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Karlis Skrastins gave me the thumbs up in Latvian , so he appears to be over his upper body injury and ready to play tonight.

Marty Turco stopped 22 shots for his 38th career shutout, rookie Jamie Benn scored a power-play goal in the first period and the Dallas Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Monday night.

The hits just keep coming. Brian Sutherby tweaked a groin in practice yesterday, and as we have seen before, it tightened up overnight.

It was one of those days where there was a lot to talk about, but you wonder if it will all just be talk.

The validity of plus-minus as an important statistic is debated in many NHL circles.

Center Mike Modano and winger Jere Lehtinen will return to the lineup for the Dallas Stars on Wednesday against Calgary.

Marty Turco has flu-like symptoms, and that's enough for the Stars to be cautious.

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What's the old saying about experience teaching us that ``the more your know, the less you know.'' I feel that way about the Stars right now.

Jeff Woywitka spent four years in the St. Louis Blues' organization, including the first 152 games of his NHL career.

Though it took an outstanding comeback, Dallas still hasn't lost on the road in regulation this season.

Generally I'm not the type to lead an article with a fight photo, but that's exactly what the Stars did on this road trip.

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Jamie Benn and Mark Fistric both from distance. Mike Ribeiro had a screen or tip on the Benn goal .

Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk will get his No. 25 retired at Cornell University on Feb.

The pair of Mark Fistric-Matt Niskanen will start the game against the Ducks line of Ryan-Getzlaf-Perry. Francis Wathier will make his NHL debut, while James Wisniewski returns for the Ducks.

By MIKE HEIKA Krys Barch can do more than fight.He has to, in today's NHL.The lone true enforcer on the Dallas Stars roster, Barch has to stick up for his teammates and do a lot of brawling in an effort to motivate them.

By MIKE HEIKA CHICAGO - You never know what Toby Petersen is going to do.Heck, a lot of times, even he doesn't.Petersen is the Dallas Stars' Mr.

Playing against his old team doesn't seem to mean as much to Karlis Skrastins anymore.

Mike Modano's rib injury is worse than first expected, as a close study of an MRI showed a "line" in the rib cartilage, Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk said.