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Stars miss chance to clinch playoff spot, fall to Canucks in shootout

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Stars missed a chance to clinch a playoff spot on Saturday night, losing to Vancouver 3-2 in a shootout to snap a seven-game road winning streak.

Dallas went seven points up on ninth-place Arizona for a playoff spot in the Western Conference and can still clinch a postseason spot Sunday night if Minnesota beats the Coyotes. Andrew Cogliano and Alexander Radulov scored for the Stars and Anton Khudobin made 29 saves.

Markus Granlund scored the game-winner for Vancouver in the eighth round of the shootout.

The Stars fell behind 2-0 in the first period after goals from Tim Schaller and Sven Baertschi.