"We've pretty much played three games and he's shut them out the last two. He's been a stud all year long." -- Dallas Stars Captain Brendan Morrow

1. The injuries Vancouver sustained in and before game one were a huge factor. Cooke and Burrows in particular are high energy players, which would have helped. And Kesler isn't an easy player to lose either.2. The effort Vancouver's skaters put into that game didn't come close to meeting the needs of a playoff game. They'd have lost a regular season match with that level of play, much less a contest this intense. It's understandable to some degree... their emotional, exhausting win in Game #1 would have been difficult to follow up.3. Vancouver's power play needs to get out of it's funk. Period. Dallas has taken 14 penalties in this series, 28 minutes in the box, and Vancouver has scored only once with the man advantage. Fixing this has become a do-or-die issue, if you ask me.4. Marty Turco doesn't suck. He made some great saves and was better than good all game. He deserves credit for that.

The Canucks could get worked up over the ice tonight. An NBA game precedes their late game and the arena is hosting an Arena Football League game on Monday before Game 4 goes Tuesday."I'm not sure it'll be ice -- it could be a lake out there," said defenceman Willie Mitchell, who played for the Stars last spring. "It will be terrible."

Canucks coach Alain Vigneault is hoping he's found his Ex-factor. 'Ex' as in 'experience'.In an effort to invigorate a Canucks team that too often looked flat during Game 2, Vigneault has put together his Vet Line, pairing up Trevor Linden and Bryan Smolinski — his forwards with the most playoff experience. He's lined them with Jan Bulis."They're two of our most experienced players," Vigneault said. "We have so many guys who this is their first playoff series, that we need these guys to show us the way a little bit.