AHL Playoff Preview: Texas Stars at Abbotsford Canucks with Line Combinations 5/29/2025

AHL Playoff Preview: Texas Stars at Abbotsford Canucks with Line Combinations 5/29/2025

Game 1: Texas Stars at Abbotsford Canucks

Venue Abbotsford Centre
Date: Thursday, May 29
Time: 7:00 pm PDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Texas Stars News & Notes:

The Stars swept the Grand Rapids Griffins then beat the Milwaukee Admirals in five games to reach the Western Conference Finals. They are now 6-1-1, averaging 3.9 goals per game while allowing 2.4 goals per game. Remi Poirier is posting a 1.87 goals-against average, a .926 save percentage, and a shutout. Magnus Hellberg is posting a 2.85 goals-against average and a .889 save percentage.  The Stars and Canucks didn’t play in the regular season.

Abbotsford Canucks News & Notes

The Canucks beat the Tuscon Roadrunners in three games, then Coachella Valley in four games before beating the Colorado Eagles in five games to reach the Western Conference Finals. They are to 8-3-1, averaging three goals per game while allowing two goals per game. Arturs Silovs is posting a 1.73 goals-against average, a .936 save percentage, and four shutouts. Nikita Tolopilo in his lone game allowed two goals on 23 shots.

Texas Stars Projected Lines

McKenzie-Hryckowian-Lind
Hughes-Hyry-Blumel
Pettersen-Becker-Wheatcroft
Seminoff-Scott-Romano

Capobianco-Krys
Taylor-Karow
Looft-Bergsland

Poirier
Hellberg

Abbotsford Canucks Projected Lines

Bains-Mueller-Karlsson
Nielsen-Sasson-Lekkerimaki
Blais-Khaira-Smith
Glover-Wouters-Di Giuseppe

Brisebois-McWard
Wolanin-Woo
Kudryavtsev-Mancini

Silovs
Tolopilo

Players To Watch:

Texas Stars

Justin Hryckowian leads the team in points and assists with 15 points and seven goals. Cameron Hughes leads the team in assists with 11. Kyle Capobianco leads in plus/minus with a plus-ten.

Abbotsford Canucks

Sammy Blais leads the team in points and assists with 11 points and eight assists. Linus Karlsson leads the team in goals with seven. Kirill Kudryavtsev leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-seven. 

Next Game

Game 2: Saturday, May 31 at Abbotsford Centre

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