GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: DALLAS (11-11) at NY RANGERS (13-10)

NHL: DALLAS at NY RANGERS

<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 2
NY RANGERS 2
2ND PRD: DAL - (PP) LOUI ERIKSSON 1 (SERGEI ZUBOV, MIKE MODANO) 11:54</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 2
NY RANGERS 2 5:21 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 2
NY RANGERS 2 2:09 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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DALLAS 1 1 2
NY RANGERS 1 1 2 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NYR - JAROMIR JAGR 5 (BRANDON DUBINSKY) 6:30
DAL - JUSSI JOKINEN 8 (STEPHANE ROBIDAS) 19:08
2ND PRD: NYR - BRENDAN SHANAHAN 7 (SEAN AVERY, SCOTT GOMEZ) 1:02
DAL - (PP) LOUI ERIKSSON 1 (SERGEI ZUBOV, MIKE MODANO) 11:54

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
DAL 6 3 9
NYR 12 17 29

GOALIES: DAL - MIKE SMITH
NYR - HENRIK LUNDQVIST</div>

 

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Dallas 1 1 --2
Ny Rangers 1 1 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Jaromir Jagr 5 (Brandon
Dubinsky), 6:30. 2, Dallas, Jussi Jokinen 8 (Stephane Robidas), 19:08.
Penalties: J Halpern, Dal (hooking), 11:35; M Smith, Dal (tripping
served by B Winchester), 17:30; J Jagr, Nyr (hooking), 17:33.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ny Rangers, Brendan Shanahan 7 (Sean Avery,
Scott Gomez), 1:02. 4, Dallas, Loui Eriksson 1 (power play) (Sergei
Zubov, Mike Modano), 11:54. Penalties: C Conner, Dal (hooking), 4:31;
J Strudwick, Nyr (holding), 10:46; B Winchester, Dal (boarding),
12:13; S Robidas, Dal (tripping), 19:15.

Shots on goal:
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Dallas 6 3 --9
Ny Rangers 12 17 --29
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Goalies : Dallas, Mike Smith (29 shots, 27 saves). Ny Rangers, Henrik
Lundqvist (9 shots, 7 saves). Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Don Van
Massenhoven. Linesmen: Jean Morin, Scott Zelkin.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 2
NY RANGERS 2 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 2
NY RANGERS 2 17:20 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 3
NY RANGERS 2
3RD PRD: DAL - (PP) BRENDEN MORROW 9 (MIKE RIBEIRO, MATT NISKANEN)
4:04</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 3
NY RANGERS 2 11:32 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 3
NY RANGERS 2 8:26 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 3
NY RANGERS 2 5:44 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 3
NY RANGERS 2 5:32 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 3
NY RANGERS 2 2:10 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
DALLAS 1 1 1 3
NY RANGERS 1 1 0 2 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: NYR - JAROMIR JAGR 5 (BRANDON DUBINSKY) 6:30
DAL - JUSSI JOKINEN 8 (STEPHANE ROBIDAS) 19:08
2ND PRD: NYR - BRENDAN SHANAHAN 7 (SEAN AVERY, SCOTT GOMEZ) 1:02
DAL - (PP) LOUI ERIKSSON 1 (SERGEI ZUBOV, MIKE MODANO) 11:54
3RD PRD: DAL - (PP) BRENDEN MORROW 9 (MIKE RIBEIRO, MATT NISKANEN)
4:04

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: DAL - 2 OF 3, NYR - 0 OF 6.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
DAL 6 3 9 18
NYR 12 17 12 41

GOALIES: DAL - MIKE SMITH
NYR - HENRIK LUNDQVIST

OFFICIALS: REF - DAN O'ROURKE, DON VAN MASSENHOVEN
LIN - JEAN MORIN, SCOTT ZELKIN

ATT: 18,200</div>

 

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Dallas 1 1 1 --3
Ny Rangers 1 1 0 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Jaromir Jagr 5 (Brandon
Dubinsky), 6:30. 2, Dallas, Jussi Jokinen 8 (Stephane Robidas), 19:08.
Penalties: J Halpern, Dal (hooking), 11:35; M Smith, Dal (tripping
served by B Winchester), 17:30; J Jagr, Nyr (hooking), 17:33.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ny Rangers, Brendan Shanahan 7 (Sean Avery,
Scott Gomez), 1:02. 4, Dallas, Loui Eriksson 1 (power play) (Sergei
Zubov, Mike Modano), 11:54. Penalties: C Conner, Dal (hooking), 4:31;
J Strudwick, Nyr (holding), 10:46; B Winchester, Dal (boarding),
12:13; S Robidas, Dal (tripping), 19:15.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Dallas, Brenden Morrow 9 (power play) (Mike
Ribeiro, Matt Niskanen), 4:04. Penalties: S Ott, Dal (major
fighting), 1:16; B Shanahan, Nyr (major fighting), 1:16; P Mara, Nyr
(holding), 2:16; M Modano, Dal (hooking), 19:41.

Shots on goal:
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Dallas 6 3 9 --18
Ny Rangers 12 17 12 --41
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Power-play Conversions: Dallas - 2 of 3, Ny Rangers - 0 of 6. Goalies
: Dallas, Mike Smith (41 shots, 39 saves; record: 6-3-0). Ny Rangers,
Henrik Lundqvist (18 shots, 15 saves; record: 12-9-1). A: 18,200.
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Don Van Massenhoven. Linesmen: Jean Morin,
Scott Zelkin.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
DALLAS 3
NY RANGERS 2</div>

 

By Larry Fleisher
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NEW YORK (Ticker) -- The Dallas Stars had few shots on goal butthe ones they had helped them open their longest road trip ofthe season with an extremely positive result.


Brenden Morrow scored 4:04 into the third period and Mike Smithmade 39 saves as the Stars opened a six-game road trip with a3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday.


Jussi Jokinen and Loui Eriksson had the other goals for theStars, who had not made an appearance at Madison Square Gardenin over four years.


Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan scored for the Rangers, whohave dropped three of four (1-2-1) following a 10-1-0 surge.

Dallas won its fifth in a row and has gained a point its lastsix (5-0-1) since general manager Doug Armstrong was fired andreplaced by former Stanley Cup hero Brett Hull on November 13.

In each of the previous five, the Stars averaged 25.8 shots pergame, raising their total to 563, which entering Sunday was thefifth-worst total in the league.


The Stars had one of their worst games of the season in terms ofshots as they had six in the first, none in the first 10-plusminutes of the second and nine after 40 minutes. They were ableto stay in it as Jokinen scored on a breakaway in the finalminute of the first and Eriksson netted a power-play goal with9:06 left in the second.


Smith, who is 4-0-0 in his last four starts, gave the Stars achance for the win by stopping 17 shots in the second. He made apoint-blank save on Shanahan at 15:24, stopped Sean Avery andChris Drury on breakaways minutes later and made another save onShanahan with less than 5 1/2 minutes left before capping theperiod with a pad save on rookie defenseman Marc Staal with nineseconds left during a power play.


Smith was eventually rewarded for his effort when Morrowconverted centering feed through the crease from Mike Ribierointo a vacated net. The right side of New York's net was leftvacated after Ribiero breezed past Rangers defenseman DanGirardi and had goaltender Henrik Lundqvist committed to stoppinghim before passing to Morrow.


The goal extended Morrow's points streak to a career-high eightgames.


After Morrow's goal, Smith made point saves on Jagr and MarcStaal and had help from Sergei Zubov, who broke up an odd-man rushbetween Martin Straka and rookie Brandon Dubinsky with just over7 1/2 minutes remaining. Smith denied Jagr again with just undersix minutes remaining moments after a goalmouth scramble had brieflyforced him out of position.


Jagr opened the scoring 6:20 into the opening period with his firstgoal in six games, ending his longest drought of the season. Hestripped Dallas defenseman Phillipe Boucher just inside the blueline, exchanged passes with Dubinsky before his pass intendedfor Straka went by Smith.


Dallas tied it after defenseman Stephane Robidas forced aturnover by Scott Gomez in the slot and fed a streaking Jokinen,who scored his eighth goal of the season.


The Rangers regained the lead early in the second when Gomezatoned for his turnover by winning a battle along the boardsbehind the Dallas net with Zubov, a former Ranger. He fedSean Avery, whose backhanded pass went off Eriksson's skateand caromed to Shanahan's stick.


Dallas tied it again when Eriksson glided past Girardi aftergetting a long pass from Zubov and scored on a partialbreakaway.

 

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Dallas 1 1 1 --3
Ny Rangers 1 1 0 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Jaromir Jagr 5 (Brandon
Dubinsky), 6:30. 2, Dallas, Jussi Jokinen 8 (Stephane Robidas), 19:08.
Penalties: J Halpern, Dal (hooking), 11:35; M Smith, Dal (tripping
served by B Winchester), 17:30; J Jagr, Nyr (hooking), 17:33.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ny Rangers, Brendan Shanahan 7 (Sean Avery,
Scott Gomez), 1:02. 4, Dallas, Loui Eriksson 1 (power play) (Sergei
Zubov, Mike Modano), 11:54. Penalties: C Conner, Dal (hooking), 4:31;
J Strudwick, Nyr (holding), 10:46; B Winchester, Dal (boarding),
12:13; S Robidas, Dal (tripping), 19:15.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Dallas, Brenden Morrow 9 (power play) (Mike
Ribeiro, Matt Niskanen), 4:04. Penalties: S Ott, Dal (major
fighting), 1:16; B Shanahan, Nyr (major fighting), 1:16; P Mara, Nyr
(holding), 2:16; M Modano, Dal (hooking), 19:41.

Shots on goal:
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Dallas 6 3 9 --18
Ny Rangers 12 17 12 --41
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Power-play Conversions: Dallas - 2 of 3, Ny Rangers - 0 of 6. Goalies
: Dallas, Mike Smith (41 shots, 39 saves; record: 6-3-0). Ny Rangers,
Henrik Lundqvist (18 shots, 15 saves; record: 12-9-1). A: 18,200.
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Don Van Massenhoven. Linesmen: Jean Morin,
Scott Zelkin.</div>

 

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DALLAS 1 1 1 --3
NY RANGERS 1 1 0 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ny Rangers, Jaromir Jagr 5 (Brandon
Dubinsky), 6:30. 2, Dallas, Jussi Jokinen 8 (Stephane Robidas), 19:08.
Penalties: J Halpern, Dal (hooking), 11:35; M Smith, Dal (tripping
served by B Winchester), 17:30; J Jagr, Nyr (hooking), 17:33.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Ny Rangers, Brendan Shanahan 7 (Sean Avery,
Scott Gomez), 1:02. 4, Dallas, Loui Eriksson 1 (power play) (Sergei
Zubov, Mike Modano), 11:54. Penalties: C Conner, Dal (hooking), 4:31;
J Strudwick, Nyr (holding), 10:46; B Winchester, Dal (boarding),
12:13; S Robidas, Dal (tripping), 19:15.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Dallas, Brenden Morrow 9 (power play) (Mike
Ribeiro, Matt Niskanen), 4:04. Penalties: S Ott, Dal (major
fighting), 1:16; B Shanahan, Nyr (major fighting), 1:16; P Mara, Nyr
(holding), 2:16; M Modano, Dal (hooking), 19:41.

Shots on goal:
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DALLAS 6 3 9 --18
NY RANGERS 12 17 12 --41
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Power-play Conversions: DAL - 2 of 3, NYR - 0 of 6. Goalies : Dallas,
Mike Smith (41 shots, 39 saves; record: 6-3-0). Ny Rangers, Henrik
Lundqvist (18 shots, 15 saves; record: 12-9-1). A: 18,200. Referees:
Dan O'Rourke, Don Van Massenhoven. Linesmen: Jean Morin, Scott Zelkin.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

DALLAS NY RANGERS
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
B Morrow 1 0 -1 3 B Shanahan 1 0 even 9
J Halpern 0 0 even 1 B Betts 0 0 even 1
S Barnes 0 0 even 0 S Avery 0 1 +1 4
N Hagman 0 0 +1 2 B Dubinsky 0 1 +1 3
B Winchester 0 0 -1 0 M Staal 0 0 +1 0
N Grossman 0 0 +1 2 S Gomez 0 1 even 3
L Eriksson 1 0 -1 1 C Drury 0 0 even 3
S Ott 0 0 -1 1 P Prucha 0 0 even 0
S Robidas 0 1 +1 1 P Mara 0 0 even 3
J Jokinen 1 0 +1 2 C Orr 0 0 even 0
J Lundqvist 0 0 -1 0 M Rozsival 0 0 +1 2
P Boucher 0 0 -1 0 J Strudwick 0 0 even 0
M Niskanen 0 1 -1 0 R Hollweg 0 0 even 2
S Zubov 0 1 -1 0 D Girardi 0 0 even 3
T Daley 0 0 -1 0 F Tyutin 0 0 even 0
M Ribiero 0 1 -1 0 J Jagr 1 0 +1 6
C Conner 0 0 even 0 M Hossa 0 0 even 0
M Modano 0 1 even 5 M Straka 0 0 +1 2
J Lehtinen ABDOMINAL M Malik BACK INJURY
K Barch HEALTHY G Moore HEALTHY
A Miettinen GROIN</div>

 

By Larry Fleisher
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NEW YORK (Ticker) - The Dallas Stars had few shots on goal butthe ones they had helped them open their longest road trip ofthe season with an extremely positive result.


Brenden Morrow scored 4:04 into the third period and Mike Smithmade 39 saves as the Stars opened a six-game road trip with a3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday.


Jussi Jokinen and Loui Eriksson had the other goals for theStars, who had not made an appearance at Madison Square Gardenin over four years.


"We didn't carry much of the play at all tonight," Morrow said."We didn't sustain any pressure and they had it in our end andSmitty was a wall for us and he gave us a chance to win. Wetalked about it after two periods and it's a pretty goodsituation considering how bad were playing."


Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan scored for the Rangers, whohave dropped three of four (1-2-1) following a 10-1-0 surge.

Dallas won its fifth in a row and has gained a point its lastsix (5-0-1) since general manager Doug Armstrong was fired andreplaced by former Stanley Cup hero Brett Hull on November 13.

In each of the previous five, the Stars averaged 25.8 shots pergame, raising their total to 563, which entering Sunday was thefifth-worst total in the league.


The Stars had one of their worst games of the season in terms ofshots as they had six in the first, none in the first 10-plusminutes of the second and nine after 40 minutes. They were ableto stay in it as Jokinen scored on a breakaway in the finalminute of the first and Eriksson netted a power-play goal with9:06 left in the second.


"We're looking for people to make a couple of plays to make adifference and that's one of those plays," Dallas coach DaveTippett said. "That's just the way it goes. Once we had acouple of opportunities we cashed in. I think we had twoscoring opportunities in the first two periods and were 2-for-2.That's kind of the way our team is a little bit, we hangaround games but we're going to have to be much better on thistrip."


"That's the way the game goes sometimes," Smith said. "Itseemed like the ice was tilted for a lot of the game but wefound a way to win and that's what you got to do on the road."

Smith, who is 4-0-0 in his last four starts, gave the Stars achance for the win by stopping 17 shots in the second. He madea point-blank save on Shanahan at 15:24, stopped Sean Avery andChris Drury on breakaways minutes later and made another save onShanahan with less than 5 1/2 minutes left before capping theperiod with a pad save on rookie defenseman Marc Staal with nineseconds left during a power play.


"That's our job," Smith said. "Marty and (my) job is to bailthe guys out when they're not doing so great or not having agood period or two but the win is most important tonight. It'sa big start to the road trip."


"We looked like we stuck in the mud there for a little bit,"Tippett said. "But give our guys credit, they kept hangingaround. Smitty (Smith) kept making great saves and as the gamewent on, I thought the third period was our best by far."

Smith was eventually rewarded for his effort when Morrowconverted centering feed through the crease from Mike Ribierointo a vacated net. The right side of New York's net was leftvacated after Ribiero breezed past Rangers defenseman DanGirardi and had goaltender Henrik Lundqvist committed tostopping him before passing to Morrow.


"I was Johnny on the spot," Morrow said. "It was a great playby Ribs (Ribiero)."


The goal extended Morrow's points streak to a career-high eightgames.


After Morrow's goal, Smith made point saves on Jagr and MarcStaal and had help from Sergei Zubov, who broke up an odd-manrush between Martin Straka and rookie Brandon Dubinsky with justover 7 1/2 minutes remaining. Smith denied Jagr again withjust under six minutes remaining moments after a goalmouthscramble had briefly forced him out of position.


Jagr opened the scoring 6:20 into the opening period with hisfirst goal in six games, ending his longest drought of theseason. He stripped Dallas defenseman Phillipe Boucher justinside the blue line, exchanged passes with Dubinsky before hispass intended for Straka went by Smith.


Dallas tied it after defenseman Stephane Robidas forced aturnover by Scott Gomez in the slot and fed a streaking Jokinen,who scored his eighth goal of the season.


The Rangers regained the lead early in the second when Gomezatoned for his turnover by winning a battle along the boardsbehind the Dallas net with Zubov, a former Ranger. He fed SeanAvery, whose backhanded pass went off Eriksson's skate andcaromed to Shanahan's stick.


Dallas tied it again when Eriksson glided past Girardi aftergetting a long pass from Zubov and scored on a partialbreakaway.


New York produced its second-highest shot total of the season asit totaled over 40 for the fourth time. The Rangers have alsogenerated at least 30 in 14 games but have had 15 contests inwhich they have been held to two goals or less.