Jarome Iginla scored twice, including the game-
winner in overtime, and set up the game-tying score inside the final minute of
regulation, as Calgary rallied for a 3-2 win against Dallas.
With the clock winding under a minute in the third, the Flames battled for the
puck behind Marty Turco and Iginla shoveled it out in front for Daymond
Langkow, who chipped it in to tie the game with just 49 seconds left.
The Stars were whistled for a borderline delay of game call 1:09 into overtime
when Nicklas Grossman lifted the disc over the boards on a muffed clearing
attempt, and the Flames gained an extra skater.
Iginla wasted little time in ending things, blasting a slap shot over the
catching glove of Turco through a partial screen 16 second later for the
Flames, who began a stretch of five road tilts over the next six games
with Wednesday's victory.
Curtis McElhinney made his second start of the season and was solid in facing
40 shots, allowing both goals. His only other start of the year came October 9
against Dallas in a 5-2 loss.
Loui Eriksson and James Neal scored for the Stars, who saw the return of two
key offensive contributors and Turco, who was back in net after a two-game
absence because of flu-like symptoms. He made 20 saves in the setback, Dallas'
third in a row.
The loss also saw the return of forwards Mike Modano and Jere Lehtinen.
Modano, the highest scoring American-born player in league history, had been
out since suffering a rib injury in Dallas' season-opening loss to Nashville.
Lehtinen, meanwhile, was limited to only two games coming in having missed the
first three with a groin ailment and the last nine because of abdominal
soreness.
The Stars were the aggressors in the early going, firing 14 shots on net in
the first compared with Calgary's six as the game remained scoreless after 20
minutes.
McElhinney was solid again in the second, brushing aside a rising shot from
Brenden Morrow on a penalty shot on his way to 16 saves in the period. That
helped allow the Flames take a 1-0 lead as Iginla fired a hard shot from low
in the right circle that Turco couldn't handle with 4:07 left.
The Stars evened the score 4:49 into the third. A series of quick passes set
up Neal at the right side of the net and his strong wrister sailed over the
far shoulder of McElhinney.
Dallas then made it a 2-1 affair as a pass out of the neutral zone found its
way to Brad Richards, who skated down the right side and set up Eriksson in
front for a redirection score at 8:52.
Game Notes
Calgary had just completed a five-game homestand at 3-2-0...Richards' assist
ran his points streak to six games. He has two goals and seven helpers over
the burst and six goals and seven assists in 11 career games versus the
Flames...Calgary has won four of its last five in Dallas...The Stars ended 0-
for-5 on the power play, while Calgary scored on one of its four chances with
the man advantage.
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