As is typically the case when things aren't going well, the Stars are trying to fix a lot of little areas.
The Dallas power play, which has been on fire all season, is in a 4-for-33 slump over the past 12 games, so coach Lindy Ruff changed things up Monday morning. He moved Patrick Sharp and Jason Spezza off the top unit and replaced them with Alex Goligoski and Patrick Eaves. The second unit then becomes Spezza, Sharp, Jason Demers, Antoine Roussel and Ales Hemsky. The swapping gives more balance between righties and lefties, and also gets some net-front presence in the form of Eaves and Roussel.