Sports - Montreal Canadiens vs. Dallas Stars - 11/3/97

MONTREAL 6, DALLAS 4
(Box Score)

MONTREAL -- Shayne Corson scored twice in a 2:12 span to break asecond-period tie and Valeri Bure also had two goals as theMontreal Canadiens held on for a 6-4 victory, snapping the DallasStars' five-game unbeaten streak. Andy Moog made 18 saves in hisfirst game against his former team, helping the Canadiens win forthe fourth time in five contests.

Corson, who also had an assist to extend his points streak to sixgames, took a chip pass from Mark Recchi before putting the puckpast Roman Turek with 4:09 to go in the second period. Corsonmade it 4-2 with 1:57 remaining, deflecting Patrice Brisebois'shot from the point for his fifth goal of the season.

"I'm happy to be the leading scorer on the team after my dismalseason last year," Corson said. "I've got my confidence back. Iknow I'm here for a reason. I must play well."

Bure put the Canadiens on the board midway through the firstperiod, then sealed the victory by scoring into an empty net with53 seconds remaining. Montreal improved to 3-0 against WesternConference teams this season.

Darryl Sydor and Joe Nieuwendyk each had a goal and an assist forDallas, which had been unbeaten in its previous four road games.

"It wasn't a wide-open game, despite the score," said Dallascoach Ken Hitchcock. "Both teams had breakdowns, but we had toomany of them. We had chances, but we looked tired. We just didn'thave that jump. We lost the first four or five faceoffs of thegame and that's uncharacteristic of our team."

Nieuwendyk staked Dallas to a 1-0 lead 9:44 into the game, butBure tied it 98 seconds later and Recchi put Montreal ahead with4:57 to go in the opening period. Sydor's power-play goal tied itat 12:14 of the second period before Corson took over to give theCanadiens a 4-2 cushion.

Greg Adams drew Dallas within a goal when he scored on the powerplay at 5:26 of the final stanza. Brian Savage restoredMontreal's two-goal advantage just under seven minutes later withhis first goal of the season.

Todd Harvey got the Stars within 5-4. But Moog, allowed to signas a free agent with Montreal after four seasons with Dallas,held on for his third straight win. The crowd of 19,603 was thesmallest in the brief history of the Molson Centre.

MONTREAL CANADIENS 6, Dallas Stars 4
(Recap)

                    1ST  2ND  3RD   FINAL                    ---  ---  ---   -----DALLAS               1    1    2      4MONTREAL             2    2    2      6
FIRST PERIOD -- SCORING: 1, Dallas, Nieuwendyk 7 (Sydor,Verbeek), 9:44. 2, Montreal, V Bure 3 (Malakhov, Damphousse),11:22. 3, Montreal, Recchi 8 (S Corson), 15:03. PENALTIES:Savage, Mon (hooking), 2:56; D Hatcher, Dal (cross checking),18:11.
SECOND PERIOD -- SCORING: 4, Dallas, Sydor 1 (power play)(Modano, Nieuwendyk), 12:14. 5, Montreal, S Corson 4 (Recchi,Brisebois), 15:51. 6, Montreal, S Corson 5 (Brisebois), 18:03.PENALTIES: Popovic, Mon (Obstr hooking), 3:43; Modano, Dal (Obstrtripping), 8:10; Savage, Mon (tripping), 10:20.
THIRD PERIOD -- SCORING: 7, Dallas, Adams 5 (power play)(Chambers, Langenbrunner), 5:26. 8, Montreal, Savage 1 (Manson),12:13. 9, Dallas, Harvey 3 (Carbonneau, D Hatcher), 17:39. 10,Montreal, V Bure 4 (empty net) (Malakhov), 19:07. PENALTIES:Verbeek, Dal (Obstr holding), 0:44; Recchi, Mon (interference),0:44; Rucinsky, Mon (hooking), 4:04; Verbeek, Dal (highsticking), 14:38.
SHOTS ON GOAL                    1ST  2ND  3RD   TOTAL                    ---  ---  ---   -----DALLAS               4    11   7     22MONTREAL             8    7    9     24
POWER PLAY: Dal - 2 of 4, Mon - 0 of 3. GOALIES: Dallas, Turek(23 shots, 18 saves; record: 3-3-0). Montreal, Moog (22, 18;record: 5-3-1).
Referee: Shick. Linesmen: Knox, Mitton.A:19,603.