2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series – Anaheim Ducks 5-2 against the Dallas Stars
The 121st game of the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series saw the Dallas Stars play host to the Anaheim Ducks. The game took place at the American Airlines Centre this Tuesday. There were around 13,000 fans that came to fitness the match. The Anaheim
Ducks played the 10th game of their season and the Dallas Stars played the 8th game of their campaign. Though the first period didn’t go well for the Anaheim Ducks but they bagged 3 goals in the 2nd period and won the match
5-2.
1st Period
The 1st period saw the Anaheim Ducks come up with early attacks. Not only did the Ducks maintain a good and tight defence but they came up with a very deadly frontline. They got scoring opportunities but they couldn’t convert the chances into
goals.
As the period progressed, the home team gained confidence and they started to make attacks regularly. The Dallas Stars tried hard to pass the defence in which they successful but they couldn’t find the final touch. However, they scored in the 15th
minute to take the lead. The goal was scored by Loui Eriksson who scored from a tip in from 22 feet.
This was the only goal of the period as the Dallas scored once out of the 14 goal attempts and the Anaheim Ducks made 7 goal attempts without any goals.
2nd Period
The 2nd period started off in spectacular fashion for the Anaheim Duck. The very first attack of the period saw the Anaheim Ducks score and level the game. The goal was scored in the 1st minute of the period by Bobby Ryan from a tip
from 47 feet.
After the scores were level, the Ducks adopted a defensive strategy for a little while after which they started to attack once again. They were successful as they instantaneously switched gears to take the lead. The goal was scored by Bobby Ryan once again
who scored in the 11th minute this time from a powerful shot from 31 feet.
Pushing while sitting in a comfortable position with the score 2-0 in their favour, the Anaheim Ducks scored their 3rd goal to take the score to 3-1. The goal was scored by George Parros from a simple shot hit from 17 feet that found the back
of the net.
The period didn’t see much happening during the rest of the period. Both teams got more scoring chances but none found the back of the net and the teams went into the break with Anaheim Ducks leading 3-1.
During the course of the period, the Anaheim Ducks scored 3 goals out of the 9 goal attempts they made but the Dallas Stars couldn’t score any goal out of the 16 goal attempts.
3rd Period
The Dallas Stars knew that if they wanted any chance of coming back they had to score early on. This why they attacked the opposing team from the start of the period keeping in mind the risk of leaving open spaces behind.
However, this paid off as they scored in the 7th minute to cut the lead to one goal with the score on 3-2. The goal was scored by Brain Sutherby through some good wrist work 5 feet away from goal.
The Anaheim Ducks realizing the fact that their lead was under threat stepped up their game too. They manage to regain the 2 goals lead as they scored in the 11th minute through Selanne and then once again in the 16th minute to wrap
up the match. The goal was scored by Corey Perry through a spectacular tip in from 7 feet.
"I think we made a lot of mistakes, but nothing from a lack of effort," Dallas captain Brenden Morrow said.
"But once again it was special teams that kind of let us down. The power play could have been huge for us early. I think we had the first three or four opportunities, and against a team like this who is aggressive, you have to put them away. We could have
done that early."
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