Edmonton 2 at Dallas 5
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EDMONTON 0 0 2 --2
DALLAS 2 1 2 --5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Dallas, Scott Young 3 (power play) (Mike
Modano, Darryl Sydor), 9:02. 2, Dallas, Sergei Zubov 3 (power play)
(Mike Modano, Darryl Sydor), 9:55. Penalties: E Moreau, Edm (double
minor high sticking), 5:14; S Ferguson, Edm (obstr hooking), 9:38.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 3, Dallas, Mike Modano 3 (Scott Young, Sergei
Zubov), 5:34. Penalties: K Muller, Dal (hooking), 10:30; E Brewer,
Edm (obstruction hooking), 10:56; R Smyth, Edm (elbowing), 14:35; B
Morrow, Dal (tripping), 14:35; S Robidas, Dal (interference), 18:30.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Dallas, Sergei Zubov 4 (Stu Barnes, Kirk
Muller), 5:39. 5, Edmonton, Mike Comrie 1 (Georges Laraque), 9:58. 6,
Edmonton, Eric Brewer 1 (Shawn Horcoff, Jason Chimera), 18:08. 7,
Dallas, Manny Malhotra 1 (empty net) (Stu Barnes, Philippe Boucher),
19:33. Penalties: S Robidas, Dal (high sticking), 6:37; S Horcoff,
Edm (holding), 13:20.
Shots on goal:
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EDMONTON 4 4 9 --17
DALLAS 10 13 5 --28
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Power-play Conversions: EDM - 0 of 3, DAL - 2 of 5. Goalies :
Edmonton, Tommy Salo (27 shots, 23 saves; record: 2-3-0). Dallas,
Marty Turco (17 shots, 15 saves; record: 3-2-0). A: 18,532. Referees:
Brad Watson, Mick Mcgeough. Linesmen: Dan Mccourt, Tim Nowak.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
EDMONTON DALLAS
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
S Horcoff 0 1 +1 0 B Morrow 0 0 +1 3
B Isbister 0 0 +1 1 U Dahlen 0 0 -1 4
M York 0 0 even 0 S Barnes 0 2 +1 0
E Moreau 0 0 -1 2 S Robidas 0 0 even 1
M Reasoner 0 0 -1 1 R Dimaio 0 0 -1 2
E Brewer 1 0 -1 2 D Hatcher 0 0 +1 2
J Smith 0 0 -1 0 K Muller 0 1 +1 2
C Cross 0 0 -1 1 R Matvichuk 0 0 +1 0
S Staios 0 0 even 0 J Lehtinen 0 0 even 1
T Marchant 0 0 -2 3 M Malhotra 1 0 +1 1
G Laraque 0 1 +1 1 D Oliver 0 0 -1 0
J Chimera 0 1 +1 2 N Kapanen 0 0 even 1
S Ferguson 0 0 +1 0 P Boucher 0 1 even 1
F Pisani 0 0 -1 0 J Arnott 0 0 even 0
A Semenov 0 0 even 0 S Young 1 1 +1 6
A Hemsky 0 0 -1 0 D Sydor 0 2 -1 0
M Comrie 1 0 even 2 S Zubov 2 1 +1 3
R Smyth 0 0 -2 2 M Modano 1 2 +1 1
D Cleary HEALTHY C Lemieux HEALTHY
R Dvorak HAND L Odelein HEALTHY
B Swanson HEALTHY P Turgeon ANKLE INJURY
M Bergeron HEALTHY B Guerin THIGH INJURY
A Downey HEALTHY
S Ott HEALTHY
M Smith HEALTHY
J Erskine HEALTHY
DALLAS (Ticker) -- The Dallas Stars again burned the Edmonton
Oilers with their quick strike ability.
Scott Young and Sergei Zubov scored power-play goals 53 seconds
apart midway through the first period as the Stars defeated the
Oilers, 5-2, to take a three games to two lead in the Western
Conference quarterfinals.
Zubov had a dominant game with two goals and an assist for the
Stars, who can close out the series in Edmonton on Saturday.
"We're happy to be starting to hit our stride," Young said.
"We're playing more consistently day in and day out and we felt
we had to win this game."
The Stars, who lost Game One, have their first lead in the
series. They are one win away from their sixth victory in seven
playoff series with the Oilers.
"It's nice to finally get the lead in the series," Dallas center
Mike Modano said. "We've been fighting back, fighting back and
now we're up."
Dallas quieted a boisterous crowd at the Skyreach Centre in Game
Four on Tuesday as Stu Barnes and Niko Kapanen scored 23
seconds apart in the third period to lead the Stars to a 3-1
victory.
That win seemed to give Dallas new life and the Stars were in
control throughout in Game Five. They shut down the Oilers with
their typically stifling defense, allowing just eight shots
through the first 40 minutes.
"We limited their shots and frustrated them tonight," Young
said.
Modano scored 5:34 into the second period before Zubov tallied
again 5:39 into third, making it 4-0.
"We had to play behind two times in this series, so we wanted to
make sure we were prepared for this game," Dallas coach Dave
Tippett said. "We wanted to play with a lead rather than from
behind."
While the Stars never were in danger of letting the lead get
away, Marty Turco allowed a pair of soft goals in the final
10:02. Mike Comrie spoiled the shutout bid before Eric Brewer
made it 4-2 with 1:50.
Turco need to make just 15 saves as the Stars outshot the
Oilers, 27-17.
"We had something to build on going into Game Six," Edmonton
coach Craig MacTavish said of the late goals.
The Oilers pulled Tommy Salo after Brewer's goal, but Manny
Malhotra ended any hopes of a miracle finish by scoring into an
empty net from center ice with 27 seconds left. It was
Malhotra's first career playoff goal.
"They're the No. 5 power play team in the league in the regular
season," MacTavish said. "They have all the weapons, so we
didn't want to turn it into a speciality team game. The last
thing we wanted to do was take early penalties."
But the Oilers did just that as Ethan Moreau took a double minor
for high sticking 5:14 into the first period when he clipped
Young in the face. As the second penalty was winding down, Young
took a cross-ice feed from Modano and ripped a one-timer past
Salo from the top of the circle at 9:02.
"It's a matter of making them pay for it and a matter of
capitalizing on opportunities," Dallas defenseman Darryl Sydor
said. "It was a four-minute power play and if we're not able to
score, it's a momentum change either way."
"It was a terrible penalty and it cost our team," Moreau added.
"I got my stick up and you have to have control of your stick.
It's unacceptable."
Just 36 seconds later, Scott Ferguson was called for hooking.
This time, it took the Stars only 17 seconds to cash in the
power play as Zubov blasted a slap shot past Salo from inside
the blue line.
"They're power play is very powerful and you really have to play
disciplined against them," Comrie said.
Dallas center Jason Arnott left the game in the second period
with an undisclosed injury and did not return.
Edmonton played without Radek Dvorak, who is sidelined
indefinitely with a broken hand.