GAME THREAD: NHL: CHICAGO (5-6) at DALLAS (5-6)

NHL: CHICAGO (5-6) at DALLAS (5-6)

<h3>Stars' Modano one point shy of milestone</h3>

Chicago (5-6-0) at Dallas (5-4-2), 8:30 pm EDT


DALLAS (Ticker) -- Mike Modano is just one step away fromhistory.


Modano attempts to become the all-time leading scorer amongAmerican-born players when the Dallas Stars host the ChicagoBlackhawks on Wednesday.


The 37-year-old center tallied an assist on Monday against theSan Jose Sharks, giving him 1,231 points in his career, one shyof Phil Housley's 1,232.


Modano was drafted first overall by the Minnesota North Stars in1988 and has spent his entire career with the franchise. Hehas tallied 78 points in 87 games against the Blackhawks in hiscareer.


The future Hall-of-Famer's assist could not save Dallas onMonday, as they allowed a 2-1 lead to slip away. San Joserookie Devin Setoguchi scored two goals in the span of 2:34 inthe third period to put the Sharks ahead, 3-2, and lead them toan eventual 4-2 win.


Chicago has lost three in a row and is coming off a 3-2 loss tolowly Atlanta on Saturday. The Blackhawks have momentum in theseries however, due to a stunning 2-1 overtime victory onOctober 13.


In that contest, Dallas held a 1-0 lead until Robert Langdeflected in rookie Jonathan Toews' shot with 1.5 seconds leftin regulation, taking advantage of a 5-on-3 advantage to forceovertime. With the Blackhawks still on the power play at thestart of overtime, Jason Williams buried a slap shot 43 secondsin to give his team the win.


Chicago has allowed 13 goals during its three game losingstreak, and top netminder Nikolai Khabibulin is 3-5 overall witha 2.88 goals against average.

 

NHL: CHICAGO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NHL AT DALLAS
STARTING GOALIES: CHI - NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN
DAL - MARTY TURCO

OFFICIALS: REF - DON KOHARSKI, KERRY FRASER
LIN - BRIAN MURPHY, LONNIE CAMERON</div>

 

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<div class="pre">CHICAGO VS DALLAS - SCRATCHES

CHICAGO DALLAS

S SAMSONOV HEALTHY S OTT HEALTHY
D RICHMOND HEALTHY K BARCH HEALTHY
B WINCHESTER HEALTHY</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 0
DALLAS 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

NHL: CHICAGO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 0
DALLAS 1
1ST PRD: DAL - MIKE RIBEIRO 5 (PHILIPPE BOUCHER) 4:02</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 0
DALLAS 1 14:40 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 1
DALLAS 1
1ST PRD: CHI - JONATHAN TOEWS 5 (TUOMO RUUTU, PATRICK KANE) 7:29</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 1
DALLAS 1 11:12 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 1
DALLAS 1 9:45 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 1
DALLAS 1 7:10 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 1
DALLAS 1 5:10 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 1
DALLAS 1 2:50 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>

 

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

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD: DAL - MIKE RIBEIRO 5 (PHILIPPE BOUCHER) 4:02
CHI - JONATHAN TOEWS 5 (TUOMO RUUTU, PATRICK KANE) 7:29

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
CHI 11 11
DAL 8 8

GOALIES: CHI - NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN
DAL - MARTY TURCO</div>

 

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<div class="pre">------------------------
Chicago 1 --1
Dallas 1 --1
------------------------

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Dallas, Mike Ribeiro 5 (Philippe Boucher),
4:02. 2, Chicago, Jonathan Toews 5 (Tuomo Ruutu, Patrick Kane), 7:29.
Penalties: A Burish, Chi (interference), 9:53; B Seabrook, Chi
(interference), 15:54.

Shots on goal:
-----------------------------
Chicago 11 --11
Dallas 8 --8
-----------------------------

Goalies : Chicago, Nikolai Khabibulin (8 shots, 7 saves). Dallas,
Marty Turco (11 shots, 10 saves). Referees: Don Koharski, Kerry
Fraser. Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Lonnie Cameron.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 1
DALLAS 1 19:55 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 1
DALLAS 1 16:52 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 1
DALLAS 1 14:03 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 2
DALLAS 1
2ND PRD: CHI - (PP) JAMES WISNIEWSKI 3 (ROBERT LANG, DAVE BOLLAND)
8:30</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 2
DALLAS 1 9:39 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NHL CHICAGO 3
DALLAS 1
2ND PRD: CHI - PATRICK KANE 5 (TUOMO RUUTU, JAMES WISNIEWSKI) 10:39</div>