Three Stars
1. Esa Lindell, Stars: First goal and first multi-point game
2. Antti Niemi, Stars: Thirty saves and moves to 5-1-1 at home
3. John Klingberg, Stars: Assist, and back to his puck-controlling ways
Big play
There is some debate on the effect that fighting has on a game, but Antoine Roussel definitely injected some energy into a dead arena midway through the first period when he made a big hit on Canucks defenseman Luca Sbisa and then had a fight with Sbisa. The Stars didn't see immediate dividends, but they did seem to wake up from their early doldrums.