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 Perry's shot from the left point 2:30 into overtime was tipped in
by Thompson, capping the Ducks win on the second night of a
back-to-back.
"I just put it on net," Perry said of the game-winner. "I knew
somebody was going. Cam (Fowler) kicked it out, so he was going
through. I saw somebody come up. I had no idea who it was, but they
did a great job going to the net."
After a scoreless opening period, Perry scored late in the second
period, breaking the deadlock with a low slap shot from the right
faceoff circle that beat Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen to the far post
to give the visitors the lead.
Perry's goal, his 10th of the season, came after a great pass from
Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin from the Anaheim zone.
Beauchemin banked the puck off the boards before the right winger
collected it near center ice and raced up the right side. Perry's
goal came in a 4-on-4 situation after Stars defenseman Kevin
Connauton was called for holding the stick at 15:29 and Ducks center
Ryan Getzlaf joined him in the box at 16:02 after a roughing
penalty.
 The Stars are now 1-4 in overtime games and head coach Lindy Ruff
was clearly not pleased with Friday's outcome.
"The first 40 minutes, I think that's as poor as I've seen us play,"
Ruff said. "From execution, from starting with the play breaking out
of our own end. It starts with that first pass, and we didn't win
enough of those small battles. When you lose the small battles, the
big battle becomes fighting your way back to the other team's end
usually."
Anaheim looked poised to double their lead when right winger Tim
Jackman skated into the Dallas zone on a breakaway at 8:01 of the
third. However, Lehtonen denied Jackman with a pad save.
Ducks rookie defenseman Josh Manson knocked in the ensuing rebound,
but his goal was disallowed because Jackman had bowled over Lehtonen
near the far post.
"I would have really liked to see that goal counted, what a great
thing, your first game you score a goal," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau
said of Manson's disallowed tally.
Dallas tied it with 5:27 remaining in regulation when left winger
Antoine Roussel scored on a tap-in after a cross-ice pass from Stars
defenseman Trevor Daley.
Boudreau devised a simple strategy to kill any potential Dallas
momentum following the game-tying goal and it worked.
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"We didn't mind taking as many face offs after the goal as possible
just to slow the momentum down, slow the crowd down," Boudreau said.
"At that point, we said let's take it to overtime and try our luck
there."
And even though Dallas had several chances in overtime, it was a
well-earned win on the road.
"They had it in our zone for a little bit but I thought we deserved
it," Boudreau said. "We played really well and any time you hold a
team to one shot in the second period, you deserve to win."
One prominent Star felt he and his teammates were fortunate to come
away with a point after such a disappointing performance.
"We were pretty lucky to get there in the first place," Jamie Benn
said. "I don't think we worked tonight very well. It was definitely
not Dallas Stars hockey right there and it's just embarrassing."
Ducks goaltender Frederik Andersen stopped 21 shots while Lehtonen
saved 22.
NOTES: Friday marked the first meeting between the Anaheim Ducks and
Dallas Stars since Anaheim eliminated Dallas in six games in their
first-round playoff series last April. ... Ducks LW Dany Heatley and
RW Rickard Rakell were scratched. ... Stars D Jyrki Jokipakka and RW
Valeri Nichushkin, who was assigned to AHL Texas on Thursday for a
conditioning assignment, were scratched. ... Ducks LW Patrick Maroon
returned to the ice against Dallas after missing the past eight
games with a knee injury. ... Friday's game marks the end of a
two-game homestand for the Stars, who will finish the back-to-back
on Saturday night at the Minnesota Wild. ... Ducks D Josh Manson,
son of longtime NHL player Dave Manson, was making his NHL debut.
... After an optional morning skate, Stars head coach Lindy Ruff
said D Sergei Gonchar, out since preseason with an ankle injury,
could return next week.
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