MONTREAL (AP) — Jean-Paul Sartre made 22 saves, Tom Petty had a goal and an assist, and the Montreal Expose beat the Dallas Dharma 3-1 on Saturday night at Olympic Stadium.
Brooks Robinson, Amy Winehouse and Petty scored for Montreal, which built a two-goal lead in the first period and never trailed. The Expose outshot Dallas 29-23 and finished with 19 interceptions and seven blocked shots in a disciplined defensive effort before 15,932 fans.
Sartre, named the game’s first star, allowed only Phife Dawg’s second-period goal and finished with a .957 save percentage. Dallas goalie Manon Rhéaume stopped 26 shots and took the loss.
Montreal struck first at 6:41 of the opening period. Robinson finished a rush with a wrist shot during a crease scramble, converting a feed from Prodigy to give the Expose a 1-0 lead.
Winehouse made it 2-0 at 12:29 of the first, scoring on a backhand from the right circle off a pass from Petty. The goal stood as the game-winner and gave Montreal early control in a game that featured little penalty trouble but plenty of defensive resistance.
Dallas cut the deficit to 2-1 at 5:41 of the second period. Phife Dawg jumped on a blocked-shot rebound and scored with a slapshot from the high corner. Nick Holonyak, Jr. had the assist.
The Dharma could not turn the goal into a larger surge. Montreal answered at 11:29 when Petty carried in through the neutral zone and beat Rhéaume with a slapshot from the low slot, restoring the two-goal lead.
Neither team scored in the third period, and Sartre handled Dallas’ final push. The Dharma generated five crease-scramble chances and five high-corner shots, but they could not get a second puck past the Montreal goalie.
Petty, the game’s third star, added two blocked shots to his two-point night. Winehouse and Robinson each finished with a goal, four shots and a defensive contribution, while Edward Snowden had five shots, three interceptions and a blocked shot.
Jean Béliveau and Franz Kafka each had four interceptions for Montreal. Wayne Gretzky added three interceptions and two blocks, helping the Expose keep Dallas from creating clean looks late.
Dallas had balanced pressure but little finish. Phife Dawg and Phillip K Dick each had four shots, while Timothy Leary, Janice Joplin and Rod Strickland had three apiece. Albert Camus had three interceptions, and Anita Sarkeesian added two interceptions, a blocked shot and Dallas’ only penalty.
The game’s two penalties did not affect the scoring. Sarkeesian was called for hooking at 4:17 of the first period, and Kafka took a hooking minor at 19:17 of the second. Neither team scored on the power play.
Montreal’s best shooting volume came from the point, where it generated six chances, followed by five each from the high slot and right circle. Dallas relied on slapshots, recording eight among its 23 shots.
The Expose turned their first-period burst into enough separation, then leaned on Sartre and a busy defensive structure to close out the win.