October 20th, 2005
The
Montreal Canadiens (5-1-2) are on the road to the American Airlines Center to play the
Dallas Stars (4-1-2)
The Dallas Stars open up the scoring on the PP when LW
Taneli Mattila swats in a rebound past G
Martin King for a 1-0 lead at 6:03. It was
Mattila's 3rd of the season. The Stars go up 2-0 at 11:25 again on the PP when RD
Liam LaBelle converts on a rebound for his 4th goal of the year. Montreal gets it back to within a goal as RW
Joey Mariani gets his 1st of the year from the right circle at 12:45. C
Dean Casey and LW
Emile Boudreau draw assists on the goal. Dallas extends the lead to 3-1 as RD
Liam LaBelle beats King from in tight at 17:06. Its
LaBelle's 5th goal of the season. The period ends with the score 3-1 and Dallas leading the shots on goal 13-8.
The Stars go up 4-1 as RW
Henry Richardson gets his 1st of the year on a deflection at 12:58 of the 2nd period. Montreal's LW
Robert Cull is trying to get he Canadiens the momentum, he gets into a scrap with Stars RW
Aaron Kakegabon at 13:33. The fight doesn't help as the Stars go up 5-1 at 15:23 of the period with C
Jonathan Jonsson's 2nd goal of the season on the PP. The 2nd period ends with the score 5-1 for Dallas and the shots are 26-17 for the Stars.
The Stars are now up 6-1 as C
Luke Barr deflects one past G
Martin King at 7:50 of the 3rd period with his 4th goal of the year. Thats how the game ends with the final shots 34-30 for the Stars. Dallas G
Hampus Nordstrom recorded his 100th win of his NHL career.
Dallas 6
Montreal 1
Dallas Stars RD
Liam LaBelle had 2 goals and 2 assists in the 6-1 win over the Canadiens. The 28 year old now has 5 goals and 9 points with 19 PIMs and a +7 rating in 8 games. For his career, LaBelle has 50 goals and 194 points in 311 NHL games.