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Stars align as Dallas eases past Anaheim
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Talk about a quick 1-2-3 for the Dallas Stars.
Cody Eakin, Stephane Robidas and Ryan Garbutt produced a three-goal flurry in a 53-second span of the third period, and the Stars beat the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks 6-3 on Tuesday night for their first home win in more than a month.
It was the only game in the NHL on Tuesday.
“We were just still talking on the bench about, ‘OK, it’s a tie game. Let’s get this thing (under control), stay the course, do that,’ and next it’s 3-2,” Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. “It just went boom, boom. They got the goal, and the crowd got into it, and then the rest is history.”
After giving up a goal to Nick Bonino in the final seconds of the second period that put the Ducks ahead 2-1, Dallas wiped out that deficit with the fastest three-goal stretch in the NHL since January 2012.
“You’re thinking that we fought hard to tie it up and want to go into the third period and try to play a 20-minute period of the win, and now we’re going to chase the game again as soon as we come out,” Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. “But we were able to turn it, I can tell you a nice story now. Otherwise, we might have blamed the game on that late goal.”
Eakin’s sixth goal of the season tied it 2-2 with 14:35 left. Only 25 seconds later, Robidas was between the circles when he scored his fourth of the season.
Garbutt then gathered a loose puck and scored with a backhanded swipe with 13:42 left to make it 4-2. He didn’t realize how quickly the trio of goals had come.
“But it was pretty cool,” said Garbutt, who also had two assists.
Fans in the building went into a frenzy as Boudreau finally called timeout.
Roussel was in the crease when he netted his second goal with just under 8 minutes left. Hiller quickly argued with the referee to no avail, trying to get an interference call.
Dan Ellis stopped 28 shots, winning for only the second time in seven games. Dallas had been 0-2-2 at home since a 5-1 victory over Calgary on October 24.
Emerson Etem, Nick Bonino and Dustin Penner scored for the Ducks, who are 10-4-3 in their last 17 games. Penner’s tally was a power-play goal with 6 1/2 minutes left.
“It does happen quickly,” Ducks center Andrew Cogliano said. “When momentum turns and it starts going the other way, it’s really hard to stop it.”
The Stars played the first of three straight home games. Next is tomorrow against the Chicago Blackhawks, who have an NHL-best 38 points.
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