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Holmstrom gets winner for Wings
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DALLAS (AP) -- Maybe this is the start of another streak for
Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom.
|  | | Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom (96) shouts to celebrate a goal scored by Nicklas Lidstrom, left, against Dallas goalie Ed Belfour and Jamie Langenbrunner (15). |
Holmstrom's first goal in two months, a power-play score in the
third period, gave the Red Wings a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on
Sunday night and extended their unbeaten streak to seven games. He
also assisted on the other Detroit goal.
"It just came down to working hard to the net and hoping to
make things happen," Holmstrom said. "It's always fun to play
against good teams like Dallas. We raise our level of play when we
do."
The last goal for Holmstrom came Dec. 18, the last of a
four-game stretch during which he had seven points (three goals and
four assists). In 19 games after that, he had no goals and just
four assists.
Holmstrom scored the game-winning goal when he slipped the puck
just under Ed Belfour's stick with 14:38 left. Sergei Fedorov's
wrist shot was blocked and then Holmstrom tried a shot before
scoring on his own rebound.
Holmstrom also assisted on Nicklas Lidstrom's power-play goal in
the first period that tied it at 1.
Chris Osgood made 22 saves for the Red Wings, 6-0-1 their last
seven games.
"It's really been a long season and the fact that he didn't
play a lot in the first half was tough for him," Detroit coach
Scotty Bowman said. "It's impressive how he's come back and
performed."
Joe Nieuwendyk scored on a penalty shot to give Dallas a 1-0
lead at 6:02 of the first period.
The Red Wings, who have won five in a row in Reunion Arena, took
the season series from the Stars 3-1.
Grant Marshall had a breakaway with just less than 12 minutes left,
but his slap shot hit the right post and bounded away from the net.
While Osgood never got a glove on that puck, he survived an
onslaught of four Mike Modano shots in the second period.
"He made some great saves. That frustrates you and discourages
you," Modano said. "Everything's been going in for me, but
tonight I had a lot of bad luck."
Modano, who had four consecutive multi-point games, had three shots
in a matter of seconds midway through the second. Later in the
period, Osgood stopped another point-blank shot by Modano.
"I read Modano right and gave myself good chances to make
stops," Osgood said. "I keyed on Modano."
Belfour was 5-0-1 in his previous six games, his longest
unbeaten streak since an eight-game stretch two years ago. He
stopped 29 shots.
Dallas missed a chance to move into a first-place tie in the
Pacific Division. San Jose, despite a 3-1 loss to Minnesota earlier
Sunday, maintained a two-point advantage.
Had the playoffs started Sunday, the Stars and Red Wings would
have been matched up in a first-round Western Conference series.
Their last postseason meeting was Detroit's six-game victory in the
1998 conference final.
"If we play Detroit in the playoffs, we'll have to come with a
different game," Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said.
Nieuwendyk's second goal in four career penalty shots came 12
years, two months and two days after his other successful one. He
got the opportunity when, on a breakaway during a power play, he
was tripped from behind by Todd Gill.
It was Dallas' first successful penalty shot in Reunion Arena
since moving there eight years ago.
Just 10 seconds into a power play, at 14:31 of the first period,
Detroit got even at 1 on Lidstrom's ninth goal, assisted by Fedorov
also assisted.
Game notes
Dallas left wing Ted Donato was a healthy scratch for the fifth consecutive game. ... The Stars lead the overall series 86-85-29. ...
Detroit coach Scott Bowman increased his NHL career-leading totals
to 1,178 victories and 2,037 regular-season games.
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Montreal 0
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Nashville 3
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 Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom scores on a rebound of Sergei Fedorov's shot.
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Joe Nieuwendyk scores on a penalty shot after being dragged down in front of the net.
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Chris Osgood catches a break as the Stars miss two great chances to score.
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Goalie Ed Belfour gets his own bit of luck as Detroit fails to score on a pair of shots.
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Tomas Holmstrom centers to Nicklas Lidstrom for a Detroit power-play goal.
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