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Selanne moves up on goals list as Ducks beat Dallas, 5-2

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Reporting from Dallas —

Bobby Ryan scored twice, Jonas Hiller made 35 saves, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Dallas Stars, 5-2, on Tuesday night.

Anaheim’s Teemu Selanne scored his 611th NHL goal on a third-period power play, breaking a tie with Bobby Hull to assume sole possession of 15th place on the career list. Selanne also had an assist to give him 801 points with the Ducks.

Corey Perry also scored, and enforcer George Parros notched a rare goal as Anaheim wrapped up a 2-2 road trip.

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Loui Eriksson and Brian Sutherby scored for the Stars, who managed only two goals in two games.

Dallas had one of the NHL’s most prolific offenses with 22 goals in its first six games — the team’s fastest start since the Stars scored 23 times in six games to open the 1996-97 season. Now the scoring has dried up.

Kari Lehtonen stopped 21 shots for the Stars, who have lost three of four, including the first two of a six-game homestand.

Eriksson’s redirect of Mike Ribeiro’s pass put Dallas in front at 16:06 of the first period, 15 seconds after Anaheim’s Paul Mara went to the penalty box for tripping.

The Stars had been two for 25 on the power play in their first seven games, ranking 27th in the league.

Ryan’s deflection 28 seconds into the second period tied it at 1, and his one-timer from the left circle gave the Ducks the lead at 10:30.

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Parros’ breakaway goal at 11:23 stretched Anaheim’s advantage to 3-1. It was his 14th career goal in 298 NHL games.

Sutherby’s rebound at 6:10 of the third period pulled Dallas within 3-2. but Selanne’s tap-in at 10:11 of the third and Perry’s goal at 15:30 gave the Ducks a three-goal pad.

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