Stars Win Shootout Over Coyotes

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The Dallas Stars won their 40th game of the season (40-28-5) with a shootout victory over the Phoenix Coyotes Tuesday night at the American Airlines Center.

Dallas held a 3-1 lead going into the 3rd period, but Phoenix rallied for 2 goals to send the game into overtime.  Dallas goaltender Kari Lehtonen stopped 5 Phoenix shots in overtime to send the game into a shootout.

Mike Ribeiro scored the only goal in the shootout.

Loui Eriksson opened the scoring with a goal just 2 minutes into the game to give Dallas the early lead.  The Stars would get 2 more goals in the 2nd period, both by Michael Ryder, and both assisted by Eriksson and Ribeiro.  Ryder’s 32 goals this season are a career-high.

Lehtonen stopped 27 of 30 shots in the game.

The Stars are in first place in the Pacific Division and will host Vancouver on Thursday night.

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