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First period: Adam Burish got the Stars started when he jumped off the bench on a shift change and burst down the right wing. He whipped a shot past Nikolai Khabibulin for his seventh goal of the season at 10:38. Dallas is 23-2-1 when scoring first. Despite a 10-5 edge in faceoff wins and 15-9 edge in hits, Dallas was outshot 11-5.

Stars 1, Edmonton 0

Second period: The Stars pushed the lead to 3-0 before Edmonton scored. Brenden Morrow whacked in the rebound of a Jamie Langenbrunner shot on a power play at 2:32. Morrow then tallied his 21st goal of the season when he crashed the net and flipped in a great pass from Langenbrunner at 8:22. Edmonton scored on the power play at 17:44, as Dustin Penner knocked in a rebound of Shawn Horcoff’s shot.

Stars 3, Edmonton 1

Third period: Dallas held off a frantic Edmonton rally in which the Oilers had a 13-10 edge in shots on goal. Kari Lehtonen was perfect, including some huge saves. Morrow had a couple of chances to get his