Dallas Stars 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 25 - 22
DAL PP: 2 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:66/81=81 %, Challenges:26/41=61 %
ATL PP: 1 of 4 (8 shots), Passing:59/82=71 %, Challenges:45/54=81 %
Attendance: 17001 of 17001 (Reunion Arena)
Ticket income: 516830 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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00:46 1-0 DAL Travis Zajac [3] (Stu Barnes, Marty Wilford)PP
08:42 1-1 ATL Scott Mellanby [6] (Niko Kapanen, Niclas Hävelid)
14:43 1-2 ATL Joe Pavelski [1] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Scott Mellanby)PP
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33:49 2-2 DAL Niklas Hagman [2] (Sergei Zubov)
34:13 3-2 DAL Milan Hejduk [9] (Mike Modano, Darryl Sydor)
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48:57 4-2 DAL Marty Wilford [1] (Travis Zajac, Stu Barnes)PP
53:18 5-2 DAL Jaroslav Modry [3] (Stu Barnes, Jeff Halpern)
55:02 5-3 ATL Ilya Kovalchuk [10] (Mathieu Darche, Darren Haydar)
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Penalty summary:
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00:08 ATL Andy Sutton (2 min for roughing)
08:57 ATL Vitaly Vishnevski (2 min for cross-checking)
13:33 DAL Darryl Sydor (2 min for boarding)
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20:17 DAL Jeff Halpern (2 min for tripping)
26:02 ATL Jon Sim (2 min for boarding)
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42:24 DAL Sergei Brylin (2 min for hooking)
47:33 ATL Ilya Kovalchuk (2 min for cross-checking)
50:37 DAL Sergei Zubov (2 min for hooking)
56:57 ATL Steve Rucchin (2 min for hooking)
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Three stars of the game:
1st star: Travis Zajac
2nd star: Stu Barnes
3rd star: Marty Wilford
Notes for Dallas Stars:
-Stu Barnes notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Stu Barnes had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jaroslav Modry finally ended his 10 game goal drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Darren Haydar finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Scott Mellanby ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Utah Grizzlies 4( 28) , Chicago Wolves 1( 9)
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0-1 CHW Braydon Coburn (Steve Martins)
1-1 UTH Loui Eriksson (Junior Lessard, Trevor Daley)
2-1 UTH B.J. Crombeen (Marty Sertich, Loui Eriksson)
3-1 UTH Krys Barch (Matthew Barnaby)
4-1 UTH Matthew Barnaby (Krys Barch, Mark Fistric)
Goalies: Dan Ellis - Michael Garnett