Klingberg, Stars defeat Avalanche in OT
The official game recap Dallas Stars vs Colorado Avalanche.John Klingberg scored 35 seconds into overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 4-3 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center on Thursday.
Klingberg intercepted a Tyson Barrie pass and sped into the Avalanche end on a breakaway. His shot got by goalie Calvin Pickard, beating him to the stick side. It was his eighth goal of the season.
The win ended the Stars' eight-game losing streak against the Avalanche. Dallas (33-14-5) has won three games in a row and four of their past five.
The Avalanche (27-23-4) have gone 1-2-1 in their past four games.
Stars defenseman Jason Demers scored a power-play goal at 11:20 of the third period to tie the game 3-3. Demers moved in from the point and converted Cody Eakin's pass from the side of the net, shooting between Pickard's legs for his sixth goal.
Stars goalie Antti Niemi made a save against Nathan MacKinnon on a penalty shot at 4:14 of the third period. MacKinnon was awarded the shot after he was hooked on the left arm by Klingberg while on a breakaway.
Carl Soderberg put the Avalanche in front 3-2 at 17:00 of the second period with his 11th goal. Blake Comeau spun around in the left circle and passed across to Soderberg in the lower right circle for a shot inside the near post.
Stars coach Lindy Ruff used his challenge 36 seconds later after Avalanche defenseman Zach Redmond scored from the right point when Colorado's Andreas Martinsen knocked down Niemi at the top of the crease. The goal was overturned because of goalie interference.
Dallas tied the game 2-2 on an Ales Hemsky breakaway at 15:35 of the second period after he received a stretch pass from defenseman Alex Goligoski. Hemsky gained possession at the Avalanche blue line, moved down left wing and sent the puck by Pickard's glove for his sixth goal.
The Stars outshot the Avalanche 19-8 in the period.
The Avalanche took a 2-1 lead in the first period on goals by Comeau and Nick Holden after Stars center Jason Spezza opened the scoring at 1:31.
Comeau, who had gone 15 games without a goal, tied the game 1-1 at 2:45. Soderberg passed to Comeau, who skated down left wing and shot the puck by Niemi's glove for his seventh goal.
The Avalanche went ahead at 5:54 on Holden's first goal in 20 games and fourth of the season. MacKinnon fed Holden at the left point for a shot that went through four players in front.
Spezza scored when he was skating in the slot after a setup by Patrick Eaves, who used a backhand pass from low in the left circle. Spezza beat Pickard for his 18th goal. He has four goals and three assists in his past nine games.
-- by Rick Sadowski for NHL.com --
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05/02/2016 - 06:30
