Your Dallas Stars (41-24-5, 87 pts) At The Colorado Avalanche (36-26-6, 78 pts)
Regular Season Game 71, Overall Game 78
Where: Pepsi Center | Denver, Colorado
Date: Saturday, March 8th
Time: 2:00 PM Central Time
TV/Radio: My27 | Altitude | 820 AM WBAP | Your Dallas Stars Chat Room
Congratulations to Mike Modano on becoming America's All-Time Point Leader.
Last Game:
: 3/05 - L 2-1 - Vs 
- Recap - Scoresheet
: 3/05 - W 1-0 - Vs 
- Recap - ScoresheetDallas Information
The Dallas Stars - 41-24-5 with 87 Points
Official Team Site: DallasStars.com
HF Board: HFBoard.com - Dallas Stars
Fan Site #1: AndrewsStarsPage.com
Fan Site #2: Unofficial Boards
Pacific Division-1st, Western Conference-2nd, NHL-2nd
Home Record: 21-12-2
Away Record: 20-12-3
Last 10 Games: 6-4-0 [2 Game Losing Streak]
Overtime Record: 8-5 [5-2 Shoot Out]
Colorado Information
The Colorado Avalanche - 36-26-8 with 78 Points
Official Team Site: ColoradoAvalanche.com
HF Board: HFBoard.com - Colorado Avalanche
Fan Site:
Northwest Division-3rd, Western Conference-7th, NHL-12th
Home Record: 21-11-2
Away Record: 15-15-4
Last 10 Games: 6-3-1 [5 Game Winning Streak]
Overtime Record: 9-6 [5-3 Shoot Out]
The Walzy Injury Report
Dallas - 3 Players Injured
Sergei Zubov | IR | Groin/Ankle
Philippe Boucher | day-to-day | Shoulder
Krys Barch | day-to-day | Flu
Colorado - 3 Player Injured
Ryan Smyth | day-to-day | Concussion/shoulder separation
Marek Svatos | day-to-day | Torn left ACL
Brett Clark | IR | Dislocated shoulder
Last Game Recap
Opponent: Dallas vs. Phoenix
Result: Loss 2-1
Article #1 - Dallas Morning News - "Energized Coyotes defeat Stars, 2-1 ."
Article #2 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - "Stars don't have answer for determined Coyotes."
Article #3 - Arizona Republic - "Bryzgalov, Coyotes hold off Stars."
Article #4 - East Valley Tribune - "Coyotes’ timing perfect in Dallas."
Goal Scorers:
1st - Phoenix (1-0) - 9:26 - Mueller (Perrault | Michalek)
2nd - Phoenix (2-0) - 0:59 - Doan (Vrbata | Jovanovski)
2nd - Dallas (2-1) - 17:38 - WInchester (Petersen | Barnes)
Shots
Dallas: 1st - 9 | 2nd - 7 | 3rd - 5 | Total - 21
Phoenix: 1st - 6 | 2nd - 6 | 3rd - 4 | Total - 16
Stats
Powerplays: Dallas - 0 For 4 | Phoenix - 0 For 2
Faceoffs: Dallas - 31 For 48 | Phoenix - 17 For 48
Goalies
Dallas: Turco - 58:49 - 14 Saves - 16 Shots [L]
Phoenix: Bryzgalov - 60:00 - 20 Saves - 21 Shots [W]
AndrewStarsPage.com Three Stars Of The Game
#1. Ilya Bryzgalov | Phoenix - 1 GAA, 20 Saves
#2. Shane Doan | Phoenix - Game Winning Goal, +2
#3. Brad Winchester | Dallas - Goal
Officials
Referees: Gord Dwyer | Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Brian Mach | Pierre Racicot
Stats:
Goals: Dallas-208 Colorado-186
Goals Per Game: Dallas-2.9 Colorado-2.7
Goals Allowed: Dallas-173 Colorado-181
Goals Allowed Per Game: Dallas-2.4 Colorado-2.6
Shots Per Game: Dallas-26.5 Colorado-28.8
Shots Allowed Per Game: Dallas-26.2 Colorado-27.3
Powerplay: Dallas-18.3% Colorado-13.2%
Penalty Kill: Dallas-86.9% Colorado-81.2%
All Time Series: Colorado [50-54-12]
Regular Season: 40-40-12 | Home: 25-16-5 | Away: 15-24-7
Playoffs: 10-14 | Home: 6-7 | Away: 4-7
In Dallas: 32-30-8 | Home: 18-16-3 | Away: 14-15-5
Last Game In Series: 11/16/07 | vs. Colorado | W 6-1 - Highlights - Game Thread
Shoot Out: Dallas 2-0 | Home: 0-0 | Away: 2-0
Games-
10/03 - Dallas 3 @ Colorado 4
11/16 - Dallas 6 vs Colorado 1
03/08 - Dallas @ Colorado
03/09 - Dallas vs Colorado
This Season vs the Avalanche
Powerplay: 4 For 5
Penalty Kill: 5 For 5
Goals: Dallas 9-5
Goalies - Dallas: 1-1-0 Colorado: 1-1-0
[DAL] - Turco (1st) - 58:51 - 17 of 23 Saves - 4 Goals Against
[DAL] - Smith (2nd) - 59:54 - 17 of 18 Saves - 1 Goal Against
[COL] - Budaj (1st) - 88:53 - 41 of 45 Saves - 4 Goals Against
[COL] - Theodore (2nd-Pulled) - 30:52 - 10 of 15 Saves - 5 Goals Against
Pacific Division Standings
1st. Dallas, 41-24-5, 87 Points
2nd. San Jose, 39-21-8, 86 Points
3rd. Anaheim, 38-25-7, 83 Points
4th. Phoenix, 34-29-5, 73 Points
5th. Los Angeles, 27-37-5, 59 Points
Western Conference Standings
1st. Detroit, 44-18-6, 94 Points*
2nd. Dallas, 41-24-5, 87 Points*
3rd. Calgary, 35-23-10, 80 Points*
4th. San Jose, 39-21-8, 86 Points
5th. Anaheim, 38-25-7, 83 Points
6th. Minnesota, 37-26-6, 80 Points
7th. Colorado, 36-26-6, 78 Points
8th. Nashville, 35-26-8, 78 Points
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9th. Vancouver, 33-24-10, 76 Points
10th. Phoenix, 34-29-5, 73 Points
11th. Chicago, 33-29-6, 72 Points
12th. Columbus, 30-28-11, 71 Points
13th. Edmonton, 32-31-5, 69 Points
14th. Saint Louis, 29-28-10, 68 Points
15th. Los Angeles, 27-37-5, 59 Points
*=Division Leader
X=Clinched Playoff Spot
Y=Clinced Division Championship
Z=Clinched Conference Championship & Presidents Trophy
[]=Eliminted From Playoffs
Tiebreakers - From NHL.com
1. The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage).
2. The greater number of games won.
3. The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs. If two clubs are tied, and have not played an equal number of home games against each other, points earned in the first game played in the city that had the extra game shall not be included. If more than two clubs are tied, the higher percentage of available points earned in games among those clubs, and not including any "odd" games, shall be used to determine the standing.
4. The greater differential between goals for and against for the entire regular season.
Pacific Division Games Played Tonight
Dallas Stars At Colorado
Anaheim Ducks Vs OFF
Los Angeles Kings Vs Montreal
Phoenix Coyotes Vs Ottawa
San Jose Sharks Vs OFF
March Games
Saturday 8th - @ Colorado - 2:00 PM - My27
Sunday 9th - vs. Colorado - 7:00 PM - My27
Thursday 13th - @ Detroit - 6:30 PM - My27
Saturday 15th - vs. Vancouver - 6:00 PM - My27
Wednesday 19th - vs. Anaheim* - 7:30 PM - FSN
Saturday 22nd - vs. Los Angeles* - 2:00 PM - My27
Thursday 27th - @ San Jose* - 9:00 PM - FSN
Saturday 29th - @ Los Angeles* - 3:00 PM - FSN
Sunday 30th - @ Anaheim* - 7:00 PM - FSN
March Results
Saturday 1st - vs. Nashville - Loss 3-1 - Recap - Scoresheet - Game Stats
Wednesday 5th - vs. Phoenix* - Loss 2-1 - Recap - Scoresheet - Game Stats
Star Gazing
- Tonight's game against the Colorado Avalanche marks the 1,106th regular season game for the Stars since moving to the Lone Star State. Dallas is 592-353-160 in the previous 1,105 games.
- Brad Winchester’s goal was his first in 66 NHL games, dating back to Dec. 6, 2006, early last season when he skated for Edmonton.
- Stu Barnes’ assist on Winchester’s goal snapped a 13-game pointless drought.
- The Stars are 2-26 on the power play over the last five games.
- Colorado is 20-22 on the penalty kill over their last six games.
- The Avalanche power play, ranked last in the league heading into Friday's games, is 1-19 over the last four games.
- Colorado has failed to score on the power play in nine of its last 12 games.
- The Stars have allowed 29 shots or fewer in 14 straight games.
- The Avalanche have allowed 29 shots or fewer in 11 of their last 13 games.
- Colorado has allowed two goals or fewer in 11 of its last 14 games.
- The Stars had scored at least one goal in 12 straight third periods from Feb. 7 - Mar. 1, the sixth-longest such streak in franchise history, but did not connect in the final frame against the Coyotes.
- The Dallas Stars finished February with a 12-2-0 record, the most wins in a single month in team history. The previous mark of 11 wins were set in December of 1998-99 (11-1-3), January of 2005-06 (11-3-1), March of 2000-01 (11-2-2) and March of 2005-06 (11-3-1). The last NHL team to win 12 games in February were the New York Islanders in 1982 (12-1-1).
- The Stars have outscored the opposition, 72 to 42 in the 2nd period this season.
- Opponents scoring first haven't phased the Dallas Stars this season. They lead the league with a 18-18-1 records when they find themselves trailing first in a game.
- The Dallas Stars is 5-2 in shootouts this season, having beaten Columbus in Columbus on Oct. 17 (1-0), Columbus in Columbus on Dec. 3 (3-2), Edmonton in Edmonton on Dec. 18 (1-0), St.Louis in Dallas on Dec. 29 (1-0), and Vancouver in Dallas on Feb. 5 (2-1). The Stars lost to San Jose in Dallas on Nov. 14 (2-0) and to Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Jan. 12 (2-1). Dallas now is 24-6 all time during the shoot outs, going 12-1 in 2006 and 9-4 in 2007.
- Dallas is 117-13-12 when leading after the 1st Period since Dave Tippett took over as Stars head coach four seasons ago. The Stars are 15-2-2 this season.
- Dallas is 21-1-1 in 07-08 when scoring atleast four goals, and 18-1-0 when allowing one goal. The Stars also are 38-6-2 record when allowing three goals or less.
- The Stars will play a total of 11 back-to-back series in 2007-08. The Stars are 10-7-2 in games included in back-to-backs during the 07-08 season. The Stars are 6-3-1 in the first game while 4-4-1 in the second.
- Here are some just random records about your Dallas Stars.
When scoring a PP goal: 26-5-5 | When not scoring a PP goal: 15-19-0
Not allowing a PP goal: 23-15-2 | Allowing a PP goal: 18-10-3
Day Games (before 5 pm): 4-1-1 | Night Games: 36-23-4
Points: Mike Ribeiro | 75
Goals: Mike Ribeiro | 27
Assists: Mike Ribeiro | 48
+/-: Mike Ribeiro | +23
Penalty Minutes: Steve Ott | 128
Goalies
Marty Turco | 29-15-4
GAA: 2.31
Save %: .910%
Shut Outs: 2
Johan Holmqvist | 0-0-0
GAA: 0.00
Save %: 0.00%
Shut Outs: 0
Mike Smith | 11-9-0
GAA: 2.43
Save %: .907%
Shut Outs: 2
Tobias Stephan | 0-0-1
GAA: 1.97
Save %: .950%
Shut Outs: 0
Shoot Out Look
Record: 5-2 [All Time: 26-7]
Home: 2-1 [All Time: 9-3]
Away: 3-1 [All Time: 17-4]
Goals: 9-7 [All Time: 52-27]
Shooters
Sergei Zubov: 1 for 5 (1 GW)
Jussi Jokinen: 2 for 4 (1 GW)
Mike Ribeiro: 1 for 5 (0 GW)
Mike Modano: 2 for 5 (1 GW)
Niklas Hagman: 1 for 3 (1 GW)
Antti Miettinen: 1 for 1 (0 GW)
Jere Lehtinen: 0 for 1 (O GW)
Brenden Morrow: 1 for 1 (1 GW)
Team: 9 For 25 [All Time: 52 For 107] | 9 Goals [All Time: 52 Goals]
Goaltenders
Turco: 3-2 | 13 Saves - 20 Shots | 7 Goals Against
Holmqvist: 0-0 | 0 Saves - 0 Shots - 0 Goals Against
Smith: 2-0 | 6 Saves - 6 Shots | 0 Goals Against
Team: 5-2 | 19 Saves - 26 Shots | 7 Goals Againist
Shoot Out Games
1) 11/05/05 - @ Colorado 3-2 W [2-0] - Turco
2) 11/12/05 - @ San Jose 3-2 W [2-0] - Turco
3) 12/02/05 - vs Carolina 5-4 W [2-1] - Hedberg
4) 1/06/06 - vs Anaheim 4-3 W [2-1] - Hedberg [4 Rounds]
5) 1/14/06 - @ Boston 2-1 W [1-0] - Turco
6) 1/25/06 - vs St.Louis 4-3 W [2-0] - Turco
7) 1/26/06 - @ Colorado 3-2 W [2-1] - Turco
8) 1/28/06 - vs Detroit 2-1 W [3-2] - Turco [4 Rounds]
9) 3/07/06 - @ Edmonton 4-3 W [2-0] - Turco
10) 3/18/06 - @ San Jose 4-3 W [2-1] - Turco [4 Rounds]
11) 3/24/06 - vs Chicago 3-2 W [2-1] - Hedberg [8 Rounds]
12) 3/31/06 - @ Anaheim 5-4 L [2-0] - Turco
13) 4/08/06 - @ Phoenix 3-2 W [2-0] - Hedberg
14) 10/15/06 - @ Anaheim 4-3 W [2-1] - Turco
15) 12/02/06 - vs Minnesota 4-3 W [3-1] - Turco
16) 12/16/06 - @ Los Angeles 4-3 W [1-0] - Turco
17) 1/03/07 - @ Vancouver 2-1 L [2-1] - Turco [6 Rounds]
18) 1/04/07 - @ Edmonton 6-5 W [2-0] - Turco
19) 1/20/07 - @ Minnesota 2-1 W [3-2] - Turco [9 Rounds]
20) 1/26/07 - vs Pittsburgh 4-3 L [1-0] - Turco
21) 1/30/07 - @ San Jose 3-2 W [3-2] - Turco
22) 2/17/07 - @ Minnesota 2-1 L [1-0] - Turco
23) 3/02/07 - vs Columbus 3-2 L [1-0] - Turco
24) 3/24/07 - @ Phoenix 4-3 W [1-0] - Turco [7 Rounds]
25) 3/30/07 - @ Detroit 4-3 W [1-0] - Smith
26) 4/06/07 - vs Anaheim 2-1 W [1-0] - Turco [4 Rounds]
27) 10/17/07 - @ Columbus 3-2 W [1-0] - Smith
28) 11/14/07 - vs San Jose 4-3 L [2-0] - Turco
29) 12/03/07 - @ Columbus 2-1 W [3-2] - Turco [5 Rounds]
30) 12/18/07 - @ Edmonton 2-1 W [1-0] - Turco
31) 12/29/07 - vs St.Louis 5-4 W [1-0] - Smith
32) 1/12/08 - @ Los Angeles 4-3 W [2-1] - Turco [4 Rounds]
33) 2/05/08 - vs Vancouver 3-2 W [2-1] - Turco [6 Rounds]
