Guerin’s Goal Gives Stars 1-0 Win

Bill Guerin and Marty Turco made sure the Dallas Stars’ losing streak wouldn’t last any longer.

Guerin scored with 5:41 to play Friday night at Dallas and Turco made 16 saves for his 14th career shutout to help the Stars end their losing streak at five with a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Guerin skated hard to the net and redirected Mike Modano’s pass from the right corner for his 16th goal. It was the difference in what had been a goaltenders’ duel between Turco and Steve Passmore.

Dallas’ losing streak was its longest in eight years.

“Both teams were desperate,” said Guerin, who has 13 goals at home.

“It was one of those games where you need nothing but a win. We have to continue to play with that mentality the rest of the year.”

The Blackhawks pulled Passmore for an extra attacker with 1:02 left, then had a six-on-four advantage after being given a power play with 38 seconds left. But Chicago, which beat Detroit on Thursday night to end a winless streak at 15, was unable to put pressure on Turco.

The Stars returned home after going 0-4 during a West Coast trip. During the losing streak, they scored only three goals. Dallas is 9-4-2 at home, 3-11-1 on the road.

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Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 3 -- Sami Kapanen scored a goal and set up two others to rally the Flyers to the tie at East Rutherford, N.J.

Keith Primeau got the game-tying goal with less than seven minutes left for the Flyers, who took 40 shots at Martin Brodeur in making their record to 13-1-5 over the last 19 games. The Flyers’ only loss in that span was to New Jersey.

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Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 3-- At Atlanta, Slava Kozlov scored for the fifth consecutive game, tying a franchise record, and helping the Thrashers win their fourth in a row. They increased their lead in the Southeast Division to five points over Tampa Bay.

Thrasher goaltender Byron Dafoe, a former King, started for the second consecutive game -- the first time that’s happened this season -- and won his third in a row.

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New York Rangers 3, Buffalo 1 -- Anson Carter had a goal and an assist, and Jussi Markkanen made 19 saves to lift the Rangers past the Sabres at Buffalo.

Mika Noronen made 31 saves for Buffalo after sitting out Wednesday’s game against Detroit because of a cut on his neck sustained during practice. The wound required 17 stitches to close.

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St. Louis 3, Columbus 2 -- Doug Weight scored with 8.7 seconds left in overtime to give the Blues the victory at Columbus, Ohio.

Weight rammed in a pass from Pavol Demitra seconds after Keith Tkachuk leveled Columbus defenseman Darryl Sydor in open ice. When officials did not signal an obstruction call on Tkachuk, a crowd of 17,892 booed and threw cups on the ice.

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Florida 4, Montreal 2 -- Viktor Kozlov, Matt Cullen and Juraj Kolnik scored third-period goals at Sunrise, Fla., to help the Panthers end their six-game winless streak. They were 0-2-3-1 during their skid. The Canadiens lost for only the second time in eight games.

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Edmonton 3, Phoenix 3 -- Radek Dvorak scored a power-play goal with 7:46 left in regulation to give the Oilers the tie at Phoenix.

Daymond Langkow, Ladislav Nagy and Fredrik Sjostrom scored for the Coyotes. Ryan Smyth and Fernando Pisani also scored for Edmonton.

Edmonton is 2-6-3 in its last 11 games. The Coyotes are 3-1-2 in their last six.