The Stars (11-9-1) defeated Montreal, 3-1, at American Airlines Center Tuesday. The Stars fell behind 1-0, but Devin Shore and Jason Spezza scored 59 seconds apart late in the second period to give Dallas a 2-1 lead. Tyler Seguin sealed the win with an empty-net goal, and Ben Bishop stopped 29 of 30 shots as the Stars improved to 8-2-0 at home.
"I think that first goal (by Montreal) was kind of a wakeup call," said Bishop. "Those last 10 minutes of the second period, we really took it to them and had a couple of really good shifts. We had that momentum going into the third. With back-to-back games, it's good to get those first two points."
The Stars will now head out on the road to take on Colorado. The Stars have not fared well on the road where they have lost four straight (0-3-1) and are 3-7-1 on the season. And it's a Central Divison foe. The Stars are 1-5-0 against Central Division teams.
"Right now, it's a four-point game tomorrow, it's a division game. I don't look at it road or home, we've got to win division games if we want to be a playoff team," said Stars coach Ken Hitchcock. "We've got a rested opponent. An opponent who's been sitting home for the last four days and that's going to be a significant challenge for us. We're going to have to go in there and play well. We played very well our last time in there, and we're going to have to follow it up with a similar effort."
Bishop, who has stopped 47 of 48 shots in his last two games, will get the start in goal.
Injuries: G Kari Lehtonen (personal), C Martin Hanzal (hand), and D Marc Methot (knee) are out.
