Stars fire away to rally, down Wings in OT
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The Dallas Stars have been putting a lot of shots on goal lately and not getting a lot of results. Monday night they put even more shots on net and they finally got some goals. And they needed them. The Stars overcame 2-0, 3-1 and 4-3 deficits to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 at the American Airlines Center.
Steve Ott's power play goal with 3:00 left in regulation tied the game at 4-4 and Trevor Daley scored 1:51 into overtime to win it for the Stars, who peppered Detroit goalie Chris Osgood with 49 shots.
The Stars had a total of 75 shots directed at the net, including 14 that missed and another 12 that were blocked by Detroit defenders.
Osgood was brilliant at times, he got a few breaks at other times but the Stars were relentless in their pressure in the second and third period, when they outshot Detroit 39-15 and outscored them 3-1 to rally and tie the game.
"I like the way our guys hung in there. We kept playing aggressively and got pucks to the net and the last play was the definition of aggressive," said Stars coach Dave Tippett, who called out some of his team's best players after last week's 6-1 loss to Detroit. "When you push people and prod them to be better, this game proves that it can be done. We can still be better, and when you get solid desperation and effort, that's exactly what its going to take."
The Stars got three goals from their defensemen. Niklas Grossman and Stephane Robidas both scored to join Daley in providing offense from the blue line.
"It was a great day for the d- guys and the scoring was spread around," said Grossman. "We're trying to get a good run before the All-Star break and every game and every point is critical right now."
Mark Parrish joined Ott in providing scoring punch from the forward ranks. Krys Barch had two assists.
The win gave the Stars an 18-17-6 record at the midway point of the season. The two points lifted them back to within three points of the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.
"It was a big two points, but we're still chasing from behind and there's still a lot of work to do," said Daley. "The way we responded tonight shows what kind of a team we are, and I hope we can take a lot out of it. We need to build off of it, it's time. We need the points right now."
The Red Wings scored two goals 1:50 apart in the first period to take a 2-0 lead. Grossman's goal, his first career regular season goal, cut the lead to 2-1. Detroit scored on a power play to make it 3-1 after the first 20 minutes.
But the Stars said they weren't about to roll over, not after what happened in Detroit last week.
"We came in the room (after the first period) and didn't want the same situation to happen again," Stars center Mike Ribeiro said. "We were mad. We wanted to finish our checks and get loose pucks."
The Stars took control of the game after that from a territorial standpoint. Robidas scored 52 seconds into the second to make it a 3-2 game. The Stars kept up the pressure, outshooting the Red Wings 23-10 in the period. The Stars got the equalizer with 4:07 left in the period when Barch set up Parrish, who scored from the slot.
Only a couple of great saves by Osgood, who stopped Mike Ribeiro and Brad Richards on the power play, kept the Stars being up two goals. It appeared Ott scored on the rebound of Osgood's save on Ribeiro, but the referee said no goal on the ice and the call was not overruled by a video review.
But the Red Wings got the lead back early in the third period when Pavel Datsyuk scored off a sharp angle at the 5:19 mark.
The Stars kept up the pressure and held a 16-5 shots advantage in the third period but it took a late power play chance - their seventh of the game- to get the equalizer.
After taking a pass from Brad Richards, Ribeiro made a slick pass in front of the net to Ott, who redirected the puck past Osgood with 3:00 left in regulation.
The Stars were forced to kill a Detroit power play the last 1:21 of regulation and the first 39 seconds of overtime before Daley crashed the net and knocked a loose puck past a diving Osgood to give the Stars the dramatic come-from-behind win.
The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for the Red Wings, who got a goal and two assists from Datsyuk along with the 44-save effort from Osgood.
"We got off to a good start, but they took the game over," coach Mike Babcock said. "Give them credit. They got beat in our building bad and they responded with a good effort and we weren't as good as we should have been."
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The Stars held an early advantage in shots on goal but the Red Wings struck first when a Brian Rafalski shot from the right point bounced off Dallas forward Loui Eriksson and past goalie Marty Turco 10:49 into the game. Less than two minutes later the Red Wings made it 2-0 when Pavel Datsyuk skated into the Dallas zone, blew by defenseman Darryl Sydor and backhanded the puck to Tomas Holmstrom, who put the puck into the open side of the net at the 12:39 mark. The Stars got to within one goal with 3:59 left in the period when Niklas Grossman's blast from the left point made its way through traffic and past Wings goalie Chris Osgood. But 34 seconds later Stars forward Jere Lehtinen took a tripping penalty, putting Detroit on the power play and the Red Wing took advantage to make it a 3-1 game. Marian Hossa scored off the rebound of a Nicklas Lidstrom shot from the left point with 2:17 left in the period. Score after first period: Detroit 3, Dallas 1 |
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The Stars scored 52 seconds into the second period to make it a 3-2 game and kept the pressure on Osgood and the Red Wings the rest of the period. The Stars outshot Detroit 23-10 and were able to tie the game with 4:07 when Krys Barch set up Mark Parrish in the slot and Parrish put the puck into the open side of the net. The Stars had two power play chances in the period and could have scored on both of them, but Osgood made two sensational saves. On the first one he made a diving save on Mike Ribeiro and then stopped Steve Ott on the rebound. That play was reviewed and was ruled no goal although from one angle it appeared the puck crossed the goal line. Later Osgood made a great glove save on a one-timer by Brad Richards. Turco had a couple big saves as well, keeping a rolling puck out of the net with stick and making a great stop on Hossa from point blank range. Osgood took a high sticking penalty on Ribeiro late in the period, putting the Stars on a 4:00 power that had 3:45 remaining when the third period began with a chance to take the lead. Score after second period: Dallas 3, Detroit 3 |
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The Stars lost the lengthy power play early in
the third when Mike Modano took a penalty to take them off the
man-advantage for two minutes.
The Red Wings took the lead 5:19 into the third when Datsyuk skated by Matt Niskanen in the Dallas zone and beat Turco with a shot from a sharp angle. But the Stars kept up the pressure. James Neal had a shot go off the crossbar and Osgood swatted the puck away as it bounced around the goal line. The Stars finally broke through on their seventh power play of the game when Steve Ott redirected a Mike Ribeiro past a diving Osgood with 3:00 remaining in the game. Detroit got a late power play chance that carried into overtime by they could cash in on the chance. Score after third period: Dallas 4, Detroit 4 |
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After killing off what remained of a Detroit power play, the Stars got the game-winner off a scramble in front of net when Trevor Daley pinched in front the net and knocked the puck past Osgood 1:51 into the extra session. Final score: Dallas 5, Detroit 4 |
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