GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: DALLAS (13-13) at PHILADELPHIA (14-10)

NHL: DALLAS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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DALLAS 1 3 4
PHILADELPHIA 1 0 1 END OF THE 2ND

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: PHI - RANDY JONES 2 (MIKE RICHARDS, R.J. UMBERGER) 0:41
DAL - JEFF HALPERN 6 (STEVE OTT, TREVOR DALEY) 15:25
2ND PRD: DAL - JUSSI JOKINEN 10 (PHILIPPE BOUCHER, TREVOR DALEY) 1:42
DAL - (PP) ANTTI MIETTINEN 3 (SERGEI ZUBOV, BRENDEN MORROW)
13:22
DAL - (PP) MIKE RIBEIRO 11 (BRENDEN MORROW) 15:16

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
DAL 11 13 24
PHI 4 6 10

GOALIES: DAL - MARTY TURCO
PHI - MARTIN BIRON</div>

 

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Dallas 1 3 --4
Philadelphia 1 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Randy Jones 2 (Mike Richards,
R.J. Umberger), 0:41. 2, Dallas, Jeff Halpern 6 (Steve Ott, Trevor
Daley), 15:25. Penalties: M Ribiero, Dal (holding), 6:02; D Tolpeko,
Phi (slashing), 8:46.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Dallas, Jussi Jokinen 10 (Philippe Boucher,
Trevor Daley), 1:42. 4, Dallas, Antti Miettinen 3 (power play) (Sergei
Zubov, Brenden Morrow), 13:22. 5, Dallas, Mike Ribeiro 11 (power play)
(Brenden Morrow), 15:16. Penalties: L Eriksson, Dal (holding), 3:14;
R Jones, Phi (holding), 9:53; D Briere, Phi (holding stick), 12:22; B
Eager, Phi (charging), 13:58.

Shots on goal:
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Dallas 11 13 --24
Philadelphia 4 6 --10
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Goalies : Dallas, Marty Turco (10 shots, 9 saves). Philadelphia,
Martin Biron (24 shots, 20 saves). Referees: Dan Marouelli, Justin
St. Pierre. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Pierre Champoux.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 4
PHILADELPHIA 1 19:55 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 4
PHILADELPHIA 1 16:08 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 4
PHILADELPHIA 1 12:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 4
PHILADELPHIA 1 8:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 4
PHILADELPHIA 1 4:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL DALLAS 4
PHILADELPHIA 1 1:00 LEFT, 3RD PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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DALLAS 1 3 0 4
PHILADELPHIA 1 0 0 1 FINAL

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: PHI - RANDY JONES 2 (MIKE RICHARDS, R.J. UMBERGER) 0:41
DAL - JEFF HALPERN 6 (STEVE OTT, TREVOR DALEY) 15:25
2ND PRD: DAL - JUSSI JOKINEN 10 (PHILIPPE BOUCHER, TREVOR DALEY) 1:42
DAL - (PP) ANTTI MIETTINEN 3 (SERGEI ZUBOV, BRENDEN MORROW)
13:22
DAL - (PP) MIKE RIBEIRO 11 (BRENDEN MORROW) 15:16
3RD PRD: NONE

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

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
DAL 11 13 6 30
PHI 4 6 8 18

GOALIES: DAL - MARTY TURCO
PHI - MARTIN BIRON

OFFICIALS: REF - DAN MAROUELLI, JUSTIN ST. PIERRE
LIN - ANTHONY SERICOLO, PIERRE CHAMPOUX

ATT: 19,660</div>

 

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Dallas 1 3 0 --4
Philadelphia 1 0 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Randy Jones 2 (Mike Richards,
R.J. Umberger), 0:41. 2, Dallas, Jeff Halpern 6 (Steve Ott, Trevor
Daley), 15:25. Penalties: M Ribiero, Dal (holding), 6:02; D Tolpeko,
Phi (slashing), 8:46.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Dallas, Jussi Jokinen 10 (Philippe Boucher,
Trevor Daley), 1:42. 4, Dallas, Antti Miettinen 3 (power play) (Sergei
Zubov, Brenden Morrow), 13:22. 5, Dallas, Mike Ribeiro 11 (power play)
(Brenden Morrow), 15:16. Penalties: L Eriksson, Dal (holding), 3:14;
R Jones, Phi (holding), 9:53; D Briere, Phi (holding stick), 12:22; B
Eager, Phi (charging), 13:58.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: B Eager, Phi (charging), 6:42; N Hagman,
Dal (roughing), 9:07; D Briere, Phi (roughing), 9:07; L Eriksson, Dal
(tripping), 11:08; R Cote, Phi ( match), 17:46.

Shots on goal:
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Dallas 11 13 6 --30
Philadelphia 4 6 8 --18
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Power-play Conversions: Dallas - 2 of 6, Philadelphia - 0 of 3.
Goalies : Dallas, Marty Turco (18 shots, 17 saves; record: 8-5-3).
Philadelphia, Martin Biron (30 shots, 26 saves; record: 12-7-2). A:
19,660. Referees: Dan Marouelli, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen: Anthony
Sericolo, Pierre Champoux.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
DALLAS 4
PHILADELPHIA 1</div>

 

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Once a safe haven, the Wachovia Centercontinues to be a house of horrors for the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Dallas Stars benefited from three second-period goals todefeat the Flyers, 4-1, on Saturday.


The loss was the fifth in a row at home for Philadelphia, whichironically opened the season with six straight wins in the Cityof Brotherly Love.


With the game tied at 1-1, Jussi Jokinen scored just 1:42 intothe second period to give Dallas a lead it would not relinquish.Jokinen deflected defenseman Philippe Boucher's shot pastgoaltender Martin Biron for his 10th goal of the season.

Antti Miettinen and Mike Ribeiro netted power-play goals lessthan two minutes apart to give the Stars a three-goal bulge.

Miettinen skated into the left faceoff circle and wristed a lowshot past Biron to give the Stars a 3-1 advantage with 6:38remaining in the second.


Just 1:54 later, Dallas captain Brenden Morrow stole the puck atthe blue line and alertly fed Ribeiro in front. Ribeiroquickly deked Biron and easily slid the puck into the vacant netfor his 11th goal of the season.


Defenseman Randy Jones opened the scoring just 41 seconds intothe game.


After the Flyers established an odd-man rush, Mike Richards wasunable to get a shot on net. The puck went into the leftcorner, but Jones collected it and fired it in off the back ofprone netminder Marty Turco for his second tally of thecampaign.


That was all Turco allowed as he finished with 18 saves.

Jeff Halpern leveled the game with 4:35 remaining in the period.

Steve Ott wristed a shot from inside the right circle thatHalpern deflected past Biron to tie it at 1-1.


Biron finished with 26 saves.

 

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Dallas 1 3 0 --4
Philadelphia 1 0 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Randy Jones 2 (Mike Richards,
R.J. Umberger), 0:41. 2, Dallas, Jeff Halpern 6 (Steve Ott, Trevor
Daley), 15:25. Penalties: M Ribiero, Dal (holding), 6:02; D Tolpeko,
Phi (slashing), 8:46.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Dallas, Jussi Jokinen 10 (Philippe Boucher,
Trevor Daley), 1:42. 4, Dallas, Antti Miettinen 3 (power play) (Sergei
Zubov, Brenden Morrow), 13:22. 5, Dallas, Mike Ribeiro 11 (power play)
(Brenden Morrow), 15:16. Penalties: L Eriksson, Dal (holding), 3:14;
R Jones, Phi (holding), 9:53; D Briere, Phi (holding stick), 12:22; B
Eager, Phi (charging), 13:58.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: B Eager, Phi (charging), 6:42; N Hagman,
Dal (roughing), 9:07; D Briere, Phi (roughing), 9:07; L Eriksson, Dal
(tripping), 11:08; R Cote, Phi ( match), 17:46.

Shots on goal:
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Dallas 11 13 6 --30
Philadelphia 4 6 9 --19
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Power-play Conversions: Dallas - 2 of 5, Philadelphia - 0 of 3.
Goalies : Dallas, Marty Turco (19 shots, 18 saves; record: 8-5-3).
Philadelphia, Martin Biron (30 shots, 26 saves; record: 12-7-2). A:
19,660. Referees: Dan Marouelli, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen: Anthony
Sericolo, Pierre Champoux.</div>

 

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DALLAS 1 3 0 --4
PHILADELPHIA 1 0 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Philadelphia, Randy Jones 2 (Mike Richards,
R.J. Umberger), 0:41. 2, Dallas, Jeff Halpern 6 (Steve Ott, Trevor
Daley), 15:25. Penalties: M Ribiero, Dal (holding), 6:02; D Tolpeko,
Phi (slashing), 8:46.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Dallas, Jussi Jokinen 10 (Philippe Boucher,
Trevor Daley), 1:42. 4, Dallas, Antti Miettinen 3 (power play) (Sergei
Zubov, Brenden Morrow), 13:22. 5, Dallas, Mike Ribeiro 11 (power play)
(Brenden Morrow), 15:16. Penalties: L Eriksson, Dal (holding), 3:14;
R Jones, Phi (holding), 9:53; D Briere, Phi (holding stick), 12:22; B
Eager, Phi (charging), 13:58.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: B Eager, Phi (charging), 6:42; N Hagman,
Dal (roughing), 9:07; D Briere, Phi (roughing), 9:07; L Eriksson, Dal
(tripping), 11:08; R Cote, Phi ( match), 17:46.

Shots on goal:
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DALLAS 11 13 6 --30
PHILADELPHIA 4 6 9 --19
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Power-play Conversions: DAL - 2 of 5, PHI - 0 of 3. Goalies : Dallas,
Marty Turco (19 shots, 18 saves; record: 8-5-3). Philadelphia, Martin
Biron (30 shots, 26 saves; record: 12-7-2). A: 19,660. Referees: Dan
Marouelli, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen: Anthony Sericolo, Pierre
Champoux.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

DALLAS PHILADELPHIA
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
B Morrow 0 2 -1 3 J Dowd 0 0 even 0
J Halpern 1 0 +1 2 J Lupul 0 0 even 1
S Barnes 0 0 even 1 J Carter 0 0 -1 4
N Hagman 0 0 +1 3 M Richards 0 1 +1 0
B Winchester 0 0 even 0 D Hatcher 0 0 -1 0
N Grossman 0 0 -1 0 R Umberger 0 1 +1 1
A Miettinen 1 0 -1 4 J Smith 0 0 +1 1
L Eriksson 0 0 even 2 M Knuble 0 0 even 0
S Ott 0 1 +1 0 S Kapanen 0 0 -1 1
S Robidas 0 0 -1 5 L Kukkonen 0 0 -1 0
J Jokinen 1 0 +1 2 R Cote 0 0 even 0
P Boucher 0 1 +2 0 K Timonen 0 0 -1 1
M Niskanen 0 0 even 1 D Briere 0 0 -1 3
S Zubov 0 1 even 1 B Coburn 0 0 even 1
T Daley 0 2 +2 0 D Tolpeko 0 0 -1 3
M Ribiero 1 0 -1 1 B Eager 0 0 even 1
C Conner 0 0 +1 3 R Jones 1 0 even 1
M Modano 0 0 +1 2 S Upshall 0 0 -1 1
J Lehtinen ABDOMINAL R Fitzpatrick HEALTHY
K Barch HEALTHY S Hartnell SUSPENDED NHL
J Lundqvist HEALTHY</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NHL
DALLAS 4
PHILADELPHIA 1</div>

 

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Once a safe haven, the Wachovia Centercontinues to be a house of horrors of late for the PhiladelphiaFlyers.


The Dallas Stars benefited from three second-period goals todefeat the Flyers, 4-1, on Saturday.


The loss was the fifth in a row at home for Philadelphia, whichironically opened the season with six straight wins in the Cityof Brotherly Love.


"We played well at home at the start of the year. Now, it seemslike it is going the other way," Flyers goaltender Martin Bironsaid. "The other teams are coming in here and putting theirbest foot forward. We have to match that, and it's for us toget the job done."


With the game tied at 1-1, Jussi Jokinen scored just 1:42 intothe second period to give Dallas a lead it would not relinquish.Jokinen deflected defenseman Philippe Boucher's shot past Bironfor his 10th goal of the season.


"Boucher saw me in front of the net," Jokinen said. "He put agood wrist shot, I got a good tip with my stick and there was nochance for Biron."


Antti Miettinen and Mike Ribeiro netted power-play goals lessthan two minutes apart to give the Stars a three-goal bulge.

"We passed the puck better on the power play," Ribeiro said."We had a hard time setting up and getting control of it.Tonight, we did a great job of it."


"It's one thing to draw the penalties, but when you're scoringon them, that's a key part of the game," Stars coach DaveTippett said. "We had to maximize our energy on the specialteams, and we did a good job."


Miettinen skated into the left faceoff circle and wristed a lowshot past Biron to give the Stars a 3-1 advantage with 6:38remaining in the second.


Just 1:54 later, Dallas captain Brenden Morrow stole the puck atthe blue line and alertly fed Ribeiro in front. Ribeiroquickly deked Biron and easily slid the puck into the vacant netfor his 11th goal of the season.


"I was ready to go off the ice for a change," Ribeiro said."Brenden made the play. Biron saw that I had my back turned,and that's why he tried to poke it. I was at the right place atthe right moment."


Defenseman Randy Jones opened the scoring just 41 seconds intothe game.


After the Flyers established an odd-man rush, Mike Richards wasunable to get a shot on net. The puck went into the leftcorner, but Jones collected it and fired it in off the glove ofprone netminder Marty Turco for his second tally of thecampaign.


"All I know is that it went off of my glove and went in," Turcosaid. "I don't know how it got through me. I saw Jones get inthe corner and I knew that he was going to throw it to the netbecause I was laying down. So I decided to stay there, and itbackfired."


That was all Turco allowed as he finished with 18 saves.

"Tonight was a great team effort," Turco said. "It was nothingspectacular, but great nonetheless. We did the little things towin the hockey game."


"We got overwhelmed with their work tonight," Flyers coach JohnStevens said. "They didn't play a very good game last night andthey came in here to make amends - and we didn't welcome thework."


The Flyers' frustration showed late in the third, when RileyCote received a match penalty for a high elbow on Dallasdefenseman Matt Niskanen. Cote expects to receive a call fromthe league to address the hit.


"I know it's coming," Cote said. "It looks terrible, especiallyfrom a guy like me. I need to be smarter than that. I had nointentions of hurting anyone. I was just trying to do my joband I made a mistake."


Jeff Halpern leveled the game with 4:35 remaining in the period.Steve Ott wristed a shot from inside the right circle thatHalpern deflected past Biron to tie it at 1-1.


Biron finished with 26 saves.