Melkoista pöllytystä
Ensimmäinen harjoituspeli pelattu. Dallas (ilman Modanoa ja Guerenia) antoi Avseille melkoista kyytiä.
Box Score
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Dallas 0 3 4 --7
Colorado 1 0 0 --1
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Colorado, Joe Sakic 1 (Rob Blake), 2:59.
Penalties: R Matvichuk, Dal (cross checking), 2:40; D Smith, Col (interference), 8:07; P Forsberg, Col (holding), 10:24; R Blake, Col (holding stick), 12:00; C Mccormick, Col (tripping), 16:27.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Dallas, Jon Sim 1 (Niko Kapanen), 4:29. 3, Dallas, Jon Sim 2 (Steve Ott), 14:31. 4, Dallas, Richard Matvichuk 1 (Jim Montgomery), 17:51. Penalties: R Vrbata, Col (interference), 5:23; S Pellerin, Dal (interference), 7:28; J Erskine, Dal (roughing), 10:19; Bench, Dal (delay of game served by K Muller), 18:20.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Dallas, Jon Sim 3 (Niko Kapanen, Steve Ott), 3:57. 6, Dallas, Jon Sim 4 (power play) (Sergei Zubov, Steve Ott), 10:00. 7, Dallas, Scott Young 1 (power play) (Sergei Zubov, Jim Montgomery), 10:20. 8, Dallas, David Gosselin 1 (power play) (Niko Kapanen, Jim Montgomery), 10:57. Penalties: D Gosselin, Dal (major fighting), 1:19; D Smith, Col (major fighting), 1:19; S Ott, Dal (charging), 6:47; A Saviels, Col (holding), 9:37; A Foote, Col (roughing), 10:00; R Blake, Col (cross checking), 10:00; S Helenius, Dal (high sticking), 14:52; S Ott, Dal (major fighting), 16:57; C Mccormick, Col (major fighting), 16:57.
Shots on goal:
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Dallas 4 8 13 --25
Colorado 10 8 8 --26
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Power-play Conversions: Dallas - 3 of 8, Colorado - 1 of 6. Goalies :
Dallas, Corey Hirsch (14 shots, 13 saves; record: 1-0-0), Jason
Bacashihua (13:08 of 2nd period, 12, 12). Colorado, Patrick Roy (6 shots, 5 saves), Peter Budaj (10:19 of 2nd period, 19, 13; record: 0-1-0). A: 0. Referees: Brad Watson, Jay Sharrers. Linesmen: Andy Mcelman, Ray Scapinello.
Justuksen mukaan Coloradon puolelta peliin pukivat:
G
30 Peter Budaj G
33 Patrick Roy G
D
4 Rob Blake D (0+1)
5 Brett Clark D
6 D.J. Smith D
47 Argis Saviels D
51 Johnny Boychuk D
52 Adam Foote D
F
9 Brad Larsen LW
10 Serge Aubin LW
17 Radim Vrbata RW
19 Joe Sakic C (1+0)
20 Jonas Johansson RW
21 Peter Forsberg LW
23 Milan Hejduk RW
28 Steve Reinprecht C
37 Jordan Krestanovich LW
44 Cody McCormick C
50 Brian Willsie RW
64 Pierre-Luc Emond C
Peli pysyi 1-1 numeroissa niin kauan kun Patrick Roy oli maalissa, mutta kun vuoroon tuli ottelun puolessavälissä Peter Budaj niin verkko alkoi pöllytä. Budajin torjuntalukemat olivat surulliset, kaksi maalia heti kättelyssä ja kaikkiaan 19 vetoa kohti, 13 torjuntaa ja 6 sisään.
Paikallislehdistä Newsin jutussa päävalmentaja Hartley antaa synninpäästöä Budajille: "Listen, he was basically left alone," Hartley said of Budaj, who turned 20 on Wednesday but might have aged considerably more by the time Thursday's game ended. "He came in and it was a great game. It was up and down, and we were moving the puck well, then there were a couple of big mistakes by some of our young players that resulted in outnumbered situations. Then the game got out of hand.
Budaj was the victim of many mistakes. He didn't look bad, I can tell you this. The goals that were scored on him were one-timers from 10-15 feet. Once they scored their third or fourth goal, we became very awful defensively."
Tappeluissa D.J. Smith voitti omansa selvästi ja Cody McCormickille tasuri painiottelussa. Hyökkääjistä Johansson ja pakeista Smith ja Clark saivat kehuja.
Avseilla oli tulessa kentällisen verran pelaajia ilman NHL-kokemusta (pakit Boychuk, Saviels ja hyökkääjät Johansson, Emond, McCormick). Vakiomiehistä puuttuvat Drury, Tanguay, Yelle, Keane, Messier, de Vries, Skoula ja Muir.
Hinote, Hahl ja Parker yhä loukkaantuneena. Pelissä tuli myös uusia sairastupalaisia, sillä Brad Larsen loukkasi olkapäänsä, Serge Aubin sormensa ja Brian Willsie jalkansa. Maalivahdeista parivaljakko Aebischer - Sauve lienee tulessa seuraavassa ottelussa (vs. San Jose la-su-yönä).