October 17, 1996
Markus Naslund had two goals and an assist and linemate Mike Ridley added a goal and three
assists as the Vancouver Canucks handed the Dallas Stars their first loss of the season, 6-1.
The Stars had won their first six games to set a franchise record, but never got anything going
against Vancouver in a fight-filled contest.
Naslund, who leads the Canucks with four goals, opened the scoring 82 seconds into the second
period with a spectacular solo effort. He took a touch pass from Pavel Bure in the neutral zone and
came in 1-on-1 against defenseman Craig Ludwig. Naslund spun in the slot onto his backhand and
put a shot through the pads of goaltender Andy Moog to put Vancouver ahead to stay.
Dave Babych put a wrist shot over Moog's catching glove just 78 seconds later to make it 2-0.
Moog was replaced by Arturs Irbe at 3:38 and Dallas got on the board just over four minutes later
when Jamie Langenbrunner was credited with his second goal of the season. The puck actually
was put in by Vancouver defenseman Chris Joseph.
Ridley worked a give-and-go with Alexander Mogilny and scored at 14:13 to restore the
Canucks' two-goal lead. It was just his seventh goal for Vancouver and his first since last
December 9th.
Vancouver blew the game open with a three-goal third period. Mogilny scored on the power play
at 10:47. Joseph's shot caromed off the end boards right to Mogilny, who put the puck in the net
before Irbe could recover.
Naslund tallied again at 15:59 and Alexander Semak's power-play goal closed the scoring with 11
seconds to go.
Dallas was 0-for-4 on the power play and is scoreless in its last 22 chances with the man
advantage. The Stars had killed off 16 straight penalties before Mogilny's goal.
Referee Paul Devorski handed out eight fighting majors, including two to Dallas' Todd Harvey.
Vancouver's Gino Odjick received a double game misconduct and the Stars Grant Marshall was
ejected following a scuffle at 6:19 of the third period.
Jon's 3 stars:
1. Mike Ridley
2. Markus Naslund
3. Alexander Mogilny
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