Stars shine in win over Detroit

As the Dallas Stars are seemingly wont to do, they played from behind early Friday night on home ice.

The visiting Detroit Red Wings got a goal from Dylan Larkin in the first period for 1-0 lead.

Once Dallas got that out of the way, they went to work with four unanswered goals in a 4-1 win.

Anton Khudobin made 22 saves to get the win for Dallas.

“It took a little while to get our legs going, there’s no question,” Stars coach Rick Bowness said. “That’s the emotional commitment that you need to make. They responded and battled hard and the best period was the third period where we played Dallas Stars hockey.

“We were a little loose at times … but they did the job that we needed them to do and we won the game.”

The Stars clamped down on their defensive zone coverage after the Larkin goal.

“They really locked us down,” Larkin said. “I don’t think we did a good job of getting the puck through the neutral zone and spending quality time in the offensive zone. We didn’t attack as a five-man unit and didn’t spend quality time there.”

Roope Hintz and Joe Pavelski collected two points each on the night with a goal apiece.

“The puck just kind of turned over and they got a little bit sloppy,” Esa Lindell (three assists) said. “I saw the opportunity to jump in when the puck bounced and I just decided to keep going. I was surprised that Roope was [on a 2-on-0] with me.”

Radek Faksa and Mattias Janmark also scored for the Stars.

“Both the first goal and third goal were a direct result of poor puck decisions,” Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill said. “We have to be better than that.”

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Jonathan Bernier made 23 saves in the loss.

“Confidence matters on the power-play unit. I thought our power play the other night (2-0 win against the San Jose Sharks on Dec. 31) was one of the best we had all season,” Blashill said. “Tonight, we had more penalties than we’ve had in most games and it’s a huge chance to make a difference in the game. We have to make sure it’s a difference in the long run.”