Ducks suffer first regulation loss
Anaheim takes a 3-0 lead, but Dallas scores four goals on 30 shots in the second period.
DALLAS 5, DUCKS 3
DALLAS — John Klingberg scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period, when Dallas scored on four of its team-record 30 shots in the period, and the Stars beat the Ducks 5-3 on Saturday night.
Alexander Radulov, Connor Carrick and Jamie Benn also scored for Dallas in the second. Tyler Seguin assisted on the goals by Radulov and Benn.
The barrage wiped out a 3-0 Anaheim lead and came against Ducks goalie John Gibson, who entered the game 3-0-1 with a 1.44 goals against average.
Klingberg’s goal from the right point to the upper left corner of the net came at 17:46, two seconds before a roughing penalty against Gibson expired.
Radek Faksa added a length-of-the-ice, emptynet goal with 1:28 to play.
The NHL record for shots on goal in a period is 33, by the Bruins in the second period of a 3-2 home win over Chicago on March 4, 1941.
The loss was Anaheim’s first in regulation. Dallas is 3-1-0.
Anaheim’s Jakob Silfverberg and Kiefer Sherwood had first-period goals, and Adam Henrique added a power-play goal at 8:09 of the second, when the Ducks had only four shots on goal.
Gibson finished with 46 saves.
Anton Khudobin stopped 22 shots for Dallas.
Anaheim’s first-period goals resulted from longrange shots.
Silfverberg took the puck in the right corner, skated around to the left point and sent a wrist shot past a screen by Max Comtois for the first goal at 9:01.
At 13:28, Sherwood scored his first NHL goal when he tipped Josh Manson’s shot from the right point up and past Khudobin.
Anaheim stretched its lead to 3-0 on the Ducks’ first power play of the game.
Dallas finally took advantage of the huge advantage in shots on goal at 11:14 of the second, when Radulov scored from the left faceoff circle on the Stars’ first power play. At that point, they had outshot Anaheim 28-13.
That goal seemed to energize Dallas. On the Stars’ next four shots, they scored twice nine seconds apart to tie the score at 3.
Anaheim outshot Dallas 11-7 in the third period. TONIGHT AT ST. LOUIS When: 4 PDT. On the air: TV: Prime Ticket; Radio 830. Update: Both teams will be playing for the second day in a row, after the Blues played in Chicago on Saturday. The Ducks went 2-1-0 against St. Louis last season, with the road team winning all three games.