Canucks F Sutter out 4-6 weeks

Nichushkin showed his strength when he bulled in on a breakaway and slipped a slick backhand past Vancouver goalie Ryan Miller in the first period to tie the game1-1. After a ideal outlet pass from Alex Goligoski, Sharp used his speed and positioning to walk around two Canucks defenders into the slot for the go-ahead goal late in the third.

Sutter, who was the 11th pick in the 2007 NHL Draft, has four goals and eight points in 16 games this season.

This was the third time the two teams squared off this season and the first time that the game ended in regulation. Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins challenged that the play was offside but video review appeared to be inconclusive so the call on the ice stood. Alex Edler took a long wrist-shot and it found its way through a screen and past Kari Lehtonen to make it 1-0 just 56 seconds in.

Left winger Patrick Sharp scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:59 remaining in the third period and the Dallas Stars continued their dominance over the Vancouver Canucks with a 4-2 victory on Thursday.

Trailing 2-1 through 40 minutes, Vancouver tied it at 5:31 of the third when Henrik Sedin jumped on Goligoski’s giveaway and fed a wide-open Hansen, who cooly beat Lehtonen for his eighth goal of the season.

The Stars enter this game coming off a disappointing 4-3 road shootout loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.

Pedan, 22, made his National Hockey League debut in L.A. against the Kings on Tuesday.

Vancouver has given up at least one power play goal against in 9 of 10 games since Sutter’s injury.

Vancouver Canucks forward Brandon Sutter will miss the next four to six weeks following successful surgery to fix a sports hernia, the team announced Wednesday. Vancouver continues a four-game homestand Saturday against the Boston Bruins….