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DALLAS (AP) -- The Phoenix Coyotes can give much of the credit
for their 7-1-2 start to goalie Sean Burke.
Burke made 28 saves, 13 in the opening period, to lift the
Coyotes to a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night.
|  | | Coyotes center Mike Sullivan can't get past Sergei Zubov's hipcheck. |
"I keep saying it. He's been outstanding. He's been flawless,"
Coyotes coach Bob Francis said. "I don't know of a goaltender in
the league playing as well."
Trailing 3-2, Dallas had a shot at the tying goal with 6:00 left
when Grant Marshall was left all alone in front of the Phoenix net.
But Burke stopped Marshall to preserve the lead and improved his
record to 6-1-1.
Burke kept his team afloat despite being outshot in the first
period, 14-2. The teams were tied at 1 heading into the first
intermission.
The Coyotes expected to see an angry team after the Stars were
beaten at home by the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night, 6-2.
"They got shelled at home so we knew they were going to come
out hard," Burke said. "We killed off (three of four) penalties
in the first period, and that got us going. This is a huge win.
That's a very good team."
Stars coach Ken Hitchcock felt his team played better than
Wednesday night, but still thinks his players can shift into a
higher gear.
"There's a pride here that when the opposing goaltender is
playing well, we outwork him," said Hitchcock, whose team had a
30-18 shots advantage. "We had five or six times on scoring
chances where we needed to bear down. But we let up. We want that
person to slam the puck through the back of the net. We want to see
a hunger."
Teppo Numminen snapped a 2-2 tie at 15:56 of the second period
on a blast from the top of the right circle for his first goal of
the season.
Mika Alatalo and Shane Doan also scored for the Coyotes,
unbeaten in their last seven games (5-0-2).
Keith Tkachuk added an empty-net goal with 9.8 seconds left for
Phoenix, the 300th of his career. Jeremy Roenick had the puck with
a clear path to the Dallas goal, but passed it to Tkachuk.
"He made such an unselfish play to pass it to me," Tkachuk
said. "That showed me a lot."
Sergei Zubov and Joe Nieuwendyk were the goal scorers for the
Stars, who lost consecutive games for the first time this season.
In the first period, the Coyotes were badly outplayed, but
Alatalo notched his third of the season on Phoenix's first shot.
Dallas tied it when Zubov converted on a two-man advantage with a
one-timer from the middle of the blue line.
Doan's goal from the slot on the Coyotes' fourth shot of the
night at 2:08 of the second period made it 2-1.
Nieuwendyk tied it at 2 at 13:17 of the second period on a
power-play goal from the slot.
Game notes
Phoenix forward Landon Wilson is the son of Stars assistant
coach Rick Wilson. Father and son had dinner together Thursday
night. ... Dallas is 5-2 in its last seven games. ... Healthy
scratches for Dallas were forwards Jon Sim and Shaun Van Allen and
defenseman Richard Jackman. Defenseman Chris Joseph and enforcer
Louie DeBrusk were scratched by Phoenix.
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