Jacob Peterson's shootout goal leads Stars past Blackhawks

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Jacob Peterson got fancy to score the winning goal for the Dallas Stars.

He just about had to.

Until then, Chicago's Marc-Andre Fleury had stopped everything in the first 65 minutes and four of the first five Stars shooters in the shootout. But Peterson skated in, faked Fleury and slid a backhand between his legs in the bottom of the sixth round to earn the Stars the 1-0 victory Friday night.

"I tried that (move) before, actually, in the preseason, and it worked," Peterson said. "So I thought, ‘Let’s try it again.'"

The puck found the back of the net against Fleury, who had made spectacular saves against Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz in regulation.

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Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, left, gives up a goal to Dallas Stars center Jacob Peterson during the shootout in an NHL hockey game in Chicago, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. The Stars won 1-0. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

"Too bad about that goal at the end," Fleury said. "We were right there."

Dallas' Jake Oettinger, who wears No. 29 in honor of Fleury, stopped Jake McCabe to start the sixth round.

"Fleury, he made some phenomenal saves for them, but Jake made the big saves at the right time," Dallas coach Rick Bowness said.

Chicago’s Alex DeBrincat and Dallas’ Robertson scored in the first shootout round. After that, Fleury and Oettinger each stopped four shots. Then Oettinger stopped McCabe, which opened the way for Peterson.

"Fleury knows all our guys," Bowness said. "So throw somebody out there that he has no idea what he’s going to do."

Dallas won its second straight game and fourth in the last five. The Blackhawks dropped their