Dallas 3, Edmonton 2
When: 8:30 PM ET, Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Referees:
Brad Watson, Dean Morton
Linesmen:
Pierre Racicot, John Grandt
Attendance:
16322
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Stars 3, Oilers 2: Tyler Seguin scored twice in the second period to increase his league-leading goal total to 17 as host Dallas skated to its third straight victory.
Rookie defenseman John Klingberg tallied from center ice to extend both his goal-scoring streak to three games and point stretch to five. Klingberg added an assist and Kari Lehtonen finished with 35 saves for the Stars, who have won 14 of their last 17 meetings with Edmonton.
Taylor Hall scored from the right doorstep for his 100th career goal to trim the Oilers' deficit to 3-2 at 5:59 of the third period. Boyd Gordon netted a short-handed tally and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins notched the 100th assist of his career for Edmonton, which has dropped seven in a row (0-6-1) and fell to 0-11-1 against Western Conference representatives.
Klingberg's stretch pass connected with Seguin, who bolted in from the blue line before tucking the puck past the extended pad of Viktor Fasth (31 saves) on a backhander to give Dallas a 2-1 lead at 5:59 of the second period. Seguin doubled the advantage under 12 minutes later as his low wrist shot from the slot sailed over the glove of the netminder.
Klingberg opened the scoring in unconventional fashion as his blast from the neutral zone sailed over the glove of Fasth at 12:49 of the first period. Edmonton answered while short-handed, as Gordon cleaned up his own rebound on a 2-on-1 rush with 30 seconds remaining in the session.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Hall absorbed a vicious knee-on-knee collision from Stars LW Ryan Garbutt during the third period. Hall, who remained in the contest, had previously missed six games with a knee injury. ... Klingberg has three goals and five assists on his point streak while captain Jamie Benn also set up a tally to extend his point streak to four games (three goals, four assists) ... Dallas RW Ales Hemsky registered one shot in 14:53 of ice time in his first game against the team with which he spent parts of 11 seasons. ... A moment of silence was observed prior to the game to honor former Edmonton coach Pat Quinn, who died on Sunday night.
Top Game Performances
Edmonton |
|
Dallas |
Boyd Gordon 1 |
Points |
Tyler Seguin 2 |
Boyd Gordon 1 |
Goals |
Tyler Seguin 2 |
Jordan Eberle 1 |
Assists |
John Klingberg 1 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
Boyd Gordon 1 |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Viktor Fasth .912 |
Save Percentage |
Kari Lehtonen .946 |
Viktor Fasth 31 |
Saves |
Kari Lehtonen 35 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Edmonton
|
37 |
2 |
0-2 |
4-4 |
13 |
33 |
Dallas
|
34 |
3 |
0-4 |
2-2 |
9 |
41 |
Upcoming Games
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Dallas will play their next game at home against Minnesota. The Stars have a W/L % of .625 after a win and .286 after a loss.
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Edmonton will play their next game on the road against Nashville. The Oilers have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .125 after a loss.