Left wingers Vernon Fiddler and Patrick Sharp scored in the first period while right winger Valeri Nichushkin scored twice in the third for the Stars (28-9-4), who suffered back-to-back losses for the first time this season but remained first in the National Hockey League with 60 points.Nichushkin scored 1:46 into the third to pull the Stars within 5-3, but Clutterbuck scored at 9:53 to extend the lead.
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Valeri Nichushkin had two goals for Dallas.
Blackhawks loan Rundblad to Swiss squad • Chicago has loaned defenseman David Rundblad to the ZSC Lions in Switzerland. Nineteen seconds after center Cody Eakin was whistled for high-sticking, Lee – stationed to the left of the net – took a pass from Okposo and deked a couple of times before maneuvering the puck past Lehtonen. The Stars struck first in a high-scoring first period at 5:55. The Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals visit on Thursday.
Dallas was within 6-5 with 1:42 left after goals by Nichushkin and Jason Spezza.
It’s been a rough weekend for Clutterbuck, who also left Saturday’s game (and did not return) because of an upper-body injury. “Maybe [Demers] deserved a minor penalty”.
During the ensuing 5-minute power play, Okposo didn’t get a clean attempt on a rebound of Nick Leddy’s shot. 6, N.Y. Islanders, Grabovski 6 (Strome, Nelson), 15:02. “Our power play did a great job”. It was Sharp’s 16th of the season. Okposo registered the primary assist on Anders Lee’s power play goal in the first period. Thomas Hickey fired a shot from the right slot, and the rebound came to Okposo, who whacked the puck as he was falling forward with 1:32 to go. The Islanders owned the league’s top-ranked penalty-killing unit but have yielded three man-advantage goals over their last two games to drop to third place (86 percent), with Anaheim (88.3) claiming the top spot.
The Stars took a 2-1 lead when Sharp tipped in a shot by Goligoski with 6 1/2 minutes left in the first.
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The victory was the ninth in a row for Florida and seventh straight at home, both franchise records. NY D Johnny Boychuk missed his second straight game after being placed on injured reserve Friday…. Benn had his seven-game point streak snapped, a run during which he collected four goals and seven assists, while Seguin had netted eight tallies in his previous nine contests.
