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Scouting Report:
The Stars have struggled with their goaltending this season. Antti Niemi, who played Thursday in a 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders, is 11-10-4 with a fat 3.22 GAA and just a .897 save percentage.
Niemi gave up a 3-1 lead to the Islanders on Thursday, allowing four straight goals in roughly 15 minutes.
"If we defend better, we should (at least) be going into overtime," Stars coach Lindy Ruff told the media. "There's no excuse for how we defended a couple of those goals."
The Stars also got bad luck.