{"id":68060,"date":"2015-12-28T00:42:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T05:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=68060"},"modified":"2015-12-28T00:42:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T05:42:44","slug":"jamie-benn-scores-23rd-goal-kari-lehtonen-and-stars-shut-out-blues-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/28\/jamie-benn-scores-23rd-goal-kari-lehtonen-and-stars-shut-out-blues-3-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Benn scores 23rd goal; Kari Lehtonen and Stars shut out Blues, 3-0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The victory avenged Dallas’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Blues in St. Louis on Saturday night. The Stars have a league-best 57 points, and Dallas and Washington are the only teams that have not lost consecutive games this season (Photo taken from Dallas Stars official Facebook fan page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DALLAS – Kari Lehtonen made 22 saves in his 33rd career shutout, Jamie Benn scored his NHL-leading 23rd goal and the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 3-0 on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Benn and Patrick Sharp each had a power-play goal and an assist. Cody Eakin scored into an empty net with 1:32 remaining.<\/p>\n

The victory avenged Dallas’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Blues in St. Louis on Saturday night. The Stars have a league-best 57 points, and Dallas and Washington are the only teams that have not lost consecutive games this season.<\/p>\n

Sharp pushed in his own rebound with 1:57 left in the first period. Just 40 second into the third, Benn took a pass in the slot from Sharp and beat Brian Elliott.<\/p>\n

Lehtonen improved his season record to 12-2-0. He is 13-6-2 in his career against the Blues.<\/p>\n

The Stars outshot St. Louis 38-22. Elliott made 35 saves.<\/p>\n

The Central Division rivalry game featured two fights in the first 7 seconds of the second period and a total of 38 penalty minutes.<\/p>\n

St. Louis, second to Dallas with 48 points, had won the previous four games between the teams.<\/p>\n

The Blues didn’t have a shot on goal until Colton Parayko’s backhand attempt 5:23 into the game. Dallas outshot St. Louis 16-5 in the first period but led only 1-0.<\/p>\n

On the Stars’ first power play, Alex Goligoski had a breakaway but shot over Elliott and the crossbar with 6:31 remaining in the first.<\/p>\n

With 3 minutes left, Jordie Benn took in his own rebound and shot a backhand that Elliott surrounded for another save.<\/p>\n

Three minutes into the second period, Jamie Benn stickhandled Elliott out of position but sent his shot through the paint and into the right corner. Ten minutes later, Elliott made a glove save on Ales Hemsky’s backhand from just to the right of the net.<\/p>\n

Lehtonen saved the Blues’ best chance to score in the second, gloving Parayko’s slap shot from the left point at 16:36.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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