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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Even though Scott Young is leading the NHL ingoals, he is still in awe of Pierre Turgeon these days.
Turgeon had four points, including an assist on Al MacInnis'
game winner 15 seconds into overtime, to lead the Blues to a 4-3
win Saturday night over the Dallas Stars.
"He really had it in an extra gear tonight," said Young, who recorded his league-leading 11th goal on an assist from Turgeon. "Against a team like Dallas, you don't get that many chances. He was in on everything tonight."
The loss snapped the Stars' NHL record of 36 straight road
victories when scoring at least three goals. The last time it
happened was a 4-3 defeat at the hands of the Chicago Blackhawks on
Oct. 17, 1998.
"We put ourselves in a position to win," Dallas defenseman Derian Hatcher said. "What can I say? We didn't play a horrible game."
Turgeon, who had two goals and two assists, won a faceoff at the
St. Louis blue line early in overtime and broke out 2-on-1 with
MacInnis. He slid the puck cross ice to MacInnis, who beat Dallas
goalie Ed Belfour with a shot from the right circle.
"I just went forward and Al joined the play," Turgeon said.
Mike Modano scored twice for the Stars. Dallas' other goal came from Mike Keane.
"Sometimes you get away with it when you make mistakes,"
Modano said. "Tonight, we didn't. The mistakes seemed to be
magnified and they resulted in goals against."
The Stars led 3-2 going into the third period, but Turgeon
scored 52 seconds into the period when he banged the rebound of
Young's shot past Belfour for his third goal.
Blues coach Joel Quenneville was happy to walk away with two
points.
"It's a good measuring stick," Quenneville said. "Obviously,
Dallas is a top team. You have to do a lot of things to be
successful."
Turgeon opened the scoring 8:21 in, converting a centering pass
from Craig Conroy.
With his team trailing 2-1, Modano scored twice in a 5:26 span of the second period to give the Stars the lead.
Modano scored the equalizer when he redirected Darryl Sydor's
shot by Blues goalie Roman Turek at 8:27. He then banged home the rebound of Brenden Morrow's shot at 13:53 to make it 3-2.
Game notes
Modano has a five-game scoring streak. ... Blues D Chris
Pronger sustained a cut near his eye with 2:14 remaining in the
first period that required three stitches. He returned in the
second period. ... Richard Matvichuk's assist on Keane's goal was
his 100th career NHL point. ... Turgeon has nine points in his last
four games. ... Belfour is winless in his last three starts
(0-2-0). ... Bryce Salvador picked up his first NHL point with an
assist on Turgeon's third-period goal.
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