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Dallas Stars’ left wing Jamie Benn (left) and Anaheim Ducks’ defenceman Ben Lovejoy (6) fight for the puck during the
second period of their NHL match at American Airlines Center, yesterday.
DALLAS: Cody Eakin, Stephane Robidas and Ryan Garbutt produced a three-goal flurry in a 53-second span of the third period as the Dallas Stars beat the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks 6-3 yesterday for their first home win in more than a month.
‘’We were just still talking on the bench about, `OK, it’s a tie game. Let’s get this thing (under control), stay the course, do that,’ and next it’s 3-2,’’ Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said.
‘’It just went boom, boom. They got the goal, and the crowd got into it, and then the rest is history.’’
After giving up a goal to Nick Bonino in the final seconds of the second period that put the Ducks ahead 2-1, Dallas wiped out that deficit with the fastest three-goal stretch in the NHL since January 2012.
‘’You’re thinking that we fought hard to tie it up and want to go into the third period and try to play a 20-minute period of the win, and now we’re going to chase the game again as soon as we come out,’’ Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. ‘’But we were able to turn it, I can tell you a nice story now. Otherwise, we might have blamed the game on that late goal.’’
Eakin’s sixth goal of the season tied it 2-2 with 14:35 left. Only 25 seconds later, Robidas was between the circles when he scored his fourth of the season.
Garbutt then gathered a loose puck and scored with a backhanded swipe with 13:42 left to make it 4-2. AGENCIES
