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The Vancouver Canucks won their NHL leading 38th game of the season on Saturday night; downing the Dallas Stars 5-2. Vancouver scored single goals in the first and second period, before adding three in the final frame.

Daniel Sedin took over the lead in goals scored with 32, as he scored in both the first period and the third period. The Canucks also got goals from Raffi Torres (2) and Henrik Sedin.

Roberto Luongo saved 24 of 26 shots for the win. Dallas goaltender Andrew Raycroft allowed 5 goals on 38 total shots.

The win for the Canucks pushed them to seven games ahead of the Detroit Redwings for the top spot in the Western Conference. Vancouver has the highest scoring differential in the NHL with 202 goals and 142 goals against. The loss for Dallas kept them in a four way tie with Los Angeles, Anaheim and Calgary for the final spot in the Western Conference postseason picture. Minnesota sits just one point back.