Game Recap

DALLAS 5, CHICAGO 1 CHICAGO (AP) - Ed Belfour got the night off and rookie Marty Turco got his first career NHL victory. Turco's job was made easier when the Dallas Stars scored three times in a three-minute span of the second period to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 Friday night. "It made me feel real good sitting in the other end watching that spurt. We always expect tight games," Turco said after the Stars' fourth straight win. "The good advice I got from Eddie was never play the clock," said Turco, a star at the University of Michigan whose first NHL win Friday night came in front of family and friends. "That came true tonight with them getting an early goal. My confidence wasn't shaken by that." Turco, who gave up five goals in a 5-2 loss to Carolina in his only other start, stopped 17 shots Friday night. Joe Nieuwendyk had two goals for the Stars, who overwhelmed Chicago goalie Jocelyn Thibault with a quick scoring outburst near the end of the second period. Sergei Zubov moved the puck behind the net to Jamie Langenbrunner, who fed Nieuwendyk in front for the go-ahead goal at 16:09. Just 71 seconds later the Stars made it 3-1 when Darryl Sydor's slap shot from just inside the blue line went right through the Blackhawks defense, bounced off Thibault's pad and trickled in. Brenden Morrow then took a crossing pass from Mike Keane and beat Thibault to make it 4-1 with just over a minute remaining in the period. "This is the not the way you want to play if you want to win," Thibault said. "I'm not going to get down at all. If I said I played a solid game tonight, I'd be selfish." Nieuwendyk added his second goal, his fourth of the season, with just over six minutes left in the game. "The offense will take care of itself if we clean up some other areas of our game. We're playing better in our own end and we're making better decisions," Nieuwendyk said. The same cannot be said of the Blackhawks. "They scored two goals right in front of the net on exactly the same play. The puck was behind the net and they just flipped it in front because we were late," Chicago coach Alpo Suhonen said. The Blackhawks, outscored 10-2 in the opening period of their first six games, took a 1-0 lead at 3:41 when Tony Amonte centered a pass in front to Alex Zhamnov, who beat Turco (1-1). The Stars got even on Jere Lehtinen's goal. Dallas Stars 5, CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 1 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL --- --- --- ----- Dallas 1 3 1 5 Chicago 1 0 0 1 FIRST PERIOD - SCORING: 1, Chicago, Zhamnov 3 (Amonte, Quintal), 3:41. 2, Dallas, Lehtinen 2 (Modano, Zubov), 8:39. PENALTIES: McAmmond, Chi (ob.-holding), 12:19. SECOND PERIOD - SCORING: 3, Dallas, Nieuwendyk 3 (Langenbrunner, Zubov), 16:09. 4, Dallas, Sydor 1, 17:20. 5, Dallas, Morrow 4 (Keane, Nieuwendyk), 18:51. PENALTIES: Bouck, Dal (interference), 5:35; Dean, Chi (boarding), 8:13; Zhamnov, Chi (tripping), 12:24. THIRD PERIOD - SCORING: 6, Dallas, Nieuwendyk 4 (Marshall, Lukowich), 13:46. PENALTIES: Dean, Chi (ob.-holding), 7:24; Sydor, Dal (cross-checking), 11:25; Morrow, Dal, major (fighting), 11:25; Sullivan, Chi (roughing), 11:25; McAmmond, Chi, major (fighting), 11:25; Sim, Dal (hooking), 16:42. SHOTS ON GOAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- Dallas 9 13 13 35 Chicago 6 3 9 18 POWER PLAY: Dallas 0 of 4; Chicago 0 of 2. GOALIES: Dallas, Turco 1-1-0 (18 shots-17 saves). Chicago, Thibault 1-4-0 (35-30). Referees: Paul Devorski, Dan Marouelli. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Troy Sartison. A: 14,610 (20,500).