Canucks Rally Past Stars 5-3

Vancouver rallied from a 2-0 deficit with a four-goal second period to beat the Dallas Stars 5-3, handing Dallas its first loss of the 2025–26 season. Filip Chytil, Brock Boeser and Max Sasson scored within a 3:26 span in the second, Conor Garland also scored, and Quinn Hughes added an empty-netter to seal the win. Thatcher Demko made 28 saves after being peppered early, and Elias Pettersson’s stick inadvertently redirected Dallas’s opening goal. Dallas opened with tallies from Mavrik Bourque and Mikko Rantanen while backup Casey DeSmith struggled as the Stars’ defense faltered. Evander Kane’s stretch pass set up Chytil’s go-ahead goal and drew multiple penalties, and Boeser’s marker was Vancouver’s first power-play goal of the season. The victory moved Vancouver to 2-2 while Dallas fell to 3-1, with Wyatt Johnston’s late goal only narrowing the final margin to 5-3.