Columbus Blue Jackets vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 2009 · American Airlines Center
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Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at American Airlines Center. The Blue Jackets outshot the Stars 34–28.
James Neal scored twice. Rick Nash and Jamie Benn also scored.
Alex Auld made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Steve Mason stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Nash (1)Antoine Vermette (1), Kristian Huselius (1)1–011:16 CBJ
Jamie Benn (1)Tom Wandell (1), Stephane Robidas (1)1–117:23 DAL
2nd period
James Neal (1)Loui Eriksson (1), Brad Richards (1)1–206:18 DAL
3rd period
- James Neal (2)Brad Richards (2), Loui Eriksson (2)1–310:28 DAL
Team stats
CBJDAL
3428
56%44%
0/40/4
1717
3032
1824
412
24
Penalties
- 4:34 into the first period
Loui Eriksson · hooking2 min - 12:35 into the first period
Jan Hejda · hooking2 min - 2:55 into the second periodMaxime Fortunus · high sticking2 min
- 10:31 into the second periodBrenden Morrow · hooking2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodJason Chimera · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodMike Ribeiro · roughing2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodSamuel Pahlsson · roughing2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodJason Chimera · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodSteve Ott · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 0:44 into the third periodMike Blunden · fighting5 min
- 0:44 into the third periodBrian Sutherby · fighting5 min
- 4:04 into the third periodMathieu Roy · interference2 min
- 14:58 into the third periodFedor Tyutin · tripping2 min
- 17:27 into the third periodTom Wandell · slashing2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 20Kristian HuseliusL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 50Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 61Rick NashL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:52 |
| 12Mike BlundenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:20 |
| 14Raffi TorresL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 18R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20:37 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:01 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 33Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:46 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 3Marc MethotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:17 |
| 10Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:31 |
| 22Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 36Mathieu RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve MasonG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Dallas Stars
| 18James NealL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:16 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 91Brad RichardsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11:52 |
| 23Tom WandellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 3Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:11 |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 13Krys BarchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:45 |
| 17Toby PetersenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:11 |
| 20Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:07 |
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:14 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:10 |
| 2Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 5Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:16 |
| 37Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 38Maxime FortunusD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 44Jeff WoywitkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Alex AuldG | W | 34 | 1 | .971 |
| 35Marty TurcoG | 0 | 0 | – |