Central Division

Game # 19

 0 :dstars 1 OT

Dickinson scores in OT to lift Stars over Bruins 1-0


Stars C Mattias Janmark's shot on goal bounces out to C Jason Dickinson, who flips it in the net to give the Stars the overtime win vs. the Bruins.

DALLAS -- Ben Bishop was as much a cheerleader as a goalie for Dallas in a scoreless overtime game.

"It's like, `C'mon, let's score, guys," he said.

Jason Dickinson obliged, burying a rebound 1:34 into overtime to preserve Bishop's 23-save shutout and lift the Stars over the Boston Bruins 1-0 on Friday night.

Dickinson and Mattias Janmark led a 2-on-1 against goalie Tuukka Rask. Janmark shot from the left side, and the rebound slid to Dickinson right in front. He lifted the puck in for his fourth of the season.

"I recognized that it was a 2-on-1 and I went to open up for (Janmark)," Dickinson said. "I noticed that he was shooting, and I figured I'd go to the side that he was shooting on because there might be a rebound.

"To be able to cap that off with an overtime winner from me, it feels really good."

Rask made 36 saves in his return from a week-long leave of absence for a personal matter. The Bruins have not elaborated on the reason for Rask's leave.

Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy wasn't blaming Rask.

"Overtime hasn't been our friend," Cassidy said. "We don't manage the puck. We give up odd-man rushes. We don't deserve to win. Listen, you've got to defend when you don't have the puck."

Dallas won 1-0 in overtime or a shootout for the first time in franchise history. The Stars hadn't been in a scoreless overtime game since a 1-0 shootout loss to Los Angeles on March 26, 2009.

The Bruins had not ended regulation in a scoreless tie since April 12, 2012 -- a 1-0 win to open a first-round playoff series against Washington.

Bishop got his 26th career shutout. His biggest save came midway through the second, when he stopped Joakim Nordstrom's deflection.

Coach Jim Montgomery has been impressed with Dallas goalies Bishop and Anton Khudobin.

"It's a luxury," he said. "It's been the most consistent and the best part of our game. What a gritty effort"

Both sides were dealing with injuries to defenseman, so Boston had two players make their NHL debut in Jakub Zboril and Connor Clifton, and the Stars had one in Gavin Bayreuther.

"Obviously missing some bodies in the defense," Rask said. "Everybody battled. We played a solid game and resulted in one point.

Dallas almost scored 49 seconds into the game. A tip-in by Tyler Pitlick went under and behind Rask, but defenseman Torey Krug moved the puck off the goal line with his stick.

Boston's Brad Marchand had 16 of his 18 penalty minutes in the second period. He received a double minor for roughing in a fight with Radek Faksa at 7:45 and left the ice at 12:46 after drawing a slashing penalty and a misconduct.

"There were some fights out there, and guys sticking up for each other," Bishop said. "They're not all Picassos. This one was a little different."

Faksa's line held the Bruins' top line of Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak to six shots on goal.

Dallas pressured Rask with 13 shots in the third period and six more in overtime.

A first and a second for those guys. White played 19 games with the Wild and never played again. IMO it was GMCF's worst deal.

SATURDAY, NOV 17, 2018   AWAY HOME TIME     Tampa Bay 6 Philadelphia  4        1:00 pm     Detroit 3 New Jersey 4 1:00 pm     Buffalo 3 Minnesota 4 6:00 pm     Florida 4 N.Y. Rangers 3 7:00 pm     Pittsburgh  4 Ottawa 3 7:00 pm     Montreal 4 Vancouver 3 7:00 pm     Columbus 2 Carolina 4 7:00 pm     LosAngeles 2 Nashville 3 8:00 pm     Boston  5 Arizona 3 8:00 pm     Edmonton 3 Calgary 4 10:00 pm     St. Louis 3 San Jose 5 10:30 pm     

It seems cbssports.com has changed how they format the schedule... Son of a $*#@%!! Off and on I've been looking for an alternative source for a couple weeks (in case something like this happens) and so far no luck. If anyone finds a suitable alternative please pm me.   Thank you!

SATURDAY, NOV 17, 2018 AWAY HOME TIME     Tampa Bay 1 Philadelphia 3 1:00 pm     Detroit 0 New Jersey 4 1:00 pm     Buffalo 0 Minnesota 2 6:00 pm     Florida 1 N.Y. Rangers 3 7:00 pm     Pittsburgh 4 Ottawa 3 7:00 pm     Montreal 4 Vancouver 2 7:00 pm     Columbus 3 Carolina 4 7:00 pm     Los Angeles 3 Nashville 5 8:00 pm     Boston 1 Arizona 4 8:00 pm     Edmonton 0 Calgary 3 10:00 pm     St. Louis 4 San Jose 3 10:30 pm    

Bringing in hanzal and white was a collasal mistake. It changed the rotation of lines completely and changed the third line from a fast quick line into a slow plodding line that couldn't defend up the middle.

It's actually good advice (and a very good post).  I'm actually oddly both at this point, if that's possible.  I vary between bored to tears and highly irritated.  I don't know if it's the abject stupidity of the staff and front office or their attempt to sell the stupid people snake oil.   Aside from the stuff I've already whined about, you watch the home broadcasts and look at the lower bowl while the game is going on.  I don't know whether I'm watching people watch a sporting event or watching people watch the 700 Club in Portuguese.  I know the fans aren't going to have much emotion while the team is  doing Lamaze, but maybe one of the reasons they play better on the road is because other fans have some energy and the Flyers feed off it.  Nah, it's that even a blind squirrel...   But that's where this organization is at.  There is more energy at an Amway convention, and those people are ridiculous (sorry to anyone here, but I stand behind that).     So definitely apathetic...and that's on a good day.