The odds of a perfect road trip were never high, and if there was going to be a loss, the game against the Vancouver Canucks was both the most likely and least damaging to the Stars march toward the playoffs.
Yes, it was day two of a back to back, and Matt Murray was in net for his second NHL game. Perhaps of more importance, the second line that started the road trip was reduced to Max Domi.
Domi started the Canuck game centering Joel Kiviranta and Ty Dellandrea, but by the second period, Radek Faksa had been promoted to second line center, with Kiviranta moving back to the fourth line.