In Dallas, the Stars’ Ben Bishop made 39 saves in a 3-2 win over the visiting Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday night.
Ben Bishop got the win for Dallas – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“We had a really good start,” Stars coach Rick Bowness said. “We dominated the first 10 minutes of the first period and then they dominated the second half. After that, I thought we played well the next 40 minutes and I thought we played a very controlled game.”
With the teams trading goals through 40 minutes of play, Jamie Oleksiak potted the winner in the third period and Bishop made it stand up for the final.
“I had some time with the puck there in the middle of the ice,” Oleksiak said. “I saw we had some traffic in front and I was kind of waiting for it to develop. I just figured get it to the net and hopefully get a bounce or a tip or something.
“It kind of had eyes of its own and went in there. It’s a good feeling.”
Taylor Hall and Christian Fischer were the Coyotes’ strikers.
“We just mismanaged the puck and two guys went to the same guy,” Coyotes head coach Rick Tocchet said. “If we just hold the middle, there’s no goal. I think we just got a little frantic there. We had the puck but made a couple of bad passes.”
Corey Perry and Radek Faksa also scored for Dallas, who scored twice on the power play..
“I think we’re feeding off each other,” Perry said. “We know where each other’s going to be. [Gurianov] has a great shot from that side, [Hintz] is controlling the puck on the other end, and you have Miro [Heiskanen] up top.”
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Adin Hill made 30 saves in the loss.
“We have to find a way to win,” Hill said. “We’re losing these games by one goal when we are losing. Down the stretch here, we have to win those to make it into the playoffs.”
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