DALLAS, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Roman Turek, after missing three games with a knee injury, returned and stopped 25 shots Friday night to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars.
Turek, who served as the backup to Ed Belfour when the Stars won the Stanley Cup in 1999, improved to 9-1-3 against Dallas, including playoffs, since his trade to St. Louis in time for the 1999-2000 season.
Acquired by Calgary this summer, Turek made several key saves in the third period, when the Stars had an 8-3 edge in shots. His best save came with 7:35 left, when he thrwarted Joe Nieuwendyk, who was trying to redirect a shot from Mike Modando.
Pat Verbeek and Benoit Brunet scored in the first 9:02 for Dallas before Turek settled down and the Flames scored four unanswered goals.
Chris Clark cut the lead to 2-1 midway though the first period. Dean McAmmond and Marc Savard scored in the second to make it 3-1 before Rob Niedermayer appeared to ice the game with a goal at 16:47 of the third.
Modano scored his 15th goal with 49 seconds left, but the Stars were unable to get another shot past Turek.
