Dallas slips past desert dogs
Arizona Coyotes (2) vs Dallas Stars (3) ......
On the last Saturday of the regular season the Yotes visit Dallas with hopes for two points and a shot at the eighth and final playoff spot in the West. Dallas is fighting for the same spot and are tied with Arizona.
Arizona capitalized on a very early penalty to the Stars at 0:58 of the first as Marian Gaborik notched his 30th of the season at 1:01. Dallas tied it up on a powerplay goal of their own as Brandon Dubinsky scored his 25th of the season with the Coyote's Ollie Jokinen serving a hooking penalty. The Yotes led the shots on net at 7-5.
No scoring in the second as the teams each fired five shots at the opposing goalie, the toals after 40 minutes were 12-10 Arizona.
The Stars opened the third period scoring with their second extra man goal at 2:20 as Zach Parise scored his 41st of the season as he unleashed a wicked that nearly took James Reimer's ear off as it glanced off the side of the tenders mask. Now it was Arizona's turn to even things up as Chris Higgins scored his 19th at 4:55 with Dubinsky was serving a deuce for slashing, Higgins grabbed the puck off a scrambled draw and using the defenseman as a screen fired a wrister through the legs of Evgeni Nabokov. Parise scored his second of the night at 12:01 with the teams playing five aside, as he snapped a shot past the out stretched arm of James Reimer. The two teams doubled their shots on net in the third as each team fired 15, the totals after 60 minutes were, 27-25 Arizona.
MOLSON'S 3 STARS:
1 - Zach Parise (Dal)......... 2 goals, 3 shots, +1
2 - Brandon Dubinsky (Dal).... 1 goal, 2 assists, +1
3 - Michael Ryder (Dal)........... 2 assists, +1, 3 shots
On the last Saturday of the regular season the Yotes visit Dallas with hopes for two points and a shot at the eighth and final playoff spot in the West. Dallas is fighting for the same spot and are tied with Arizona.
Arizona capitalized on a very early penalty to the Stars at 0:58 of the first as Marian Gaborik notched his 30th of the season at 1:01. Dallas tied it up on a powerplay goal of their own as Brandon Dubinsky scored his 25th of the season with the Coyote's Ollie Jokinen serving a hooking penalty. The Yotes led the shots on net at 7-5.
No scoring in the second as the teams each fired five shots at the opposing goalie, the toals after 40 minutes were 12-10 Arizona.
The Stars opened the third period scoring with their second extra man goal at 2:20 as Zach Parise scored his 41st of the season as he unleashed a wicked that nearly took James Reimer's ear off as it glanced off the side of the tenders mask. Now it was Arizona's turn to even things up as Chris Higgins scored his 19th at 4:55 with Dubinsky was serving a deuce for slashing, Higgins grabbed the puck off a scrambled draw and using the defenseman as a screen fired a wrister through the legs of Evgeni Nabokov. Parise scored his second of the night at 12:01 with the teams playing five aside, as he snapped a shot past the out stretched arm of James Reimer. The two teams doubled their shots on net in the third as each team fired 15, the totals after 60 minutes were, 27-25 Arizona.
MOLSON'S 3 STARS:
1 - Zach Parise (Dal)......... 2 goals, 3 shots, +1
2 - Brandon Dubinsky (Dal).... 1 goal, 2 assists, +1
3 - Michael Ryder (Dal)........... 2 assists, +1, 3 shots
