Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin made 30 saves to record his second shutout of the season.
"That's the strength of their team, from the backend out and from the goaltender out," Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. "You saw a prime example of that tonight I think. I can't sit here and say we didn't play great, we didn't compete, or we weren't urgent enough. It was a bit of a blah games for both teams I think. It [came down to] who was ever going to capitalize on their chances, to be honest with you."
The Stars took an early 1-0 lead after Tyler Seguin finished off a nifty cross-ice pass from Roope Hintz at 11:47 of the first period. In the second, Esa Lindell beat Roberto Luongo from the slot after taking a feed from Seguin to make it 2-0 at 12:39. With 2:12 left in regulation, Seguin made it 3-0 on an empty netter.
Dallas' 19 shots on goal were the fewest allowed by the Panthers this season.
"The chances that we give up are way too quality of chances," Panthers center Vincent Trocheck said. "We might give up six or seven, but five of them are right in the slot. We didn't really give Lu a chance on the two goals that they scored - two guys, all alone in front, basically backdoor tap-ins.
"We're doing a good job of limiting the chances, it's just the ones that we give up have got to be less-quality chances from the outside. And as a forward group, we've got to be better. We've got to be able to put the puck in the net. Obviously you're not going to win games if you don't score any goals."
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