Turco, Stars snap Capitals' home streak in SO

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03/08/2010 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Loui Eriksson scored in the fifth round of the shootout and Marty Turco stopped a career-high 49 shots as Dallas rallied in the third and ended Washington's 13-game home-winning streak with a 4-3 win at Verizon Center.

In the fifth round after Brendan Morrison was poke-checked before he got a shot off, Eriksson skated in on net, slammed on the brakes right in front and slid the forehand into the net.

Trevor Daley, James Neal and Brad Richards all had third period goals for the Stars, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice to snap a six-game goal drought while Tom Poti also had a goal for the Capitals, who had not lost at home since a defeat at the hands of Carolina on December 28. Semyon Varlamov stopped 23 shots in the loss.

Despite allowing the two goals, Turco did all he could to keep his team in the game as he made 40 saves through the first two periods, and his team repaid his hard work in the third.

A pair of power plays helped Dallas tie the game as Richards got the team on the board just 1:33 into the frame when his one-timer from the right circle got past Varlamov. Just over three minutes later, Daley's shot thrown on net from the left point got through traffic.

A bit over three minutes after that goal, the Stars took their first lead of the game as Neal's shot from the left circle on the fly fooled Varlamov for his 25th goal of the season.

Ovechkin, though, tied the game with 3:16 to play as he received the puck on the fly along the left wing, made a move to get to the inside and, off one foot, snapped the puck into the right corner.

The Caps got on the board at the 2:51 mark of the first period as a pass from David Steckel at the right boards went to the slot where Poti gathered the puck and wristed it into the left corner.

Washington took a 2-0 lead on the power play with 5:23 to play in the second period as Ovechkin's simple wrister at the top of the right circle found the back of the net.

Game Notes

Washington set a club record in shots over two periods with 42...Washington hosts Carolina on Wednesday...The Stars wrap up their three-game road trip in Buffalo on Wednesday...Washington had won the previous two against Dallas.

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