Dallas Stars Daily Links: Stars Rally Late Again To Defeat Senators

by Erin Bolen on Dec 2, 2011 6:01 AM CST in Dallas Stars Daily Links

If there's one thing that's been consistent about the Dallas Stars this season, it's that you can never count them out.

According to Mark Stepneski of ESPN Dallas, Thursday's 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators at the American Airlines Center was the fifth time this season the Stars have rallied "late" to tie a game they would eventually win.

I'm not sure what his definition of late is, but the resiliency of this team has been a definite strength, and it showed again Thursday as Radek Dvorak tied the game with less than six minutes remaining, then Eric Nystrom added another game-winner in the final three minutes.

#PeskyStars indeed.

"Games are 60 minutes," said Nystrom, who scored his 9th goal of the season. "They scored one but there was still plenty of time left and we popped a couple of late ones. That’s the character we have on our team. We are never going to give up until that final buzzer goes. We’ve won games like this and this is just another example of it."

After the jump, more on the Stars victory over the Senators, checking in on the Stars prospects in major junior and why you shouldn't spend your money on concert tickets when you might be called up to the NHL.

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In this paywalled story, Heika talks about how injuries to key players are not only posing a test for Glen Gulutzan, but they are also giving opportunities for guys like Dvorak and Nystrom to step up. [DallasNews.com]
More quotes from both sides from the post-game media scrums. [ESPN Dallas]
The Ottawa Citizen focuses more on the Senators late collapse in an... oddly-formated game story that quotes Steve Ott from the second intermission interview. Okay then. [Senators Extra]
Our friends over at Silver Seven give a lot of credit to Andrew Raycroft for his performance, particularly the two late saves. But I thought the most interesting part of this was the shot chart, which shows a significant lack of Senators chances from the slot (the sides of the crease yes, but not the slot proper). The Stars have that system where they care less about total shots than shot location, and we're seeing over and over again that it's fairly effective. [Silver Seven]
The power play scored a goal! Plan the parade! Or not. [DallasNews.com]
I don't know if I've ever seen a goalie power rankings (which probably means I'm not paying enough attention, honestly), but the Stars sit 11th in this one even with the Kari Lehtonen injury, and honestly, Andrew Raycroft is earning spots like that with his play as of late. [CBC.ca]
The writers over at Hockey's Future do some relatively detailed catching up with the Stars prospects in major junior. [Hockey's Future]
The folks over at ESPN are more than pleased with the Stars first quarter of the season, though they're not quite as optimistic that the team can keep it up given some of the key injuries, particularly in the crease. [ESPN]
Meet the enemy: The New York Islanders are also thin on the blue line after Andrew MacDonald was injured blocking a shot in Tuesday's victory over the Buffalo Sabres, prompting the team to call up Dylan Reese on an emergency recall. [Lighthouse Hockey]
Around the Pacific Division, the winners: Carey Price had some issues for the Montreal Canadiens, who fell 4-3 to the San Jose Sharks in the shootout, and the Los Angeles Kings jumped up early and never looked back for a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers. [San Jose Mercury News/Miami Herald]
Around the Pacific Division, the loser: Pity the poor Phoenix Coyotes. Not only did they get booed every time they touched the puck against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, but they couldn't muster up one measly goal in a 1-0 loss. [NHL.com]
In this usually funny-or-sweet story of the day spot, I am going with heartwarming today as veteran Erik Cole paid for the parents of rookie Louis Leblanc to fly to their son's first NHL game. Too bad it was when the Anaheim Ducks finally woke up and beat the Montreal Canadiens. [Puck Daddy]
No. 24 in your roster but No. 1 in your heart, Eric Nystrom talks about his game-winning goal.

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The east is just terrible....

Western conference is 49-27-16 against them. They aren’t doing us any favors, that’s for sure.

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by Tsudbury on Dec 2, 2011 8:48 AM CST reply actions

If you listen to the guys on Home Ice

The East is better because they score more goals per game, so obviously they are superior.

I guess that approach doesn’t work as well against the West.

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by Brandon Worley on Dec 2, 2011 9:03 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Every time eastern team plays agains pacific, or western team in general,

I hope they beat them so we could get some breathing room. Nope, almost never happens. jets were a bright spot yesterday, but that’s about all I can remember in the last week or so.

by iHorses on Dec 2, 2011 10:24 AM CST up reply actions

So we can assume that yet again

1. It will take 96-98 points to make the playoffs in the West
2. The 9th place team in the West would be like 3rd in the East

by jabudi on Dec 2, 2011 10:26 AM CST up reply actions

current projected points needed to finish in 8th place has been hovering between 96 and 97 for a couple weeks now.

That may be what it takes.

"He punched the highlights out of her hair.... He punched the HIGHLIGHTS out of her hair!!!" -- Young Neil

by Tsudbury on Dec 2, 2011 10:43 AM CST up reply actions

That goalie power rating story

Is just so politely Canadian. You can tell that Kevin Weekes doesn’t want to say anything bad about goaltenders for some strange reason.

by jabudi on Dec 2, 2011 10:23 AM CST reply actions

I WAS THERE!!!!

:) My friend Ray scored us FREE tix to… (i get teary when i thinks bout it)… A SUITE!!!!!! muahahahhaaaa!!! the PLATINUM parking, the food the beer the coolness of it all!! yay!! a dream come true and we won!! got a boblehead too! Go Stars!!!!!

the only thing that hurt my feelings was seeing the place so empty :‘( but it was a good win. hope we can do it to division opponents. Ah, one of the best days i’ve had in forever. i even saw a cool license plate: MJEDI how cool is dat? :)

boom boom Dallas! boom boom Stars! boom boom Dallas! boom boom Stars! Go Stars Go!!!!

by ilickbaby on Dec 2, 2011 11:20 AM CST reply actions