Music: {allcanada} Cammalleri has hat trick, Flames beat Stars 7-4

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

{allcanada} Cammalleri has hat trick, Flames beat Stars 7-4

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Mike Cammalleri had three goals and an assist in his return from a hip injury to help the Calgary Flames beat the Dallas Stars 7-4 on Wednesday night.

After missing the last three games because of a hip flexor, Cammalleri scored his first three goals of the season to reach 200 for his career.

Roman Czervenka added a goal and an assist, and Jay Bouwmeester and Jiri Hudler also scored. Alex Tanguay, Lee Stempniak and Jarome Iginla each had two assists, and Leland Irving made 30 saves to improve to 2-1-1.

Brendan Morrow scored twice for the Stars, Eric Nystrom and Cody Eakin added goals, and Jaromir Jagr had two assists. The Stars had won four straight, including a 4-1 victory in Edmonton on Tuesday night.

Dallas goalie Richard Bachman made 16 saves in his second start of the season.

Bouwmeester opened the scoring at 3:11 of the first period, creeping in off the point to swat a loose puck past Bachman. The Stars had a great chance to tie up the game a short time later, but Irving made a great paddle save to deny a short-handed attempt by Ryan Garbutt.

At the other end on the same power play, Hudler one-timed a shot from the slot by Bachman to finish off a three-way passing play. Cammalleri added another power-play goal for the Flames, before Nystrom connected for the Stars. Czervenka then converted a feed from Tanguay to put the Flames up 4-1.

Just 45 seconds into the second period, Morrow scored during a Dallas power play. Cammalleri added his second of the game at 3:23 of the second, and Morrow swatted a loose puck past Irving 24 seconds later.

Shortly after Czervenka rang a shot off the crossbar, Glencross tapped a great pass from Iginla into the Dallas net behind a sprawling Bachman to give Calgary a 6-3 lead.

With Matt Stajan already in the penalty box for tripping, Calgary defenseman Dennis Wideman was assessed a delay-of-game penalty late in the second for smothering the puck with his hand to give the Stars a 5-on-3 power play for 59 seconds. While the Stars didn't cash in during the two-man advantage, Eakin scored with Wideman still in the box 1:05 into the third to pull Dallas within two goals.

Cammalleri completed his hat trick with an empty-net goal.

NOTES: Calgary forward Paul Byron left the game in the first period with a fractured left hand. Byron was called up from the AHL's Abbotsford Heat a day earlier to play his first NHL game of the season. ... The Flames chose Irving 26th overall in the first round of the 2006 draft, while the Stars took Bachman 120th overall in the fourth round that year.