Recap: San Jose vs. Dallas

By Sports Network

San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - Stephane Robidas scored the game-winner in the third round of the shootout, as the Dallas Stars edged the San Jose Sharks, 3-2, in a battle between two Pacific Division foes at HP Pavilion.

After a scoreless first two rounds in the shootout, San Jose's Ryan Vesce started the third round with a wrister that went wide of the net. Robidas then skated towards the net and fired a wrister that found the top right corner of the net.

Mike Modano and James Neal each had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who have won two of their last three games. Neal returned to the lineup after missing two games with a groin injury. Marty Turco stopped 30-of-32 shots for the victors.

Dany Heatley and Ryane Clowe each had a goal for the Sharks, who extended their point streak to 10 games (8-0-2). Evgeni Nabokov turned aside 34-of-36 shots for San Jose, which had a two-game winning streak snapped.

With the Stars down 2-0, Neal lit the lamp at the 5:50 mark of the third to cut the deficit in half. Neal fired a shot from the right point that deflected off the skate of a San Jose player and into the net.

Modano scored his first goal of the season less than two minutes later to tie the contest at two. Modano's one-timer of a loose puck from between the circles slid under the pads of Nabokov.

The Sharks broke a scoreless tie at the 10:32 mark of the second period. Joe Pavelski controlled the disc behind the net before sliding a pass in front to Heatley, who chipped the puck under Turco's pads.

Clowe's wrister from above the left circle with 7:17 left in the second gave San Jose a two-goal margin.