Game Recap

CALGARY 3, DALLAS 2 CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - The Dallas Stars are getting sick of playing against Fred Brathwaite. Brathwaite made 21 saves to extend his undefeated streak against Dallas to seven games, and the Calgary Flames hung on for a 3-2 win Monday night. In seven career games against Dallas, Brathwaite is 3-0-4 with two shutouts and a 1.05 goals-against average. "We came out hard from the drop of the puck, we worked hard, and we deserved this win," Brathwaite said. Valeri Bure sparked the Calgary offense with a goal and an assist. Jarome Iginla added his team-leading 24th goal of the season and rookie Ronald Petrovicky scoring his first career goal. Brendan Morrow scored both goals for Dallas, his 16th and 17th goals of the season. Brathwaite's best save of the night came midway through the third period with Dallas pressing to narrow a 3-1 gap. On a 2-on-1 rush, Shaun Van Allen slipped a wide pass out to Richard Matvichuk but the Stars defenseman was robbed when Brathwaite acrobatically dove across the crease to knock away with his stick what appeared to be a sure goal. "It was pretty much a desperation save," Brathwaite said. "I just tried to get across as quick as I could. If he had put it anywhere else it would have been in the net." The crowd of 16,650 responded with an ovation for the popular goalie that went on for several seconds as the play carried on. "It was a heck of a save, you can't take anything away from him," Matvichuk said. "We played horrible for the first two periods and although we came to play in the third period and dominated them, in this league, you can't play 20 minutes of hockey and win." The win enabled Calgary to move back within 10 points of idle Edmonton for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference. Calgary also halted a four-game home winless streak with just their second home win in the nine (2-5-2). Dallas remained one point behind the Pacific Division-leading San Jose Sharks, who also lost at St. Louis. "I know I was looking up at the scoreboard and saw that St. Louis was beating San Jose giving us a chance at first place," Morrow said. "Maybe scoreboard-watching is something we've been doing too much of rather than concentrating on winning our games." CALGARY FLAMES 3, Dallas Stars 2 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL --- --- --- ----- Dallas 0 0 2 2 Calgary 1 1 1 3 FIRST PERIOD - SCORING: 1, Calgary, Bure 21 (Savard, Wilm), 8:31. PENALTIES: Morrow, Dal (interference), 4:11; Petrovicky, Cal (roughing), 17:47; Dallas bench, served by Morrow (too many men), 19:24. SECOND PERIOD - SCORING: 2, Calgary, Iginla 24 (Housley, Bure), :25 (pp). PENALTIES: Morrow, Dal, major (fighting), :31; Petrovicky, Cal, major (fighting), :31; Clark, Cal (roughing), 2:47; Clark, Cal (interference), 6:34, Helenius, Dal (holding), 11:29; Sydor, Dal, major (fighting), 18:29; Wiemer, Cal, major (fighting), 18:29; Marshall, Dal (interference), 19:13; Hatcher, Dal (elbowing), 19:26. THIRD PERIOD - SCORING: 3, Calgary, Petrovicky 1 (Lydman, Housley), 4:37. 4, Dallas, Morrow 16 (Modano, Hatcher), 5:28. 5, Dallas, Morrow 17 (Zubov, Hatcher), 17:41 (pp). PENALTIES: Petrovicky, Cal (interference), 7:44; Lowry, Cal (hooking), 15:55. SHOTS ON GOAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- Dallas 7 10 6 23 Calgary 10 10 7 27 POWER PLAY: Dallas 1 of 5; Calgary 1 of 5. GOALIES: Dallas, Turco 9-6-0 (27 shots-24 saves). Calgary, Brathwaite 10-9-6 (23-21). Referees: Kevin Pollock, Mick McGeough. Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Mark Wheler. A: 16,650 (17,104).