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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Although there were no goals scored, the
game between the Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames certainly did not
lack excitement.
|  | | Even Dallas' Jamie Langenbrunner, right, couldn't rattle Calgary goaltender Fred Brathwaite, who stopped all 32 shots he faced. |
Calgary's Fred Brathwaite made 32 saves and Dallas' Ed Belfour
stopped 31 shots as the Flames and Stars battled to a 0-0 tie
Tuesday night.
"It was very intense, there was some big body checks, and both
goaltenders made some great saves," Flames forward Rene Corbet
said. "It was fun to watch."
Brathwaite got his third career shutout, including his second
against the Stars. Calgary extended its home unbeaten streak to six
games (5-0-1). The Flames have lost just two of their last 10
(5-2-3).
"It was a good game, very entertaining to watch," Stars coach
Ken Hitchcock said.
The shutout was the 47th of Belfour's career as Dallas remained
undefeated (1-0-2) after the third game of a four-game road trip.
The Stars are 8-2-2 in their past 12.
Brett Hull had eight of the Stars' shots but couldn't beat
Brathwaite, who has yielded just three goals in his last four
starts.
"I don't know what it is about goalies, but sometimes they just
get on a streak where the puck just hits them more than anything
else," said Hull, who has just one goal in his last nine games.
Three of Hull's shots came on a two-man advantage in the second
period after Calgary's Hulse and Bobby Dollas took slashing
penalties 29 seconds apart.
The Stars had five shots during the advantage, with Brathwaite
making an acrobatic kick save on a shot by Hull from the top of the
faceoff circle.
"On those I just wind up and shoot as hard as I can," Hull
said.
Each team had opportunities to score in overtime. Brathwaite
stopped Kirk Muller from the slot, and Belfour smothered a loose
puck at the side of the net after Jarome Iginla tried to poke the
puck in.
It was the second game in less than a week between the two
clubs, with the Stars winning 5-1 in Dallas last Wednesday.
"When we play Dallas, we have to play desperate hockey,"
Brathwaite said. "They're a very talented team -- with the forwards
they have and the goaltending they have, it doesn't leave much
space for mistakes."
Phil Housley had one of Calgary's best chances to score during a
first-period power play, but rang a slap shot off a goal post.
The Stars played without Joe Nieuwendyk (ribs), Derian Hatcher
(calf) and Jere Lehtinen (ankle).
Calgary goalie Grant Fuhr's arthroscopic knee surgery performed
Tuesday afternoon was successful. Fuhr, who had some scar tissue
removed as well as having rough surfaces in the knee cleaned up, is
expected to be lost for at least three weeks. To fill his spot on the roster, goalie
Jean-Sebastien Giguere was recalled from Saint John of the AHL.
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NHL Scoreboard
Dallas Clubhouse
Calgary Clubhouse
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Stars' Hatcher out 6-8 weeks with lacerated right calf
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Washington 2
St. Louis 6
Phoenix 0
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 Ed Belfour stones Jason Wiemer to assure a 0-0 tie.
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