Stars hang on to beat Oilers
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12/24/2006 - Dallas, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jon Klemm scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Dallas Stars past the Edmonton Oilers, 3-2, at American Airlines Center.
Marty Turco made 20 saves and Eric Lindros added two assists for the Stars, who have won two straight.
Dwayne Roloson allowed three goals on 26 shots for the Oilers, who have lost three of their last four games. Marc-Andre Bergeron and Joffrey Lupul tallied the goals for Edmonton.
The Stars took a 1-0 lead 10:44 into the opening period. Lindros controlled the puck behind the Edmonton net and passed the disc to a streaking Klemm, who beat Roloson with a one-timer from in front.
Dallas scored two goals in the middle session to take a 3-0 lead.
Jussi Jokinen skated into the Edmonton zone up the left wing and centered a pass in the slot to Jere Lehtinen, who one-timed the pass top shelf over Roloson's left shoulder at 6:02.
Just under two minutes later, Philippe Boucher scored his 12th goal of the season off a feed from Lindros to give Dallas a three-goal advantage.
The Oilers got on the board at 13:08 of the second to make it 3-1. On the power play, Bergeron fluttered a wrist shot from the top of the point that sailed past Turco low on his stick side.
With only 30 seconds left in the second stanza, Edmonton scored a power-play goal to make it 3-2. Fernando Pisani's shot from the right circle was stopped, but Lupul banged home the rebound at the left side of the crease.
With under four minutes left in the contest, Ales Hemsky had a great chance in front to even the score, but Turco poke-checked the puck away before Hemsky could get a shot off.
Edmonton pulled Roloson with about 30 seconds remaining but were unable to set up in the Dallas zone.
Game Notes
Dallas ended a three-game home losing streak...The Stars are 16-0-4 when scoring first this season...Shawn Horcoff had two assists for the Oilers...Edmonton went 2-for-4 on the power play while Dallas failed to score in six chances with the man advantage.
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