Game Recap

SAN JOSE 2, DALLAS 2 (OT) SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Jere Lehtinen had a goal and an assist as the Dallas Stars tied the division rival San Jose Sharks 2-2 Wednesday night. The Sharks, undefeated in five games (3-0-2), managed just eight shots on Dallas goalie Ed Belfour through the first two periods _ but two of them went into the net. The Sharks cracked the Stars' defense with 12 shots in the third and six more in overtime, but they were unable to get around Belfour. San Jose struck early with top scorer Patrick Marleau's goal from out in front of the crease just 2:37 into the first period. Marleau has five goals and an assist in the past five games. Darryl Sydor tied it for Dallas on a power play with 11:35 gone in the period, taking his stick to a flying puck and swatting it past San Jose rookie goalie Evgeni Nabokov. Mike Modano got the assist, giving him three goals and five assists in the past six games to tie his team-high six-game point streak from Oct. 20 to Nov. 4. A little more than a minute after Sydor's goal, Gary Suter's shot up the middle from a couple of feet inside the blue line sailed past Belfour, who was tangled with Sharks winger Tony Granato. The Stars tied it at 2 with less than two minutes left in the first on Lehtinen's power-play goal with Jeff Friesen serving a penalty for cross-checking. Lehtinen also had an assist on Sydor's goal. Nabokov, the NHL's rookie of the month for November after going 8-2-1, was ranked second in the league with a 1.78 goals-against average entering the game. He faced 33 Dallas shots. Belfour, ranked third with a 1.82 goals-against average, was booed and taunted mercilessly by the San Jose crowd. The Stars defeated the Sharks 4-1 last season in the Western Conference semifinals. SAN JOSE SHARKS 2, Dallas Stars 2 (OT) 1ST 2ND 3RD OT FINAL --- --- --- --- ----- Dallas 2 0 0 0 2 San Jose 2 0 0 0 2 FIRST PERIOD - SCORING: 1, San Jose, Marleau 13 (Korolyuk, Sundstrom), 2:37. 2, Dallas, Sydor 2 (Modano, Lehtinen), 11:35 (pp). 3, San Jose, Suter 3 (Marchment, Damphousse), 12:27. 4, Dallas, Lehtinen 6 (Hull, Sydor), 18:35 (pp). PENALTIES: Helenius, Dal (cross-checking), 5:52; Sturm, SJ (cross-checking), 8:12; Marchment, SJ (tripping), 10:30; Bouck, Dal (slashing), 14:12; Friesen, SJ (cross-checking), 18:13. SECOND PERIOD - SCORING: None. PENALTIES: Dollas, SJ (holding), 2:23; Keane, Dal (roughing), 5:17; Suter, SJ (slashing), 8:12; Morrow, Dal (roughing), 10:02; Matvichuk, Dal (roughing), 11:43; Lukowich, Dal (hooking), 15:15. THIRD PERIOD - SCORING: None. PENALTIES: Friesen, SJ (cross-checking), 9:04. OVERTIME - SCORING: None. PENALTIES: None. SHOTS ON GOAL 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- Dallas 10 10 12 1 33 San Jose 4 4 12 6 26 POWER PLAY: Dallas 2 of 6; San Jose 0 of 6. GOALIES: Dallas, Belfour 11-7-4 (26 shots-24 saves). San Jose, Nabokov 14-3-3 (33-31). Referees: Bill McCreary, Brad Watson. Linesmen: Wayne Bonney, Darren Gibbs. A: 17,496 (17,496).