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  Tuesday, Dec. 21 9:00pm ET
Belfour, Brathwaite unbeatable
 
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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Although there were no goals scored, the game between the Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames certainly did not lack excitement.

Jamie Langenbrunner
Even Dallas' Jamie Langenbrunner, right, couldn't rattle Calgary goaltender Fred Brathwaite, who stopped all 32 shots he faced.

Calgary's Fred Brathwaite made 32 saves and Dallas' Ed Belfour stopped 31 shots as the Flames and Stars battled to a 0-0 tie Tuesday night.

"It was very intense, there was some big body checks, and both goaltenders made some great saves," Flames forward Rene Corbet said. "It was fun to watch."

Brathwaite got his third career shutout, including his second against the Stars. Calgary extended its home unbeaten streak to six games (5-0-1). The Flames have lost just two of their last 10 (5-2-3).

"It was a good game, very entertaining to watch," Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said.

The shutout was the 47th of Belfour's career as Dallas remained undefeated (1-0-2) after the third game of a four-game road trip. The Stars are 8-2-2 in their past 12.

Brett Hull had eight of the Stars' shots but couldn't beat Brathwaite, who has yielded just three goals in his last four starts.

"I don't know what it is about goalies, but sometimes they just get on a streak where the puck just hits them more than anything else," said Hull, who has just one goal in his last nine games.

Three of Hull's shots came on a two-man advantage in the second period after Calgary's Hulse and Bobby Dollas took slashing penalties 29 seconds apart.

The Stars had five shots during the advantage, with Brathwaite making an acrobatic kick save on a shot by Hull from the top of the faceoff circle.

"On those I just wind up and shoot as hard as I can," Hull said.

Each team had opportunities to score in overtime. Brathwaite stopped Kirk Muller from the slot, and Belfour smothered a loose puck at the side of the net after Jarome Iginla tried to poke the puck in.

It was the second game in less than a week between the two clubs, with the Stars winning 5-1 in Dallas last Wednesday.

"When we play Dallas, we have to play desperate hockey," Brathwaite said. "They're a very talented team -- with the forwards they have and the goaltending they have, it doesn't leave much space for mistakes."

Phil Housley had one of Calgary's best chances to score during a first-period power play, but rang a slap shot off a goal post.

The Stars played without Joe Nieuwendyk (ribs), Derian Hatcher (calf) and Jere Lehtinen (ankle).

Calgary goalie Grant Fuhr's arthroscopic knee surgery performed Tuesday afternoon was successful. Fuhr, who had some scar tissue removed as well as having rough surfaces in the knee cleaned up, is expected to be lost for at least three weeks. To fill his spot on the roster, goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere was recalled from Saint John of the AHL.
 


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