Power-play goal sends Red Wings past Stars in overtime
Pavel Datsyuk scored a power-play goal in overtime and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Monday night for their third straight victory.
Datsyuk put a rebound past goalie Antti Niemi at 2:33 of overtime while Mattias Janmark was off for hooking. Detroit moved into third place in the Atlantic Division, one point ahead of Boston.
Rookie center Andreas Athanasiou scored Detroit’s first two goals, and goalie Jimmy Howard won for the first time since Dec. 3.
Dallas’ Vernon Fiddler put in his own rebound to tie the score with 1:31 to play in the third period.
The Stars had an extra skater on after pulling Niemi. Fiddler also assisted on Colton Sceviour’s second-period goal. Howard made 39 saves, and Niemi had 30.
Defenseman Kris Russell joined Dallas in a costly trade-deadline deal with Calgary that will get more expensive if the Stars make the long playoff run they covet.
The Stars traded young defenseman Jyrki Jokipakka, forward prospect Brett Pollock and a conditional 2016 second-round pick to the Flames.
Detroit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
Dallas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 |
First Period—None. Penalties—Sceviour, Dal (tripping), 8:32; Glendening, Det (holding stick), 17:42.
Second Period—1, Detroit, Athanasiou 3 (Tatar, Nyquist), 11:50. 2, Dallas, Sceviour 8 (Fiddler, Goligoski), 17:32. Penalties—Demers, Dal (hooking), 1:10; DeKeyser, Det (interference), 3:04.
Third Period—3, Detroit, Athanasiou 4 (Green, Glendening), 6:38. 4, Dallas, Fiddler 8 (Hemsky, Demers), 18:29. Penalties—Zetterberg, Det (tripping), 8:51; Oduya, Dal (hooking), 15:25; Kronwall, Det (high-sticking), 16:07.
Overtime—5, Detroit, Datsyuk 13, 2:33 (pp). Penalties—Janmark, Dal (hooking), 1:51.
Shots on Goal—Detroit 7-10-12-4—33. Dallas 16-13-12-0—41.
Power-play opportunities—Detroit 1 of 4; Dallas 0 of 4.
Goalies—Detroit, Howard 8-9-5 (41 shots-39 saves). Dallas, Niemi 22-11-6 (33-30).
A—18,532 (18,532). T—2:40. Referees—Francis Charron, Dan O’Rourke. Linesmen—Darren Gibbs, Pierre Racicot.
This story was originally published February 29, 2016 at 11:07 PM with the headline "Power-play goal sends Red Wings past Stars in overtime."