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CHICAGO (AP) -- Ed Belfour got the night off and rookie Marty
Turco got his first career NHL victory.
Turco's job was made easier when the Dallas Stars scored three
times in a three-minute span of the second period to beat the
Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 Friday night.
|  | | Alexei Zhamnov's shot was the only one to get past Stars goaltender Marty Turco on Friday. |
"It made me feel real good sitting in the other end watching
that spurt. We always expect tight games," Turco said after the
Stars' fourth straight win.
"The good advice I got from Eddie was never play the clock,"
said Turco, a star at the University of Michigan whose first NHL
win Friday night came in front of family and friends.
"That came true tonight with them getting an early goal. My
confidence wasn't shaken by that."
Turco, who gave up five goals in a 5-2 loss to Carolina in his
only other start, stopped 17 shots Friday night.
Joe Nieuwendyk had two goals for the Stars, who overwhelmed
Chicago goalie Jocelyn Thibault with a quick scoring outburst near
the end of the second period.
Sergei Zubov moved the puck behind the net to Jamie
Langenbrunner, who fed Nieuwendyk in front for the go-ahead goal at
16:09.
Just 71 seconds later the Stars made it 3-1 when Darryl Sydor's
slap shot from just inside the blue line went right through the
Blackhawks defense, bounced off Thibault's pad and trickled in.
Brenden Morrow then took a crossing pass from Mike Keane and
beat Thibault to make it 4-1 with just over a minute remaining in
the period.
"This is the not the way you want to play if you want to win,"
Thibault said. "I'm not going to get down at all. If I said I
played a solid game tonight, I'd be selfish."
Nieuwendyk added his second goal, his fourth of the season, with
just over six minutes left in the game.
"The offense will take care of itself if we clean up some other
areas of our game. We're playing better in our own end and we're
making better decisions," Nieuwendyk said.
The same cannot be said of the Blackhawks.
"They scored two goals right in front of the net on exactly the
same play. The puck was behind the net and they just flipped it in
front because we were late," Chicago coach Alpo Suhonen said.
The Blackhawks, outscored 10-2 in the opening period of their
first six games, took a 1-0 lead at 3:41 when Tony Amonte centered
a pass in front to Alex Zhamnov, who beat Turco (1-1).
The Stars got even, shaking up Thibault in the process. Mike
Modano skated up the left side and his hard shot rebounded off
Thibault's chest right to Jere Lehtinen for the score. Thibault was
woozy on the ice and received a couple of minutes attention before
continuing.
Game notes
Belfour is 4-1-1 for the Stars this season with a 1.15
goals-against average. ... Amonte had a breakaway down the left
side in the first period but didn't fake Turco before missing the
shot. ... There were thousands of empty seats again in the United
Center. Attendance was announced at 14,610. Capacity is 20,500. ...
Dallas is 9-3-3 in its last 15 games against Chicago. ... The
Blackhawks' only two wins this season have come over the expansion
Columbus Blue Jackets. ... Turco holds the NCAA record for most
career victories. He was 127-28-7 in four years at Michigan,
leading the Wolverines to the Final Four in each of his four
seasons.
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