January 10, 2008 in Sports

Stars score late, defeat Blackhawks

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Stu Barnes scored a go-ahead, short-handed goal with 6:04 left in the third period, and the Dallas Stars defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Wednesday night in Chicago.

Barnes’ shot from just inside the right point deflected in off Nikolai Khabibulin’s outstretched right pad. Dallas won its second straight after ending a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 home win over Minnesota on Monday.

Dallas’ Loui Eriksson scored a power-play goal in the first period, and Brenden Morrow added an empty-net goal with 17.5 seconds left.

Robert Lang had the lone goal on a power play for injury-depleted Chicago, which is 0-5-2 in its last seven games.

Capitals 2, Avalanche 1: At Washington, Brooks Laich and David Steckel each scored in the third period, and Olaf Kolzig made 18 saves to lead the Capitals to a win over Colorado.

The game was scoreless until Laich scored 2:51 into the third period.

Ducks 5, Maple Leafs 0: At Anaheim, Calif., Doug Weight had a goal and an assist, Todd Bertuzzi added three assists and Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped all 24 shots on goal to lead Anaheim to a victory over Toronto.

Numminen recovers

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen’s season is likely over after finding out he’ll need an additional two months to recover after having open-heart surgery to repair a faulty valve.

Stressing that his heart is fine, Numminen told the AP that doctors said he’ll require more time off to allow his sternum to heal. Numminen learned the news after Sabres doctors consulted with the Cleveland Clinic, where he had the operation in September.

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