St. Louis in the last seven games, 6-2 and 3-2, and failed five. This stretch has resulted in Vancouver sitting in 12th place in the Western Conference standings with no chance of making the playoffs.

Dallas could be in better shape now, but the Texans, growing confident, defeated the Western Conference leader the day before. Now the Stars will face a less ambitious opponent so that they can count on a positive result once again. Vancouver continues to dwell among the outsiders but has yet to make the playoffs. Their current conditioning won't let them battle for points.

We should expect only a few goals from the upcoming confrontation. Lately, Dallas has become highly pragmatic, so in 13 previous meetings with the Stars, there have been only 55 goal attempts (4.23 average per game). Twelve ended with a total under (92%). There is no reason to believe we will now see packed with goals game.