Oct 11, 2008 - 6:07 AM
0 shoutsDallas (0-0-1) at Nashville (0-1-0) 8:00 p.m. EDT
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Neither the Dallas Stars nor the Nashville Predators played to their strengths during their season openers.
Both teams will try to bounce back from a loss when the Predators host the Stars in their home opener at the Sommet Center on Saturday.
Dallas ranked sixth in the NHL last season by allowing just under 2 1/2 goals per game en route to an appearance in the Western Conference finals, where it was ousted in six games by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.
However, the Stars allowed five goals against Columbus on Friday, losing by a single tally as Blue Jackets captain Rick Nash scored with 21 seconds left in overtime.
Nashville made the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season in 2007-08 by killing 85.4 percent of its penalties - the third-best mark in the league. That trend did not carry over to Friday's 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues, who scored four goals on six power-play opportunities.
"The power play was the difference," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "It changed momentum, it changed the course of the game. We can't give up four power-play goals and win a hockey game."
From the Bleachers
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DALLAS: 1
NASHVILLE: 3
Final
Oct 11 10:40 PM -
NHL
DALLAS 1
NASHVILLE 3
3RD PRD: NAS - (PP) JASON ARNOTT 2 (JEAN-PIERRE DUMONT, MARTIN ERAT)
16:13
Oct 11 10:32 PM -
DALLAS: 1
NASHVILLE: 2
End of 2nd
Oct 11 9:45 PM -
DALLAS: 1
NASHVILLE: 2
End of 1st
Oct 11 8:50 PM -
NHL
DALLAS 1
NASHVILLE 2
1ST PRD: NAS - (PP) JASON ARNOTT 1 (JEAN-PIERRE DUMONT, MARTIN ERAT)
10:54
Oct 11 8:39 PM -
NHL
DALLAS 1
NASHVILLE 1
1ST PRD: DAL - TREVOR DALEY 2 (BRENDEN MORROW, STEVE OTT) 2:01
Oct 11 8:18 PM -
NHL
DALLAS 0
NASHVILLE 1
1ST PRD: NAS - SHEA WEBER 1 (JASON ARNOTT, JEAN-PIERRE DUMONT) 0:46
Oct 11 8:15 PM
