Game Recap

DALLAS 4, LOS ANGELES 2 DALLAS (AP) - Mike Modano got a lot accomplished Wednesday night. The Dallas forward became the leading scorer in Stars franchise history, recorded his 500th career assist, and led his team to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Modano snapped a 2-2 tie with 55.9 seconds left and also had two assists to give him 869 career points, two better than previous leader Neal Broten, who played primarily when the franchise was in Minnesota. "I guess it's a trifecta," said Modano, who was a teammate of Broten as a teen-ager when Modano started his career in Minnesota in 1989. "It was a special night. I had a lot of emotions. Afterwards you think about everybody that's been a part of it for 12 years. It comes flashing back. "When you're 18 years old, all you want to do is make the team so you don't think about things like this." Bob Corkum's power-play goal with 13:50 left lifted the Kings into a 2-2 tie. But Modano scored his 20th goal of the season from the left circle off the arm of Kings goalie Steve Passmore. "It's a big load off Mike," Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said. "The countdown has been there and he's been feeling it. He was playing his third game in four nights, but he seemed to get stronger as the game went on." Jere Lehtinen, who scored into an empty net with 25.7 seconds remaining, gave the Stars a 2-1 lead with 18:59 left. Modano earned an assist to tie Broten. Modano passed to Lehtinen, who skated down the right side and sent the puck toward the net from a sharp angle. The shot went in off the stick of Passmore. Corkum beat Stars goalie Ed Belfour from low in the right circle for his fourth goal of the season. Modano also assisted on Lehtinen's empty-net goal to move two points past Broten. Darryl Sydor of the Stars and Mathieu Schneider of the Kings traded second-period goals. Kings' coach Andy Murray was more interested in talking about Modano, who was a player when Murray was an assistant coach for the Minnesota North Stars. "What a great player he is," Murray said. "You could see he was going to be great when he was a young player in Minnesota. What's impressive to me is his determination. He's matured." DALLAS STARS 4, Los Angeles Kings 2 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL --- --- --- ----- Los Angeles 0 1 1 2 Dallas 0 1 3 4 FIRST PERIOD - SCORING: None. PENALTIES: MacLean, Dal (goalie interference), 10:25. SECOND PERIOD - SCORING: 1, Dallas, Sydor 6 (Nieuwendyk, Zubov), 12:08 (pp). 2, Los Angeles, Schneider 14 (Reinprecht, Laperriere), 13:57. PENALTIES: Laperriere, LA (tripping), :11; Hogue, Dal (slashing), 9:04; Robitaille, LA (hooking), 10:12. THIRD PERIOD - SCORING: 3, Dallas, Lehtinen 15 (Modano, Matvichuk), 1:01. 4, Los Angeles, Corkum 4 (Blake, Murray), 6:10 (pp). 5, Dallas, Modano 20 (Keane, Lehtinen), 19:04. 6, Dallas, Lehtinen 16 (Van Allen, Modano), 19:34 (en). PENALTIES: Lehtinen, Dallas (ob.-holding), 4:43; Norstrom, LA (interference), 8:52. SHOTS ON GOAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- Los Angeles 9 4 9 22 Dallas 6 10 8 24 POWER PLAY: Los Angeles 1 of 3; Dallas 1 of 3. GOALIES: Los Angeles, Passmore 3-8-1 (23 shots-20 saves). Dallas, Belfour 23-15-5 (22-20). Referees: Kerry Fraser, Brad Watson. Linesmen: Wayne Bonney, Randy Mitton. A: 17,001 (17,001).