Strettle followed up Mike Brown's line break but was denied a scoring chance by a wayward pass.
Hougaard had also notched one for the home side before the first real try-scoring chance of the match.
Stade's first attack didn't come until the 35th minute when Mathieu Bastareaud failed to take a great try-scoring chance.
Clermont dominated possession early on but without creating a scoring chance of note.
Darren Lockhart almost created a scoring chance after 20 minutes but Colin Nixon did well to halt his progress with a saving tackle.
Then Danny Collins, who missed a scoring chance in the first half, saw his header cleared from underneath the bar by Lucas Neill.
That scoring chance, and another short-handed opportunity involving Brian Boyle and Derek Stepan moments later, ultimately weren't successful, and things didn't get any better after that.
Kings fans, most dressed in their home team's black, roared throughout the contest and chanted "MVP" each time Quick stopped a serious scoring chance by the Devils.
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Great Britain's first scoring chance came soon after, but James Roby spilled the ball as he dived for the line after collecting his own grubber from close range.
From a tapped penalty the Scarlets got the ball out to Mark Jones, to create their first legitimate scoring chance, but he was bundled into touch five metres from the line.
Marian Gaborik had perhaps the Rangers' best scoring chance during Washington's lone power play of the period, but he was stuffed twice in front, and New York couldn't put in the rebound.
Kearney was also showing a fine turn of pace and his initial charge in the 22nd minute set up a try-scoring chance for O'Driscoll but the Lions star knocked on with the line gaping.
"When you do get some shots and get into the rhythm you feel a lot better about yourself, about your game and that next scoring chance you feel that you're able to stop, " Brodeur said.
Connacht failed to turn a promising maul into a scoring chance and Leinster responded in decisive fashion, countering from deep with flair before Richardt Strauss' pass out of a tackle put Kearney over in the left corner.
It took 19 minutes for the Ospreys' first scoring chance, a long-range penalty on the right from Biggar that never quite had the legs, but the visitors stunned Parc y Scarlets minutes later with the game's first try.
Dougie Imrie forced a fine save from Accies' Tomas Cerny and Offiong missed another chance before scoring.
In Division Three, Whitchurch dominated proceedings after Maisam Hasnain missed out the chance of scoring a rare double century against Bablake.
The stats tell me that I have a 1.4% chance of scoring a century and getting a letter from the Queen.
His rationale was to give his team a better chance of scoring more, since total run differential is a factor in determining which teams advance in the tournament.
While pre-registration is recommended, visitors can still enter to play on the day of the tournament for the individual or team competition, but arrive before 10 am for the best chance of scoring a spot on the schedule.
On 10 minutes, Motherwell defender Marc Fitzpatrick missed a glorious chance to open the scoring.
Sale had a chance to open their scoring but Macleod missed a second kick.
Nick Macleod. missed a chance to open the scoring after four minutes when his penalty sailed wide.
Despite England's committed start the All Blacks were handed the first chance to open the scoring when Moody went offside at a ruck.
However, the visitors were gifted a glorious chance to open the scoring when Garry Hay clumsily upended Maloney to conceded a 19th minute penalty.
West Ham started confidently enough but it was the champions who had the first clear opportunity when Rooney squandered a great chance to open the scoring after Darren Fletcher's through-ball.
They pinned Argentina in their half and although the visitors were handed the chance to open the scoring on a rare foray into enemy territory, Rodriguez was well wide with a long-range penalty.
Daniel Alfredsson had a chance to open the scoring for the Senators on the power play prior to the two-goal barrage, but the Ottawa captain's one-timer missed the net with Miller at his mercy.
Leading scorer Pitman wasted a gilt-edge chance to open the scoring when he headed wide from six yards after seven minutes and missed with an angled strike from the edge of the area shortly afterwards.
And Mancini's men seemed short of ideas until they were given the chance to open the scoring from the spot after referee Phil Dowd harshly adjudged Scott Dann to have bundled over Adebayor in the box.
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