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Ottawa 0 0 1--1
Dallas 1 2 2--5
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Dallas, Zubov 10 (power play) (Hogue,
Marshall), 11:05. Penalties: Langenbrunner, Dal (high sticking), 6:10;
Mceachern, Ott (hooking), 7:12; Yashin, Ott (goalie interference), 9:57;
Alfredsson, Ott (high sticking), 16:10; Hossa, Ott (holding stick), 18:52.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Dallas, Van Allen 6 (Morrow,
Langenbrunner), 12:04. 3, Dallas, Hull 31 (Modano), 16:37. Penalties:
Ledyard, Dal (hooking), 9:39; Lukowich, Dal (holding), 13:46; Lukowich,
Dal (interference), 18:28.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Dallas, Hull 32 (Modano, Lehtinen), 5:01. 5,
Dallas, Hull 33 (Modano, Lukowich), 15:57. 6, Ottawa, Hossa 31 (power
play) (Bonk, Zamuner), 18:53. Penalties: J Maclean, Dal (roughing), 2:37;
Rachunek, Ott (roughing), 2:37; Donato, Dal (boarding), 5:26; Morrow, Dal
(goalie interference), 8:55; Keane, Dal (hooking), 17:01.
Shots on goal:
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Ottawa 9 8 10--27
Dallas 8 9 8--25
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Power-play Conversions: Ott - 1 of 7, Dal - 1 of 4. Goalies: Ottawa,
Lalime (25 shots, 20 saves; record: 31-18-4). Dallas, Belfour (27, 26;
record: 30-20-6). A:17,001. Referees: Koharski, Trottier. Linesmen:
Miller, Parker.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
Ottawa Dallas
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
Alfredsson 0 0 even 1 Donato 0 0 even 0
Arvedson 0 0 -1 2 Hatcher 0 0 +1 0
Bonk 0 1 -1 3 Hogue 0 1 even 1
Dackell 0 0 -1 0 Hull 3 0 +3 3
Fisher 0 0 -2 1 J Maclean 0 0 even 1
Havlat 0 0 -3 1 Keane 0 0 even 0
Hossa 1 0 -1 2 Langenbrunner 0 1 +1 0
Lacroix 0 0 -1 0 Ledyard 0 0 even 0
Leschyshyn 0 0 -1 2 Lehtinen 0 1 +3 4
Mceachern 0 0 even 3 Lukowich 0 1 +1 0
Phillips 0 0 -3 0 Marshall 0 1 even 1
Rachunek 0 0 -2 2 Matvichuk 0 0 +2 0
Redden 0 0 even 3 Modano 0 3 +3 0
Salo 0 0 even 1 Morrow 0 1 +1 3
Sillinger 0 0 -1 0 Muller 0 0 even 3
Yashin 0 0 even 2 Sydor 0 0 +1 3
York 0 0 -2 1 Van Allen 1 0 +1 4
Zamuner 0 1 -1 3 Zubov 1 0 +3 2
Rivers Healthy Helenius Healthy
Roy Healthy Nieuwendyk Groin
Persson Healthy Lyashenko Healthy
Hnidy Healthy
Game Story
DALLAS (Ticker) -- On a day of individual accomplishments by Ed
Belfour and Brett Hull, the Dallas Stars reached a pretty
impressive team milestone.
Belfour came within 67 seconds of a shutout, settling for his
30th win, and Hull recorded his first hat trick in nearly 3 1/2
years as the Stars reached the 40-win mark for the fifth
straight season with a 5-1 triumph over the Ottawa Senators.
Despite losing a bid for his first shutout since December 10,
Belfour became just the fifth goaltender in NHL history to
record seven 30-win seasons. He joined Hall of Famers Tony
Esposito, Jacques Plante and Ken Dryden and future Hall of Famer
Patrick Roy.
Belfour stopped 26 shots, allowing only a power-play goal to
Marian Hossa with 1:07 left in the third period.
"A lot of elements were strong for us," Stars coach Ken
Hitchcock said. "Belfour was excellent in goal, the penalty-kill
was solid and we got the lead and were able to open it up. We
got exactly what you want from your hockey club.
"When Eddie is that focused as he was tonight, you can win one-
or two-goal games."
Hull scored the Stars' last three goals for his 29th career hat
trick but first in a Dallas uniform. His last hat trick came on
October 9, 1997 as a member of the St. Louis Blues and he had
just three goals in his previous 23 games.
"If you ease off and say things are back to normal, (the slump)
can happen again," Hull said.
Mike Modano set up all three of Hull's goals and Sergei Zubov
and Shaun Van Allen also scored for the Stars, who are unbeaten
in their last three games and lead second-place San Jose by five
points in the Pacific Division.
Patrick Lalime stopped 20 shots for Ottawa, which has lost three
of its last four on the road and remained tied with New Jersey
for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
"The puck was just going in for them tonight," Senators coach
Jacques Martin said. "It was one of those games where we had
some opportunities and their goalie made some good saves for
them."
Zubov put Dallas ahead for good 11:05 into the first period with
a power-play goal, his 10th. His slap shot from inside the blue
line hit Ottawa center Mike Fisher's stick and deflected past a
helpless Lalime.
Van Allen made it 2-0 against his former team with 7:56 left in
the second period. Andreas Dackell's clearing attempt hit Jamie
Langenbrunner's skate and came to Brenden Morrow, who deflected
the puck in front of the net. Van Allen took a backhanded whack
and knocked it past Lalime for his sixth goal of the season and
first since January 8.
"It felt pretty good," he said. "There's a lot of good guys
over there and friends of mine, but this one felt special."
Hull took over, ending a six-game drought with 3:23 left in the
second by snapping a one-timer from the edge of the right
faceoff circle over Lalime's left shoulder.
"The first goal helped ease some of the tension in the group and
let us settle in a bit," Hull said. "They didn't really have a
lot of quality shots and it was an overall solid team effort on
our part."
Hull scored again 5:01 into the third with another one-timer and
gave Dallas a 5-0 cushion with 4:03 remaining when he deflected
Modano's shot between the goalie's pads.
"That's why he scores all those goals every year," Lalime said.
"He just had barely enough room on those goals. I thought I had
good position on them, but he just made perfect shots."
Hossa spoiled Belfour's shutout bid by beating him from the
right circle with eight seconds left on Mike Keane's hooking
penalty.
"We started off well for the first five to seven minutes, but
then we took some penalties and it took a lot of energy out of
us," Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson said.