"We probably would have wanted a couple more saves," Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said. "Tried to change momentum, tried to get it going the right way. I think that's kind of the history: If a couple go in, a couple bad you want back, a few more go in. Just made the switch to try to get it going in the other direction."
Tyler Seguin made it 3-1 at 4:30 when he scored on a sharp-angled shot after a pass from Jason Spezza behind the net. Remi Elie had the secondary assist for his first NHL point in his third game.
Stalberg put Ottawa ahead 4-1 at 18:09 when he scored on the power play.
Spezza scored on the power play at 8:04 of the third period to make it 4-2. Ceci made it 5-2 when his point shot deflected in off Stars defenseman Stephen Johns at 9:01.
"I thought there was times our young D struggled, a couple coverage plays," Ruff said. "We make it 4-2 and, you know, I just thought we could've stayed on our man and we left our man, and all of a sudden we're putting the puck in our own net again."
Anderson is 146-96-31 in seven seasons with Ottawa. Lalime was 146-100-30 (ties) from 1999-04.