GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NHL: DALLAS (17-15) at SAN JOSE (17-13)

NHL: DALLAS at SAN JOSE

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DALLAS 0 3 1 --4
SAN JOSE 1 1 0 --2
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, San Jose, Devin Setoguchi 8 (power play)
(Joe Thornton, Craig Rivet), 7:54. Penalties: N Grossman, Dal
(holding), 2:31; J Jokinen, Dal (roughing), 5:01; M Goc, San
(roughing), 5:01; B Morrow, Dal (elbowing), 7:45; C Rivet, San (double
cross checking served by D Setoguchi, instigator major, fighting,
misconduct), 9:41; S Ott, Dal (major fighting), 9:41; T Daley, Dal
(interference), 16:26.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Dallas, Brenden Morrow 12 (Mike Ribeiro,
Matt Niskanen), 4:52. 3, San Jose, Pat Rissmiller 2 (Mike Grier,
Torrey Mitchell), 5:37. 4, Dallas, Mike Ribeiro 16 (power play)
(Brenden Morrow, Sergei Zubov), 10:44. 5, Dallas, Antti Miettinen 5
(power play) (Mike Modano, Sergei Zubov), 16:56. Penalties: M Carle,
San (delay of game), 10:02; C Ehrhoff, San (interference), 10:20; A
Miettinen, Dal (tripping), 11:11; P Marleau, San (double minor high
sticking), 14:32.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 6, Dallas, Steve Ott 3 (empty net) (Loui
Eriksson), 19:19. Penalties: S Ott, Dal (roughing), 6:01; M Michalek,
San (roughing), 6:01; S Ott, Dal (hooking), 10:11.

Shots on goal:
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DALLAS 5 8 9 --22
SAN JOSE 4 9 5 --18
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Power-play Conversions: DAL - 2 of 6, SAN - 1 of 5. Goalies : Dallas,
Marty Turco (18 shots, 16 saves; record: 12-6-3). San Jose, Evgeni
Nabokov (21 shots, 18 saves; record: 17-10-4). A: 17,496. Referees:
Dave Jackson, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Ryan
Galloway.

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS

DALLAS SAN JOSE
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
B Morrow 1 1 +1 2 C Ehrhoff 0 0 even 1
J Halpern 0 0 even 1 M Goc 0 0 -1 2
S Barnes 0 0 -1 1 P Marleau 0 0 -2 1
N Hagman 0 0 even 0 D Setoguchi 1 0 -1 2
N Grossman 0 0 -1 0 M Carle 0 0 even 0
A Miettinen 1 0 +1 2 J Thornton 0 1 -1 2
L Eriksson 0 1 even 1 S Ozolinsh 0 0 even 1
S Ott 1 0 +1 5 M Grier 0 1 +1 0
S Robidas 0 0 -1 1 S Bernier 0 0 -1 0
J Jokinen 0 0 even 2 D Murray 0 0 -1 1
J Lundqvist 0 0 -1 0 P Rissmiller 1 0 +1 4
M Norstrom 0 0 even 1 C Brown 0 0 even 0
M Niskanen 0 1 +2 1 K McLaren 0 0 +1 0
S Zubov 0 2 +2 1 M Vlasic 0 0 -1 0
T Daley 0 0 even 2 C Rivet 0 1 -1 0
M Ribiero 1 1 +1 2 T Mitchell 0 1 +1 1
C Conner 0 0 even 0 J Pavelski 0 0 even 2
M Modano 0 1 +1 0 M Michalek 0 0 -1 1
K Barch HEALTHY R Davison FINGER INJURY
B Winchester HEALTHY</div>

 

SAN JOSE, California (Ticker) -- Antti Miettinen capped asecond-period barrage with the go-ahead goal as the Dallas Starsposted a 4-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.

Marty Turco stopped 16 shots and Mike Ribeiro had a goal and anassist for Dallas, which scored three goals - two on the powerplay - in the second to post its third straight win.

"We competed hard and our power play got us a couple big goals,"Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "We found a way to win."

Devin Setoguchi and Patrick Rissmiller tallied for San Jose,which has lost five straight here to Dallas.


"I thought we set the tone for the first half of the game,"Sharks coach Ron Wilson said. "What's disappointing is we didnot have enough guys willing to go to the front of the net, toskate through, take hits and not reach for pucks. We justweren't willing to pay the price."


The teams traded goals early in the second before Dallas finallywent on top for good with 3:04 left in the period. MikeModano fired a slap shot from the point that Miettinen deflectedpast goaltender Evgeni Nabokov for his fifth tally of theseason.


Turco held the Sharks in check and Steve Ott added anempty-netter with 41 seconds left to seal the win. Turco had tomake a great save on a point-blank shot by Joe Thornton duringa power play midway through the third period.


"I didn't see him - it happens," Turco said. "He tried to putit right through me. He just buried it. I had no idea what wasgoing on."


Ott, who was watching from the penalty box, appreciated Turco'sgame-saving stop.


"Marty Turco capped it off when I was in the box," said Ott, whowas serving a hooking penalty. "He made a save on JoeThornton. I had already put my head down because I thought itwas in the net."


Ribeiro, who leads the Stars with 16 goals, tied the game at 2-2just 24 seconds into a 5-on-3 power play. Ribeiro gathered aloose puck in the crease and stuffed it into the right side ofthe net with 9:16 left in the second.


"There's no one really there to check me once they're focused onBrenden (Morrow) and where the puck is," Ribeiro said.

San Jose took a 2-1 lead as Rissmiller scored on a wraparound at5:37 of the middle session for his second of the season. Thetally came just 45 seconds after Morrow tied the game at 1-1with his 12th goal.


"I knew I had the net, and I just tried to get out front andthrow it on the net," Rissmiller said. "We've been working onguys going to the net, creating havoc."


San Jose got on the scoreboard first as Setoguchi fired abackhander into the top left corner of the net from the rightside at 7:54 of the first.


Nabokov stopped 18 shots for the Sharks, who had beaten theStars three of the previous four meetings.