James Neal Scores Shootout Win Against Vancouver

Coming off a bruising road trip loss in Edmonton, The Dallas Stars rely on a combination of veterans and youth to steal a shootout win in Vancouver.

After being down by two goals in the first period, The Dallas Stars came back to tie up the game in the second period with a clock racing power play pass by Jere Lehtinen to Stars forward Mike Ribiero who buried it for the goal. From there, the game remained at 2 a side throughout regulation play and overtime. Though over a period of tied hockey seems boring, the game featured incredible goal tending performances by both Marty Turco and Jason Labarbera. On one third period play, Labarbera literally robbed Mike Ribiero of a goal line opportunity.

After making it through the first three shooters in the shootout, Mike Modano found himself in a “must score” situation. And that he did which opened the shootout to a sudden death situation. After Vancouver’s Alex Burrows was stopped by Turco, James Neal pulled through under pressure to provide the game winning goals.

With two goals by Mike Modano, one by Ribiero, and a game winner by James Neal, the Dallas Stars showed how they can combine both veteran and rookie talent to bring home a win on the road.