Edmonton 1 at Dallas 4
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EDMONTON 1 0 0 --1
DALLAS 0 2 2 --4
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Edmonton, Shawn Horcoff 3 (Georges Laraque,
Jason Chimera), 4:10. Penalties: Bench, Dal (illegal lineup served by
S Ott), 0:31; R Matvichuk, Dal (hooking), 1:11; A Semenov, Edm
(tripping), 16:06.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Dallas, Steve Ott 1 (Bill Guerin, Sergei
Zubov), 10:19. 3, Dallas, Brenden Morrow 11 (Jason Arnott, Darryl
Sydor), 14:02. Penalties: B Morrow, Dal (slashing), 3:14; A Hemsky,
Edm (obstruction interference), 5:59.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Dallas, Mike Modano 14 (empty net) (Brenden
Morrow, Derian Hatcher), 19:03. 5, Dallas, Bill Guerin 17 (empty net)
(Niko Kapanen), 19:36. Penalties: M Comrie, Edm (tripping), 2:27; E
Moreau, Edm (charging), 9:20; S Ferguson, Edm (delay of game), 10:48.
Shots on goal:
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EDMONTON 10 10 5 --25
DALLAS 12 7 10 --29
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Power-play Conversions: EDM - 0 of 3, DAL - 0 of 5. Goalies :
Edmonton, Jussi Markkanen (27 shots, 25 saves; record: 4-5-0). Dallas,
Marty Turco (25 shots, 24 saves; record: 16-9-7). A: 18,532.
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Shane Heyer. Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Steve
Barton.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
EDMONTON DALLAS
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
S Horcoff 1 0 even 1 B Morrow 1 1 +3 2
M York 0 0 -1 3 B Guerin 1 1 +2 4
E Moreau 0 0 -1 1 S Robidas 0 0 even 0
M Reasoner 0 0 even 0 R Dimaio 0 0 +1 0
E Brewer 0 0 -3 1 D Hatcher 0 1 +1 1
J Smith 0 0 +1 4 R Matvichuk 0 0 +1 1
A Carter 0 0 -2 3 J Lehtinen 0 0 +1 2
T Marchant 0 0 -1 1 M Malhotra 0 0 +1 1
G Laraque 0 1 even 2 S Ott 1 0 +1 1
J Chimera 0 1 even 1 N Kapanen 0 1 +1 1
S Ferguson 0 0 even 0 P Boucher 0 0 +1 2
A Semenov 0 0 -3 1 J Arnott 0 1 even 3
D Cleary 0 0 -2 0 A Downey 0 0 even 0
A Pisa 0 0 +1 0 S Young 0 0 -1 1
A Hemsky 0 0 -3 2 D Sydor 0 1 +1 1
M Comrie 0 0 -2 3 S Zubov 0 1 +2 1
R Smyth 0 0 -1 2 P Turgeon 0 0 -1 1
B Allen 0 0 even 0 M Modano 1 0 +1 7
J Niinimaa KNEE INJURY K Muller RIB INJURY
S Staios CONCUSSION S Helenius HEALTHY
B Swanson HEALTHY S Pellerin HEALTHY
DALLAS (Ticker) -- Not even a lineup snafu could end the
Dallas Stars' home mastery of the Edmonton Oilers.
Rookie Steve Ott and Brenden Morrow scored less than four
minutes apart midway through the second period to erase a
deficit as the Stars extended their home unbeaten streak against
the Oilers to 15 games with a 4-1 triumph.
Dallas took an early lead on a goal by Rob DiMaio at the
31-second mark, but Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish immediately
summoned the referee to point out a discrepancy in the Dallas
lineup.
Stars coach Dave Tippett submitted a lineup card that had Ron
Tugnutt as his starting goaltender. But when the first puck was
dropped, Marty Turco was in net for Dallas, prompting the
officials to wave off DiMaio's tally and issue a minor penalty
to the Stars.
"I'll take all the responsibility," Tippett said. "That's my
job, to make sure everything is right. I apologized to the
team. Mistakes are part of the game and I made a mistake.
That's `shock' adversity. It whacks you in the teeth. It's a
credit to the players to overcome that adversity."
"It's happened before and it hasn't been called, but tonight it
was," Turco added. "We knew we had to pick up the coaches
tonight and we weren't going to let that deter us."
With Edmonton ahead, 1-0, Ott netted his first NHL goal at 10:19
of the second period and Morrow connected for his 11th of the
season just 3:43 later to put the Stars ahead.
Mike Modano and Bill Guerin added empty-net goals in the final
minute to improve Dallas' home mark against the Oilers to
14-0-1-0 since a 4-3 loss on January 17, 1996.
"We played well tonight in all of the zones," said Turco, who
turned aside 24 shots. "We were really aggressive in the
offensive zone and played physical tonight. It was just another
good overall game for us."
Since moving to Texas from Minnesota in 1993, the Stars are
30-4-4-0 against Edmonton.
"We had our chances, but we were just unable to capitalize,"
MacTavish said. "When you have the type of record that we do
against this team, it becomes a psychological burden to win a
game like this."
"It's tough when you don't have success against a certain team,"
Edmonton center Mike Comrie added. "Mentally, it's very
difficult. You know you're always going to be in a battle
against these guys. We hung in there, but how many times is
David going to beat Goliath?"
Shawn Horcoff scored the lone tally for Edmonton, which has lost
seven of its last eight contests.
Just 4:10 into the first period, Georges Laraque carried down
the left wing and shoveled the puck to the net. Turco kicked it
into the slot, but Horcoff was there to put it in for his third
goal of the season and a 1-0 lead for the Oilers.
After getting a pass from Guerin in the right faceoff circle,
Ott slipped the puck behind goalie Jussi Markkanen from the
doorstep for his first goal in eight NHL games, tying it at 1-1.
"It's obviously a great thrill," Ott said. "It was a grinder
type of goal. I wasn't really expecting such a good pass from
Bill. He put it right on my stick and I just took the shot. Our
line tried to supply energy and I think the goal picked up our
team."
"He's a great kid," Tippett said. "He's going to be a very good
NHL player. That enthusiasm that he has is something that
makes him special."
Morrow put Dallas in front at 14:02, getting a feed from Jason
Arnott in front and backhanding the puck between Markkanen's
pads.
"We're starting to get that killer instinct back that we seemed
to have lost last year," Morrow said. "We're now able to win
these close games."
Modano sealed the victory with 57 seconds to go and Guerin
capped the scoring with his 17th goal of the season and 22nd
point in 23 games.