New Jersey @ Stars 2-1 OT - Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Adam Henrique scored 44 seconds into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 2-1 victory against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Tuesday.
Henrique finished off a pass from Kyle Palmieri on a 2-on-1 to lift the Devils (9-3-3) to their fifth straight victory. It is New Jersey's longest winning streak since it won five in a row from Feb. 3-10, 2013. Palmieri stole the puck from Stars center Tyler Seguin in the Devils zone and broke out on a 2-on-1 to set up Henrique's game-winning goal after Dallas had possession early in overtime.
Defenseman Damon Severson scored off the rush at 7:40 of the first period to give New Jersey a 1-0 lead. Beau Bennett forced a turnover at the Devils blue line to start the play before PA Parenteau set up Severson for his third goal.
Dallas tied the game 1-1 on a similar play when Antoine Roussel forced a turnover at the Stars blue line and started a 2-on-1 with Eaves, who finished off the play at 10:33 of the first for his seventh goal. Devils goalie Cory Schneider made 23 saves, and Stars goalie Antti Niemi had 31. New Jersey outshot Dallas 16-7 in the second period, and Bennett hit the post with 42 seconds left in the period on a backhand shot. Lauri Korpikoski had the Stars' best chance in the third period when his wrist shot snuck through Schneider but trickled wide.
* Palmieri was patient before passing to Henrique for the overtime winner. After Palmieri took the puck from Seguin, he and Henrique entered the zone against Dallas defenseman John Klingberg, who didn't take away the passing lane, and Niemi had no chance on Henrique's tap-in from the top of the crease.
"I don't see myself as too much of a passer on 2-on-1s, but he dove pretty early," Palmieri said of Klingberg. "And I don't consider myself to have a very long reach, surprised me I got all the way around him and over to [Henrique], and he did a good job of burying it and going to the net."
"This might have been the best possession we've had (in overtime) in a long time. We just made another ill-advised decision to put a puck in the middle. We had good possession. We should have been changing by that time, and the result was we made a bad pass, and we followed a bad pass and let guys get by us." Lindy Ruff
Dallas tied the game 1-1 on a similar play when Antoine Roussel forced a turnover at the Stars blue line and started a 2-on-1 with Eaves, who finished off the play at 10:33 of the first for his seventh goal. Devils goalie Cory Schneider made 23 saves, and Stars goalie Antti Niemi had 31. New Jersey outshot Dallas 16-7 in the second period, and Bennett hit the post with 42 seconds left in the period on a backhand shot. Lauri Korpikoski had the Stars' best chance in the third period when his wrist shot snuck through Schneider but trickled wide.
* Palmieri was patient before passing to Henrique for the overtime winner. After Palmieri took the puck from Seguin, he and Henrique entered the zone against Dallas defenseman John Klingberg, who didn't take away the passing lane, and Niemi had no chance on Henrique's tap-in from the top of the crease.
"I don't see myself as too much of a passer on 2-on-1s, but he dove pretty early," Palmieri said of Klingberg. "And I don't consider myself to have a very long reach, surprised me I got all the way around him and over to [Henrique], and he did a good job of burying it and going to the net."
* Schneider made back-to-back stops on Adam Cracknell in the second period. Schneider made a left-pad save on Cracknell's deflection of a Brett Ritchie wrist shot at 8:18, and then smothered a shot off the rebound after kicking the puck back to the Stars forward.
* The Devils took advantage of a Klingberg turnover to set up Severson for their first goal. Bennett took the puck from Klingberg at the New Jersey blue line and moved it ahead to Parenteau, who set up Severson for a wrist shot high over Niemi from the slot.
* The Devils limited the Stars to two shots on goal and killed off Dallas' second power play of the game after Travis Zajac was called for boarding with 4:47 remaining.
* Devils forward Taylor Hall missed his first game of the season with a lower-body injury. Hynes said Hall returned to New Jersey for further evaluation. … New Jersey defenseman Jon Merrill was activated from injured reserve Tuesday. He participated in warmups but did not play. ... Stars forward Patrick Sharp missed his 13th straight game with a concussion.
Colorado Avalanche @ Stars 2-3 - Thursday, November 17, 2016
Kari Lehtonen made 33 saves to help the Dallas Stars defeat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 at American Airlines Center. Lehtonen's effort came with a pair of dazzling stops on Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, who had a goal and assist for Colorado. MacKinnon had a breakaway turned away in the second period when Dallas still led 3-0, and Lehtonen made a sprawling glove save in the third period to preserve the win. The Stars needed Lehtonen's performance after Colorado dominated the final two periods. Johnny Oduya gave Dallas a 1-0 lead at 8:15 of the first period when his slap shot deflected off Tyson Barrie's left knee and past Semyon Varlamov. It was Oduya's first goal since Dec. 17, 2015, against the Calgary Flames. Brett Ritchie scored on the power play at 10:19 on a wrist shot from the slot to make it 2-0. Devin Shore and Jordie Benn had assists on Ritchie's fourth goal of the season. Patrick Eaves scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season with 21 seconds left in the period. Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza picked up assists on the power-play goal that made it 3-0 before the end of the first period. MacKinnon scored shorthanded at 12:06 of the second period after a turnover at the blue line. Following the miscue, Benn and Dan Hamhuis got tangled up in their own zone and Avalanche forward Andreas Martinsen set up MacKinnon for his third goal of the season. Mikhail Grigorenko scored at 1:51 of the third period on a deflection. MacKinnon had the assist after he took an initial point shot and A.J. Greer had the secondary assist for his first career NHL point. Colorado outshot Dallas 30-16 in the final two periods.
* Eaves' goal late in the first period stood up as the game-winner. Tyler Seguin made the sharp pass to Eaves, who beat Varlamov with a wrist shot.
"I made the initial save and saw that it's going straight to their guy, and I didn't even know that was him. I'm just trying to reach and get as far as I can. It was definitely a good feeling to feel that puck hit my glove. [We] were the only two that knew the puck didn't go in and I had it, so that's a cool moment," Lehtonen said.
"He was definitely having a good night. And it's fun how [the battle] starts from nothing and a couple good saves and [then] he scores. He's one of those players I have to be aware of every time he's on the ice. In the third period it seemed like he played every shift." Lehtonen said.
"I thought we played 20 minutes. Maybe a little more than that, until the shorthanded goal. Then I thought it was all them. I don't think we played well enough. Not even close to well enough. In fact, I thought it was embarrassing how we played." Lindy Ruff said.
"He's worked extremely hard at it. Going into the third period, I thought he was one of the best against MacKinnon. MacKinnon was eating up [Radek] Faksa, so I looked to [Eakin] to kind of dig in and win a couple. I thought all night he did a good job. He did a good job penalty killing. He's only going to get better." Cody Eakin
* Eaves' goal late in the first period stood up as the game-winner. Tyler Seguin made the sharp pass to Eaves, who beat Varlamov with a wrist shot.
* Lehtonen was tested in the second period and made his toughest save on MacKinnon at 9:58. MacKinnon thought he scored on the breakaway, but Lehtonen was able to make the sprawling save with his left pad when MacKinnon didn't have enough space to elevate the puck.
* Lehtonen saved the game when he knocked down MacKinnon's rebound chance at 10:11 of the third period. The rebound went back to MacKinnon, who kicked the puck to his stick and fired a wrist shot that Lehtonen caught when sliding to his left.
* Colorado got its final power play at 7:46 of the second period when Dallas still led 3-0. The Avalanche had an initial shot that looked like it would trickle through Lehtonen, but Stars defenseman Patrik Nemeth cleared the puck out of the crease.
* Eakin made his season debut and won 15 of 23 faceoffs. He was injured on the first day of training camp and had knee surgery in September. … The Stars assigned defenseman Esa Lindell to the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Avalanche forwards Matt Duchene (head) and Gabriel Landeskog (lower body) missed the game because of injury.
"He was definitely having a good night. And it's fun how [the battle] starts from nothing and a couple good saves and [then] he scores. He's one of those players I have to be aware of every time he's on the ice. In the third period it seemed like he played every shift." Lehtonen said.
"I thought we played 20 minutes. Maybe a little more than that, until the shorthanded goal. Then I thought it was all them. I don't think we played well enough. Not even close to well enough. In fact, I thought it was embarrassing how we played." Lindy Ruff said.
"He's worked extremely hard at it. Going into the third period, I thought he was one of the best against MacKinnon. MacKinnon was eating up [Radek] Faksa, so I looked to [Eakin] to kind of dig in and win a couple. I thought all night he did a good job. He did a good job penalty killing. He's only going to get better." Cody Eakin
Edmonton Oilers @ Stars 5-2 - Saturday, November 19, 2016
Connor McDavid scored his first NHL hat trick, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Dallas Stars 5-2 at American Airlines Center. McDavid went 10 games without a goal before he scored in each period.
Jesse Puljujarvi and Anton Slepyshev each had two assists, and Cam Talbot made 31 saves for Edmonton (10-8-1), which ended a five-game losing streak.
McDavid scored his first at 2:57 of the first period to give Edmonton a 1-0 lead. He was trying to make a centering pass when it went off the stick of Stars defenseman John Klingberg and past goalie Kari Lehtonen. Matt Hendricks and Drake Caggiula, each playing his first NHL game this season, helped Edmonton take a 2-0 lead with assists when Tyler Pitlick scored at 11:36 of the first period. Caggiula was making his NHL debut. Oscar Klefbom scored his second goal of the season at 5:21 of the second period on another shot that bounced off a Stars defenseman. Klefbom's point shot hit Patrik Nemeth's skate and went into the net for a 3-0 lead. McDavid scored his second at 6:17 of the second on a rebound to give Edmonton a 4-0 lead.
Dallas (7-7-5) scored twice after Oilers forward Zack Kassian was given minor penalties for holding and unsportsmanlike conduct. Patrick Eaves scored on the power-play at 15:37 of the second period to make it 4-1. The unassisted goal extended his NHL career-best five-game goal streak. Jamie Benn scored at 16:47 when he tipped Klingberg's point shot past Talbot to make it 4-2. McDavid completed the hat trick at 6:51 of the third period when he scored on a rebound for a 5-2 lead.
* It will likely be one of the easiest goals McDavid scores this season, but his first-period goal off Klingberg's stick broke his drought and gave Edmonton an early lead.
"Just kind of a relief I guess. I didn't really put too much into [the drought] anyway. Definitely feels [good] to get that out of the way," McDavid said. "We haven't scored the first goal in a long time. To play with the lead as opposed to coming from behind is a lot easier. It was good for our group to get an early one."
"That was big," Caggiula said. "Sometimes it's harder if the guy just stays up and forces you to make a decision. But when he slides like that, and it's that open, it's easy to make the pass and let the guy finish."
* McDavid last scored Oct. 28 against the Vancouver Canucks; he has eight goals this season. … Caggiula, Hendricks and defenseman Kris Russell were taken off injured reserve and joined the Oilers lineup. … Forward Patrick Sharp played 18:36 in his first game since sustaining a concussion on Oct. 20 against the Los Angeles Kings. .. Lehtonen stopped nine of 13 shots before Niemi stopped 15 of 16.
"The shot that went in got him going early. That's the type of break he needed. He probably hasn't had any breaks, he's probably had better chances. That's not the type of guy that you want to get going. He got the break early."
"There was times [Patrick Sharp] really skated well. I think it's going to be a little bit of time. I thought Cody [Eakin] had a little bit of a drop-off. I saw him in the training room in between periods. Like I said, it's going to be a little bit up and down, and that's why I kind of mixed the lines and tried to find who was doing the best." Lindy Ruff said.
Dallas (7-7-5) scored twice after Oilers forward Zack Kassian was given minor penalties for holding and unsportsmanlike conduct. Patrick Eaves scored on the power-play at 15:37 of the second period to make it 4-1. The unassisted goal extended his NHL career-best five-game goal streak. Jamie Benn scored at 16:47 when he tipped Klingberg's point shot past Talbot to make it 4-2. McDavid completed the hat trick at 6:51 of the third period when he scored on a rebound for a 5-2 lead.
* It will likely be one of the easiest goals McDavid scores this season, but his first-period goal off Klingberg's stick broke his drought and gave Edmonton an early lead.
"Just kind of a relief I guess. I didn't really put too much into [the drought] anyway. Definitely feels [good] to get that out of the way," McDavid said. "We haven't scored the first goal in a long time. To play with the lead as opposed to coming from behind is a lot easier. It was good for our group to get an early one."
* Talbot made his toughest save 33 seconds into the third period on Tyler Seguin. Jamie Benn and Jordie Benn entered the zone on a quick passing play before Talbot slid from left to right and stopped Seguin's shot with his right pad.
* McDavid completed his first NHL hat trick on a rebound that went right to him and he easily scored past Antti Niemi on the stick side.
* Edmonton got reinforcements when Caggiula and Hendricks returned from injury and made their season debut. Caggiula and Pitlick skated in 2-on-1 and Pitlick scored after defenseman Stephen Johns left his feet and didn't take away the pass.
* McDavid last scored Oct. 28 against the Vancouver Canucks; he has eight goals this season. … Caggiula, Hendricks and defenseman Kris Russell were taken off injured reserve and joined the Oilers lineup. … Forward Patrick Sharp played 18:36 in his first game since sustaining a concussion on Oct. 20 against the Los Angeles Kings. .. Lehtonen stopped nine of 13 shots before Niemi stopped 15 of 16.
"There was times [Patrick Sharp] really skated well. I think it's going to be a little bit of time. I thought Cody [Eakin] had a little bit of a drop-off. I saw him in the training room in between periods. Like I said, it's going to be a little bit up and down, and that's why I kind of mixed the lines and tried to find who was doing the best." Lindy Ruff said.
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