Finally Dallas may have some solid goaltending. Dallas took over the 8th spot in the Western Conference with a win over San Jose, 2-1.
Dallas scored first in just 1:57 off a Eric Nystrom blast from 33 feet. Five minutes later, Dallas scored again on the PP as Alex Chiasson redirected a Ray Whitney shot off the near post and into the left side of the Net.
Richard Bachman was stellar behind Goal, stopping 31 of 32 shots. The only goal that he allowed was when Brent Burns scored off a rebound.
With the regulation win, Dallas pulls into a virtual tie with the Detroit Red Wings with Dallas maintaining the tie breaker(regulation/overtime wins) for the eighth spot in the west. Dallas maintains tie breakers with most of the Western Conference, so even if Dallas moves up to better themselves in the playoff picture, they can hold tie breakers to advance.