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DALLAS -- Ed Belfour and Patrick Roy were even on this
night.
The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche played to a 2-2 tie
Wednesday night in a penalty-filled season opener matching two of
the league's best goalies and the teams that played in the last two
Western Conference finals.
Belfour stopped 26 Colorado shots while Roy, who remains four
wins shy of breaking the NHL record for career victories, had 19
saves.
Neither team was able to take advantage of numerous power-play
opportunities. There were 21 penalties in the game, 11 against
Dallas, but neither team took full advantage. The Avs were 1-for-10
on the power play and Dallas was 1-for-9.
Penalties that carried over from the third period into overtime,
kept the teams away from the 4-on-4 extra-session format until
there was only 2:54 remaining.
Dallas won both of the Western finals in seven games, including
a series-deciding 3-2 victory on the same ice four months ago.
Colorado outshot Dallas 8-7 in the third period, including Alex
Tanguay's breakaway that was deflected by Belfour with about three
minutes to go. In the final minute, Milan Hejduk had an opening on
Belfour's left side, but couldn't get the puck in.
Dallas had a 3-2 shot advantage in overtime.
Even though the Stars began the third period with a two-man
advantage the first 1:20, they couldn't capitalize. They only got
off one shot, when Darryl Sydor moved across the middle only to
have his close-range shot deflected by Roy.
Colorado tied it at 2 on Adam Deadmarsh's power-play goal 18:31
into the second period. Deadmarsh took a centering pass from Chris
Drury and pushed it inside the right post over Belfour's glove.
Just more than a minute later, the Stars had their two-man
advantage. Shjon Podein was called for charging after shoving Mike
Modano, after the Dallas center's shot missed just 29 seconds into
a power play.
Roy never had a chance on the first goal, having been screened
by a teammate on Sergei Zubov's shot 12:40 in.
The Stars converted while enjoying a two-man advantage at the
end of the first period, when Modano's slap shot hit the net just
as the final horn sounded. It wasn't 2-0 until the goal was
confirmed by a replay official.
Podein's hard shot just a minute into the second period was
deflected by Belfour, but a minute later Podein scored on a
centering pass from Stephane Yelle to make it 2-1.
Dallas also had four shots hit the posts, including what
initially looked like a Brett Hull goal 2:53 in the second period,
less than a minute after Colorado's first score. The crowd began
cheering and the horn went off, but play continued. A replay showed
that the puck bounded off the left post.
The post shots were fitting, considering that Colorado battled
back from a three-goal deficit after two periods in Game 7 last
June. The Avalanche were down just 3-2 when Ray Bourque's shot got
past Belfour, but rattled off the right post.
Game notes
Roy, a 15-year veteran and three-time winner of the Vezina
Trophy as the league's top goalie, turns 35 Thursday. He is chasing
Terry Sawchuk's record 447 victories. ... The Stars raised two
banners to the Reunion Arena rafters, signifying last year's
Western Conference and Pacific Division titles. ... Hull has 610
career goals, tied for ninth on the career list with his father,
Bobby.
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 Sergei Zubov puts the puck past Patrick Roy to take the 1-0 lead.
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Adam Deadmarsh's putback ties the game at 2.
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Shjon Podein tips Stephane Yelle's pass into the net.
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 Mike Modano talks with ESPN's Gary Thorne and Bill Clement.
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