Game Recap

DALLAS 3, EDMONTON 2 (OT) EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - This is what playoff hockey is all about. Benoit Hogue scored with 12 seconds remaining in the first overtime as the Dallas Stars beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Sunday night in Game 3 of the first-round series. Hogue scored the winner by knocking the rebound of a shot by Brett Hull past Edmonton goalie Tommy Salo. "I went wide and then cut right to the middle and just put it in," said Hogue, who also scored an OT winner to give the Stars a 2-1 series lead when the teams met in the 1998 playoffs. Dallas, a 2-1 OT winner in the first game, leads the Western Conference quarterfinal series 2-1. Game 4 of the best-of-seven series is Tuesday in Edmonton. In a flurry reminiscent of the 1997 playoffs when Edmonton upset Dallas, the Oilers scored two goals in the final 63 seconds of regulation. Stars goalie Eddie Belfour left the crease to play the puck in a corner but was checked by Georges Laraque, who got the puck out to Ryan Smyth for an easy shot into an open net at 18:57 that cut the Dallas lead to 2-1. Rem Murray's goal with seven seconds left in regulation tied the game at 2 and forced overtime. With Salo pulled in favor of an extra skater, Murray deflected in shot from the point by Eric Brewer with seven seconds left. "Happiness and heartache -- that pretty much spells NHL hockey," said Oilers coach Craig MacTavish. "And we pretty well got the latter tonight." Mike Modano led the Stars, scoring a power-play goal in the third period and setting up Sergei Zubov's goal in the first period. Zubov scored after an Edmonton turnover three minutes into the game. Kirk Muller picked off an errant pass by Sergei Zholtok and ripped a shot that Salo steered to the corner. Modano pounced on the puck and fed Zubov for a one-timer as the defenseman was breaking across the blue-line. In the third period, with Oilers rookie Domenic Pittis serving a tripping penalty, Jamie Langenbrunner picked up the puck along the left boards and slid a pass in front of the net to Modano, who beat Salo at 5:51. Oilers captain Doug Weight tried to breathe some life back into his team a few minutes later, but an apparent goal was waved off because the whistle had already blown. The Stars carried the play to the Oilers through the first two periods, outshooting them 22-10, despite taking four of six penalties. Salo kept the Oilers in the game with big saves early in the second with the Oilers short-handed. With Murray serving a tripping penalty, Salo stopped Hull from the side of the net. Belfour stellar on several Edmonton chances midway through the second, stopping both Murray and Weight on good chances from close in. The Oilers weren't as sharp initially as in Game 2 in Dallas, a 4-3 Edmonton win, creating more giveaways than scoring chances. But the Stars also were feeling the effects of a quick turnaround from Saturday's game, losing the puck nine times. Dallas Stars 3, EDMONTON OILERS 2 (OT) 1ST 2ND 3RD OT FINAL --- --- --- --- ----- Dallas 1 0 1 1 3 Edmonton 0 0 2 0 2 FIRST PERIOD - SCORING: 1, Dallas, Zubov 1 (Modano, Muller), 3:06. PENALTIES: Muller, Dal (high-sticking), :54; Hatcher, Dal (closing hand on puck), 14:30; Murray, Edm (tripping), 19:22. SECOND PERIOD - SCORING: None. PENALTIES: Lukowich, Dal (interference), 6:34; Grier, Edm (high-sticking), 13:15; Muller, Dal (holding stick), 19:48. THIRD PERIOD - SCORING: 2, Dallas, Modano 2 (Langenbrunner), 5:51 (pp). 3, Edmonton, Smyth 2 (Laraque, Brewer), 18:57. 4, Edmonton, Murray 2 (Brewer, Smyth), 19:53. PENALTIES: Pittis, Edm (hooking), 4:17. OVERTIME - SCORING: 5, Hogue 1 (Hull), 19:48. PENALTIES: MacLean, Dal (slashing), 15:47; Poti, Edm (slashing), 15:47. SHOTS ON GOAL 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- Dallas 10 12 8 9 39 Edmonton 4 6 8 10 28 POWER PLAY: Dallas 1 of 3; Edmonton 0 of 4. GOALIES: Dallas, Belfour 2-1 (28 shots-26 saves). Edmonton, Salo 1-2 (39-36). Referees: Mark Faucette, Mick McGeough. Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Mark Wheler. A: 17,100 (17,100).