SB Nation Dallas - Stars Fall To Ducks In Overtimehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48887/dallas-fave.png2011-03-24T00:03:10-05:00http://dallas.sbnation.com/rss/stream/18318232011-03-24T00:03:10-05:002011-03-24T00:03:10-05:00Ducks Beat Stars In Overtime
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<p>Dallas, TX (Sports Network) – <span>Cam Fowler</span> scored 1:42 into overtime to help Anaheim rally for a 4-3 win over Dallas in a contest between Western Conference playoff hopefuls.</p>
<p>The two teams came into the game with 85 points each, but Anaheim scored with 5.4 seconds to play to force overtime then grabbed the extra point in the extra session.</p>
<p>Fowler fed the puck over to <span>Bobby Ryan</span> prior to crossing the blueline. From down low, Ryan passed it from the right to the left and Fowler buried the wrister to give Anaheim 87 points on the season.</p>
<p>The Ducks are now all alone in the eighth spot in the Western Conference standings and are a point ahead of Dallas and two ahead of Calgary.</p>
<p><span>Teemu Selanne</span> scored to force overtime, <span>Corey Perry</span> had a goal and <span>Lubomir Visnovsky</span> added a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who have won four straight games with the past three wins coming in overtime. <span>Ray Emery</span> made 23 saves in the win.</p>
<p><span>Trevor Daley</span>, <span>Loui Eriksson</span> and <span>Alex Goligoski</span> each lit the lamp for the Stars, who have dropped four of their last five. <span>Kari Lehtonen</span> made 22 stops.</p>
<p>Dallas had taken a 3-2 lead with 6:39 to play when Daley’s shot from the right circle was slowed down by Emery, but it retained enough momentum to trickle in.</p>
<p>However, Anaheim tied the game in the waning seconds with Emery pulled as <span>Saku Koivu</span> brought it out front and the puck kicked over to the left where Selanne buried it.</p>
<p>The Ducks scored just 56 seconds into the second on the power play when Visnovsky’s slap shot from the left circle found its way home, but Goligoski tied it halfway through the frame on a slap shot from the slot.</p>
<p>Dallas took a 2-1 lead 4:29 into the third as a right circle faceoff win saw <span>Jamie Langenbrunner</span> send a pass from the right corner between the legs of a defender and to the front of the net where Eriksson slipped it home.</p>
<p>However, Anaheim scored just 11 seconds later as Ryan gloved a puck down in the neutral zone, skated down the left wing and fired a backhand pass to the front where Perry deked to the backhand and lifted it into the net.</p>
<p>Game Notes</p>
<p>Perry’s goal was his 40th of the season. He becomes just the third player in Anaheim history to reach 40 goals in a season, joining Selanne and <span>Paul Kariya</span>…Anaheim plays in Nashville on Thursday…Dallas’ next game is also in Nashville on Saturday…The Ducks have won four of the five games against the Stars this season…Before the game, the Ducks activated goaltender <span>Jonas Hiller</span> off injured reserve. He has played in just one game since reporting lightheadedness and dizziness after playing just 11 minutes against San Jose on February 13.</p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/dallas-stars/2011/3/24/2069011/ducks-beat-stars-in-overtimeJP Starkey2011-03-23T12:33:05-05:002011-03-23T12:33:05-05:00Dallas Stars Vs. Anaheim Ducks: Stars Look To Make Playoff Push
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<p>(Sports Network) - The <a href="https://www.anaheimcalling.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Anaheim Ducks</a> and <a href="https://www.defendingbigd.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Dallas Stars</a> will both have plenty of chances to make up ground in the Western Conference playoff race over the next few weeks.</p>
<p>Two points tonight would still be big for either club.</p>
<p>The Ducks begin a key three-game road trip Wednesday aiming for a fourth straight victory, while the Stars close out a seven-game homestand at American Airlines Center.</p>
<p>Anaheim and Dallas come into this meeting with 85 points and 10 games left in the regular season. That has the clubs tied with Calgary for the eighth and final postseason spot in the conference, but also just one point back of Chicago in the standings as well. Nashville and Los Angeles are just three points ahead of the Stars and Ducks.</p>
<p>Those playoff-hopeful clubs will all get a good look at each other in the coming days. After this stop in Dallas, the Ducks also visit the Predators and Blackhawks on their road trip, while the Stars begin a five-game swing of their own on Saturday with stops in Nashville, Phoenix, San Jose, Los Angeles and Anaheim on the slate.</p>
<p>The Ducks picked up four big points over the weekend thanks to <span>Corey Perry</span>, who netted a pair of game-winning goals over the Kings and Flames in overtime. After leading his club to a 2-1 triumph in Los Angeles, he scored his second goal of Sunday's game with 2:22 remaining in the extra frame for a 5-4 victory over visiting Calgary.</p>
<p>Perry, <span>Ryan Getzlaf</span> and <span>Francois Beauchemin</span> all scored in the first period to give Anaheim a quick lead, but Calgary recorded the next four goals. <span>Teemu Selanne</span> forced overtime with a goal to go along with two assists, while Getzlaf finished with a goal and three helpers.</p>
<p>"There was no panic on the bench," Perry said. "We knew we were making some mistakes that were uncharacteristic of ourselves. When you do you give up four goals, you don't feel good about yourself. There was still a positive attitude on bench. We scored three quick ones in the first and we knew could come back."</p>
<p><span>Dan Ellis</span> ended with 37 saves for Anaheim, which has won eight of 10 and reached the 40-win mark for the sixth time in club history.</p>
<p>Though Getzlaf has five goals and 24 points over his past 17 games, Perry remains the club's most consistent threat. He is second in the NHL with a career-high 39 goals and has also set a new single-season best with 79 points. Perry has three goals and five assists in his last six games versus Dallas.</p>
<p>While the Ducks bring a winning streak into this key meeting, the Stars have lost three of their last four, including Saturday's 3-2 shootout setback to the Flyers. Dallas was able to earn the point despite trailing 2-0 during the second period.</p>
<p><span>Alex Goligoski</span> and <span>Stephane Robidas</span> both scored, while <span>Jamie Benn</span> notched an assist to give him eight tallies and six helpers over a career-best 10-game point streak. <span>Kari Lehtonen</span> made 28 saves in his 13th straight start before yielding the winner in the shootout's sixth round.</p>
<p>"Any time you get a point this time of the year it's positive. No doubt it was an exciting point to be able to come back from a two-goal deficit," said Stars head coach Marc Crawford, whose club is still 7-2-3 in its last 12 games.</p>
<p>The Stars fell to 2-2-2 on their homestand and also lost a pair of defenseman to injury versus the Flyers in <span>Karlis Skrastins</span> (lacerated thigh) and <span>Nicklas Grossman</span> (knee). Grossman recently returned from a hip ailment and is doubtful for tonight, while Skrastins is questionable. <span>Mark Fistric</span> and <span>Brad Lukowich</span> would replace the duo in the lineup if both can't go tonight.</p>
<p>Forward <span>Adam Burish</span> missed his fourth game in a row with a leg ailment and is doubtful, though winger <span>Loui Eriksson</span> could return after missing the last two games with a head injury.</p>
<p>Benn, Burish and Eriksson all scored the last time Dallas and Anaheim squared off, but the Ducks got a hat trick from defenseman <span>Lubomir Visnovsky</span> in a 4-3 overtime win. Visnovsky capped his hat trick with 3.8 seconds left in OT and became the first blueliner in team history to notch a three-goal game.</p>
<p>Anaheim has won three of four over the Stars this year, but has lost four of five and 11 of its past 15 at Dallas.</p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/2011/3/23/2332067/dallas-stars-vs-anaheim-ducks-stars-look-to-make-playoff-pushJP Starkey