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Lehtinen, Stars Top Oilers Again

The Associated Press

Published: February 23, 2008

DALLAS - Jere Lehtinen scored two goals, Marty Turco stopped 20 shots, and the Dallas Stars maintained their mastery against the Edmonton Oilers with a 5-2 victory on Friday night to sweep the four-game season series.

The Stars are 10-2 against the Oilers during the past three seasons and 22-4-2 at home against the Oilers since moving to Dallas in 1993.

Turco improved to 15-4 against Edmonton and helped the Stars win for the 10th time in 12 games overall.
Brenden Morrow added a short-handed goal, Loui Eriksson also scored, and Jussi Jokinen contributed two assists for Dallas.

Dustin Penner's power-play goal with 12:01 remaining ended Turco's bid for his 33rd career shutout, and Curtis Glencross added a goal at 14:10 to pull the Oilers to 4-2.

But Mike Modano's empty-netter with 1:59 left, his 17th of the season and 524th of his career, pushed Dallas' lead to 5-2 and closed out the Oilers.

Edmonton has lost three straight overall, allowing 14 goals during that span to further damage their chances of climbing into a Western Conference playoff spot.

The Oilers made a goalie change after two periods, going with Dwayne Roloson for the final 20 minutes.

Edmonton	0	0	2	-	2
Dallas	1	2	2	-	5

First Period-1, Dallas, Eriksson 7 (Jokinen, Daley), 16:34. Penalties-Barch, Dal, major (fighting), 6:18; Stortini, Edm, major (fighting), 6:18; Greene, Edm (roughing), 7:17; Stortini, Edm, misconduct, 13:01; Reasoner, Edm (playing with broken stick), 13:39; Grossman, Dal (holding), 18:50.

Second Period-2, Dallas, Lehtinen 9 (Morrow, Jokinen), 5:35 (pp). 3, Dallas, Morrow 25 (Ott, Norstrom), 17:13 (sh). Penalties-Roy, Edm (interference), 3:26; Staios, Edm, double minor (high-sticking), 5:01; Norstrom, Dal (interference), 11:03; Fistric, Dal (hooking), 13:29; Moreau, Edm (closing hand on puck), 13:42; Miettinen, Dal (slashing), 16:23.

Third Period-4, Dallas, Lehtinen 10, 4:32 (pp). 5, Edmonton, Penner 18 (Gagner, Hemsky), 7:59 (pp). 6, Edmonton, Glencross 7 (Grebeshkov), 14:10. 7, Dallas, Modano 17, 18:01 (en). Penalties-Pisani, Edm (tripping), 3:21; Modano, Dal (holding), 6:59.

Shots on Goal-Edmonton 7-7-8-22. Dallas 10-18-11-39. Power-play opportunities-Edmonton 1 of 5; Dallas 2 of 7. Goalies-Edmonton, Garon 19-16-1 (28 shots-25 saves), Roloson (0:00 third, 10-9). Dallas, Turco 27-13-4 (22-20). A-18,532 (18,532). T-2:25.

FLAMES 1, RED WINGS 0

Detroit	0	0	0	-	0
Calgary	1	0	0	-	1

First Period-1, Calgary, Tanguay 14, 11:54. Penalties-Filppula, Det (hooking), :38; Nolan, Cal (holding), 6:24; Kopecky, Det (high-sticking), 13:10; Nolan, Cal (slashing), 17:01.

Second Period-None. Penalties-Holmstrom, Det (high-sticking), :41; Lebda, Det (hooking), 1:51; Iginla, Cal (cross-checking), 18:52.

Third Period-None. Penalties-Draper, Det (holding), 8:13; Conroy, Cal (holding), 8:32; Primeau, Cal (hooking), 12:10; Nolan, Cal (slashing), 19:35.

Shots on Goal-Detroit 13-13-13-38. Calgary 13-11-2-26. Power-play opportunities-Detroit 0 of 6; Calgary 0 of 5. Goalies-Detroit, Osgood 23-8-2 (26 shots-25 saves). Calgary, Kiprusoff 31-19-8 (38-38). A-19,289 (19,289). T-2:19.

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