🐋 Away Canucks 2-3-2 before this game
5–1
Final
⭐ Home Stars 6-3-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canucks at Stars

Canucks beat Stars 5–1 at American Airlines Center on October 21, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Oct 21, 1997 · 19:30 CDT 📍 American Airlines Center, Dallas 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐋 VAN
Pavel Bure
3 G
7 shots · 18:27 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Bret Hedican
2 A
17:19 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐋 VAN
David Roberts
1 G
4 shots · 18:29 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN DAL⭐
15 Shots on goal 30
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
6 Hits 18
20 Blocked shots 5
27 Takeaways 31
27 Giveaways 20
10 Penalty minutes 4
VAN shooting 33.3% (5/15) DAL shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Arturs Irbe
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI
⭐Stars
Ed Belfour
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 2-3-2 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Stars
Stars — tied after 1st: 6-3 (67% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 2nd: 2-3-2 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Stars
Stars — tied after 2nd: 6-3 (67% win rate, 9 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Roberts · Linden · Bure 18:29
L2 Brashear · Messier · Walker 17:40
L3 Naslund · Sillinger · Noonan 13:51
L4 Odjick · Scatchard · Bohonos 6:00
D1 Lumme · Ledyard 22:42
D2 Wotton · Ohlund 19:07
D3 Hedican · Staios 17:00
⭐Stars
L1 Modano · Carbonneau · Langenbrunner 17:59
L2 Adams · Reid · Nieuwendyk 16:28
L3 Hogue · Harvey · Verbeek 14:31
L4 Errey · Bassen · Marshall 9:07
D1 Chambers · Matvichuk 23:40
D2 Hatcher · Zubov 20:37
D3 Ludwig · Gusev 14:07

⚔️ Last meetings

Canucks lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 30, 1997
⭐DAL @ 🐋VAN
3–2 · Stars won
Dec 13, 1996
🐋VAN @ ⭐DAL
1–2 · Stars won
Nov 19, 1996
⭐DAL @ 🐋VAN
0–2 · Canucks won
Oct 17, 1996
🐋VAN @ ⭐DAL
6–1 · Canucks won
Mar 22, 1996
⭐DAL @ 🐋VAN
2–5 · Canucks won

❓ VAN vs DAL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Stars on October 21, 1997?

Canucks won 5–1.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Stars?

The final score was Canucks 5, Stars 1.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Arturs Irbe made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Stars goalie play?

Ed Belfour made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Stars played?

At American Airlines Center in Dallas, the Stars home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Stars season series?

Canucks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐋Canucks
Previous game · Oct 19
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
4–4 · COL won
Next game · Oct 23
🐋VAN @ 🎵STL
1–4 · STL won
⭐Stars
Previous game · Oct 19
⭐DAL @ 🏛️OTT
1–3 · OTT won
Next game · Oct 24
⭐DAL @ 🪶CHI
2–0 · DAL won
Also on October 21, 1997
⚡TBL @ 🔔PHI
1–7 final
🐻BOS @ 🛢️EDM
2–1 final
🦆ANA @ 🌵PHX
4–3 final
🏝️NYI @ 👑LAK
2–3 final
Canucks season page Stars season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule