GameDay Thread: Stars vs Blue Jackets

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Dallas Stars 4 - 5 Columbus Blue Jackets - FINAL

Records:
Dallas: 0 - 0 - 0; 0Pts
Columbus: 0 - 0 - 0; 0Pts

Scoring - Period:

Dallas: 0 - 2 - 2 - 0 TOT: 4
Columbus: 1 - 0 - 3 - 1 TOT: 5

Scoring Summary:

Dallas:

1. Brendan Morrow (1) -- Mike Ribeiro (1), Stephane Robidas (1)
2. James Neal (1) -- Stephane Robidas (2)
3. Brad Richards (1) -- Stephane Robidas (3), Joel Lundqvist (1)
4. Trevor Daley (1) -- Mike Ribeiro (2), Mike Modano (1)

Columbus:

1. Jakub Voracek (1) -- Jason Chimera (1)
2. Kristian Huselius (1) -- R.J. Umberger (1)
3. Andy Murray (1) -- Jiri Novotny (1), Frederick Modin (1)
4. Derick Brassard (1) -- Jakub Voracek (1)
5. Rick Nash (1) -- Jason Chimera (2), Christian Backman (1)

Preview:

Originally Posted by NHL.com

The Dallas Stars came within two victories of challenging for the Stanley Cup last season, but they weren't quite satisfied with that finish.

Looking to build off of a deep postseason run, the Stars open 2008-09 on Friday night with a home matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who hope reach the playoffs for the first time in team history.

Dallas (45-30-7), which has won six straight home openers, opened 7-7-3 last season, a mark that led to the firing of general manager Doug Armstrong. Under co-GMs Brett Hull and Les Jackson, the team bounced back and clinched a fifth consecutive postseason berth with a fifth-place finish in the Western Conference.

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Comments:

• Big night for Dallas tonight! James Neal and Fabian Brunnstrom make their NHL Debuts, and the start of the season at last!
• Love Turkey's new pads, black with gold trim, very nice!
• Avery's been very unimpressive through 20 minutes. Not ineffective, but somewhat out of it.
• James Neal, by comparison, has played an excellent first 20 minutes, and thrown some decent hits out there!
• ...Morrow missed an empty net...
• MUCH Improved 2nd period showing
• Morrow managed to slide the puck over the line to tie the game at one.
• James Neal records his first NHL goal on a great tap-in off a pass from Stephane Robidas. Congrats James!
• The Physical play has turned up a notch, certainly.
• What was Novotny thinking trapping Mike on the ice like he did, and how was that not obstruction/interference?
• Ah well, 2-1 up heading into the third.
• ...uh...what just happened? That's about the best way to describe this third period.
• Columbus come out with two rubbish goals to reclaim the lead, then a third to make it 4-2.
• Brad Richards gets his first of the year off of his knee to bring it back to 4-3 (side note: Richards got the "A" for this one!)
• Trevor Daley ties it at 4 with about 2:45 to play.
• OT is VERY back and forth, lots of almost chances on both sides.
• Rick Nash finishes the game.

Go Stars!