The Vancouver Canucks' downward spiral continued tonight in Dallas with a 6-1 shellacking at the hands of the Stars.

Dallas jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 12 minutes on two goals by Tyler Seguin and another by Jamie Benn.

The home team extended its lead to 5-0 midway through the second period after Alex Goligoski and Ryan Garbutt scored.

A fluke goal by the Canucks' Zac Dalpe—the team's first in more than seven periods of hockey—prevented a shutout.

He sent the puck into an empty net at 18:15 of the second period after it bounced in front of the net off the rear board with goalie Kari Lehtonen out of position.

Seguin posted a hat trick with his 28th goal of the season at 12:53 of the third period. He added two assists.

Canucks goalie Eddie Lack stopped only 12 of 17 shots before being pulled.

Backup Jacob Markstrom, who recently arrived from Florida, allowed one goal.

The Canucks outshot the Stars 33-22.

It was Vancouver's first game without Roberto Luongo, who had been traded to the Panthers earlier this week.

The Canucks have lost four straight games since they defeated the St. Louis Blues 1-0 on February 26.

It's also the 11th loss in the Canucks' last 12 games.