DALLAS -- The bouncing puck helped the Dallas Stars end the Philadelphia Flyers long winning streak.Adam Cracknell scored the tiebreaking goal on a rebound early in the third period to lead the Stars to a 3-1 victory Saturday, snapping the Flyers 10-game win streak.Radek Faksa and Jordie Benn also scored for the Stars and Antti Niemi stopped 31 shots, including three during a Flyers power play in the closing minutes.Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov also hit a goalpost during the late power play for the second time in the third period.When we went down by one, we had confidence to make plays, Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said. We didnt get a positive bounce on any of those plays.I dont think I learned anything (about the team) through the winning streak. I think it was just a continuation of our group showing up and working hard.Cracknell broke a 1-1 tie at 2:27 of the third. Flyers goalie Steve Mason stopped a shot by John Klingberg, but the puck rebounded to Cracknells feet and he put it on his stick and sent a wrist shot into the net for his fourth.He really does the little things, said Ttker Seguin, who also had an assist on Cracknells goal. Hes always making smart plays.Benn, whose penalty gave Philadelphia its only power play with 2:58 left, scored into an empty net with 18 seconds to go.A week earlier, Philadelphia had come back from a 2-1 deficit with three power-play goals in the final 4 minutes. The Flyers lead the NHL with 28 goals with the man advantage.We learned from our last game in Philly that we had to keep that team off the power play, Cracknell said. We had a great kill, and then (Benn) ends up with the empty-netter to seal the game for us.Faksas fourth goal also was on a rebound. He assisted on Benns goal and played most of the penalty kill.(Faksa)s just become a big part of the team, Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. The kill was great.Tyler Leier scored his first NHL goal in the first period for the Flyers, also on a rebound.You look at (the first) three goals in the game, theyre all identical, Ruff said.Mason finished with 25 saves to end a personal eight-game winning streak.Niemi improved to 7-2-1 at home this season, and 5-1 against Philadelphia in his career.Dallas entered the game ranking 29th in goals against average (3.11). In the last eight games, beginning with a shutout at Colorado, the Stars have gone 4-4 and allowed only 2.00 goals per game.When youre the worst in the league at goals against, something has to change, Ruff said. We made a big change going into Colorado, and since then I think its really helped our defense. With that has come some confidence. Since that point, we look like a team that can win every night.During the Flyers streak, they outscored opponents 36-22.Dallas also had only one power play, during which the short-handed Flyers had the only shot on goals.The games only two other penalties came 1:53 into the second when the Stars Jason Spezza and Flyers Brandon Manning went off for fighting.Each team had good scoring chances in the first period. The Flyers struck first with 3:16 left. Nick Cousins fired a wrist shot at Niemi from the top of the right faceoff. The goalie made the save but the puck went out to Leier, who wristed it in from just outside the paint.Dallas tied it at 4:48 of the second. Antoine Roussel shot from the left faceoff dot. Mason made the save, but the puck rebounded to Faksa in the slot and he buried a wrist shot.Game notes Dallas C Cody Eakin served the first game of a four-game suspension for charging Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist on Thursday. ... 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I mean, I guess its a record for you guys to talk about. But its more so stats like you score 41 points, and youre really good on third down, and you made some big plays in the passing game, and you had 10 different receivers catch the ball. ... Id say probably most of those games were that way. So its just good execution for us offensively and guys making plays.Brees also extended his NFL record number of career 300-yard passing games to 99.He also threw four touchdown passes as the Saints dropped the defending NFC champion Panthers to 1-5 this season.Brees reached another milestone in Sundays game, becoming the sixth player to record 50,000 passing yards with one team. The other five are Manning (Colts), Brett Favre (Packers), Dan Marino (Dolphins), Tom Brady (Patriots) and John Elway (Broncos).Brees day included an 87-yard touchdown pass to Brandin Cooks, who now has the two longest passing plays of the NFL season (he also caught a 98-yard touchdown pass in a Week 1 loss to the Oakland Raiders).Listen, if you can hit Cooks in stride, then I dont think theres anybody thats gonna catch him, except Usain Bolt, said Brees, who also credited fullback?John Kuhn?for a block that allowed him time to make the deep throw.The Saints needed every bit of Brees 465 yards for their second straight win. He completed 8 of 9 passes for 46 yards to set up the game-winning 52-yard field goal with 11 seconds left.These are definning wins, Brees said.dddddddddddd These are ones you can draw from as the season goes along and really get a lot of strength from. Also, it gives you great confidence and poise, I think, when those situations arise in the future. Honestly, weve played five games, and weve had five games just like that.Brees went home with a fat lip to go along with the thrilling victory -- thanks to what he described as a punch to the mouth from Panthers defensive tackle Kawann Short.Short was penalized for roughing the passer on the third-down play late in the fourth quarter, which would have been severely costly for the Panthers if it had counted.But things were going so well for Brees and the Saints passing offense that they declined the penalty, since Brees wound up throwing an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Josh Hill anyway.Well, I dont know if it was [a hard hit]. It looked like he just straight punched me in the mouth, Brees said when asked about the play. Thats what it felt like; thats what it looked like on the JumboTron. But listen, Ill take the 15 yards every time. But we got the touchdown anyway, so were good.Short shoved Brees hard in the face, knocking him to the ground, a moment after Brees released the ball.But Short insisted afterward that it was not an act of frustration.Not at all. Not at all, Short insisted. I was getting outside to contain and I just threw my hands up. Hes a shorter quarterback. I just happened to hit him in the face. It wasnt on purpose. It wasnt out of frustration or nothing. I was just doing my job.ESPNs Mike Triplett and David Newton and ESPN Stats & Information contributed to this report. ' ' '