Music: {allcanada} Slumping Stars bounce back to beat Red Wings 4-1

Thursday, February 24, 2011

{allcanada} Slumping Stars bounce back to beat Red Wings 4-1

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DETROIT (AP)—Mike Ribeiro (notes), Loui Eriksson (notes), Krystofer Barch and Jamie Langenbrunner (notes) scored goals to help the Dallas Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 Thursday night.

Dallas had lost five straight and was in a 2-10-1 slump, falling from one of the top spots in the Western Conference to a tie for last place in its division entering the game.

Tomas Holmstrom (notes) scored a power-play goal with 3:31 left, allowing Detroit to avoid getting shut out for the third time this month.

Dallas' Kari Lehtonen (notes) had 38 saves and Detroit's Jimmy Howard (notes) had 21.

The Central Division-leading Red Wings have lost consecutive games, both at home, after winning five straight.

Dallas got a boost from the return of Barch and Adam Burish (notes) after both missed the previous eight games with facial injuries.

The Red Wings had a lackluster start and the Stars took advantage, scoring twice late in the first—including Eriksson's short-handed goal with 23 seconds left in the period—and took a 3-0 lead midway through the game.

After Holmstrom scored, Detroit pulled Howard to add an extra skater and that led to Langenbrunner's goal into an empty net.

NOTES: Dallas scratched D Nicklas Grossman (notes) (hip) and C Brad Richards (notes) (concussion). … The Red Wings honored Todd Bertuzzi (notes) for playing in his 1,000th game earlier this month, giving him a Rolex watch. … Dallas, which has won four of its past six games in Detroit and eight of the past 12 overall, won the season series 3-1 against the Red Wings. … Eriksson had two goals and five points in the previous three games against Detroit this season. … Dallas is 24-3-2 when scoring first this season. … The Red Wings expect to have Mike Modano (notes) (wrist) back Saturday at Buffalo and hope Valtteri Filppula (notes) (knee) can return in that game.