The Vancouver Canucks (26-16-3) return to action after the All-Star break and open a six-game home stand when they host the league-leading Anaheim Ducks (31-10-6) tonight at Rogers Arena. The Canucks have not played since a 4-1 loss in Tampa Bay at the end of a five game road trip one week ago tonight. Of their 37 remaining games, the Canucks will play 21 in front of their home fans, however, they have dropped two straight on home ice (3-1 vs FLA and 1-0 vs CGY), are 4-5 in their past nine at home and are 7-7-1 in 15 games at Rogers Arena since the start of November. Ryan Miller is expected to make his fifth straight start in goal. He allowed four goals in four starts with two shutouts on the road trip. In January, he is 4-3 with a 1.59 GAA and a .947 save percentage. Radim Vrbata had one goal and one assist at the All-Star Game in Columbus on Sunday. He has five goals in his past 10 NHL games and 12 goals in his last 26. Alex Burrows has one goal and three points in his past four games. Brad Richardson (ankle) appears as if he’ll miss a third straight game. The Canucks begin life without Kevin Bieksa who suffered a broken hand blocking a shot in Tampa. Meanwhile, tonight marks Dan Hamhuis’ first home game since a serious groin tear early in a November 20th game against the Ducks. Bo Horvat scored his first NHL goal that night, a 4-3 shootout loss. The Canucks penalty killing remains one of the team’s hallmarks. The Canucks have killed off 16 straight penalties in their past four games. They are 33/36 (91.7%) on the PK in January and 67/72 (93.1%) in 21 games since December 1st. Overall, they are second in the NHL on the penalty kill (88.3%). The Ducks arrive in Vancouver on a roll having won five in a row prior to the All-Star break. They are 7-1 in their past eight games. With 68 points in 47 games, they are three points ahead of Nashville for top spot in the overall standings. They are 12 clear of San Jose in the race for first in the Pacific Division. Statistically, Anaheim is not the dominant team their record suggests: goals per game (13th), shots per game (10th), goals against per game (14th), shots against per game (11th), PP (17th), PK (18th), five-on-five goals for/against (13th), Corsi (12th) and Fenwick (10th). However, the Ducks find ways to grind out victories, being a remarkable 22-0-6 in one-goal games. They are also 22-0-5 when opening the scoring. Their lone all-star, Ryan Getzlaf had one goal and one assist in Columbus on Sunday. He leads the team with 15 goals and 50 points, and enters play tonight seventh in NHL scoring and tied for third in assists. Ryan Kesler has 13 goals and 30 points in his first season in Anaheim. He scored in a 6-3 win over Calgary in the Ducks final game before the All-Star break. That was his first goal and just his third point in 11 games since Christmas. 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Lowrie said the situation dictated that he try to put a bunt down, and the first inning is far too early not to look to add on runs. "Ive seen crazier things happen than a team come back from seven runs. I dont know what the big deal is. If they want to hold a grudge, thats their decision," he said. "I just asked Altuve a question in about this tone and Bo came running out of the dugout yelling at me. I just dont understand why he came out in such a rage. ... I just dont get it. I dont know what it shows, but not a lot of confidence in his own team. Point blank." Josh Reddick and Coco Crisp each added a two-run shot for Oakland. Yoenis Cespedes hit a solo homer in the second inning to follow up his two-run single in the first against Jarred Cosart (1-2). Cespedes single came one batter before Callaspo connected for his second home run of the season. John Jaso drew Cosarts fourth walk of the first inning before Reddick hit his first homer with his own towering drive to right field. That chased Cosart, who retired only one batter before being replaced by Paul Clemens. Gray (3-0) gave up more than one earned run for the first time this season. He allowed RBI singles to Dexter Fowler and George Springer in the fifth along with Chris Carters sacrificce fly before Crisp homered in the bottom half.dddddddddddd Oakland won its ninth in 11 games after going 7-2 on the clubs first road trip. The As had their four-game winning streak snapped Wednesday at the Angels, but are the only team in the majors yet to lose back-to-back games. Cosart received a mound visit in the first after consecutive one-out walks to Josh Donaldson and Brandon Moss loaded the bases. After a high pitch near Cespedes head, the Cuban slugger lined a single into centre field. Cosarts quick exit ended a solid stretch in which Astros starters posted a 3.00 ERA over the previous seven games. Grey allowed nine hits, struck out four and walked two in six innings as the As handed Houston its fifth straight loss and sixth in seven games. Springer went 2 for 5 while batting cleanup for the first time, two days after making his major league debut. Porter said he would have preferred to avoid putting the prized prospect in that position in his third game, but the manager wanted to shake up the lineup to get the Astros going. Oaklands eight runs in the first two innings were more than the seven Houston totalled in its previous four. "More than anything for us it was the early runs," As manager Bob Melvin said. "We hadnt been doing that lately." Astros left fielder Alex Presley was a late scratch with flu-like symptoms and was replaced by L.J. Hoes. NOTES: Reddick homered for the first time in 87 at-bats since Sept. 15. It was his fifth hit of the year. "Actually helping the team for once felt really good," he said. ... 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