The Stars (11-10-1) dropped their fifth straight road game falling 3-0 at Colorado Thursday. The Avalanche scored early in the second period to take the lead and then extended it to 2-0 with 0.2 seconds left in the second and added another goal 1:11 into the third.
"It's disappointing. I don't think any of us are very happy right now. We can't keep coming on the road and having the same talk after every road game," said goaltender Ben Bishop who stopped 29 of 32 shots. "We have to dig within, look ourselves in the mirror here and find a way to get wins on the road."
The Stars are 3-8-1 on the road.
Dallas was shut out for the first time this season.
The Stars return home for Friday's game at American Airlines Center where they have won three straight and eight of their last nine.
The Stars recalled D Julius Honka from Texas (AHL) Thursday and reassigned LW Curtis McKenzie and G Mike McKenna to Texas.
The Stars will retire Jere Lehtinen's No. 26 in a pregame ceremony Friday. Lehtinen, who was a three-time winner of the Selke Trophy as the NHL's best defensive forward, played his entire 14-year career with Dallas and was a key member of the Stars' 1999 Stanley Cup championship team.
"Great honor. Kind of speechless when you think about it. It's a humbling feeling," Lehtinen said. "To see the former teammates and coaches, a lot of friends coming from Finland, and my former junior teammates too. It's great to see them here to be part of the whole ceremony thing. To be out on the ice with your family and see your jersey go up beside especially [Mike] Modano, it's huge. That moment is going to be, I don't know. A man usually doesn't cry, but we'll see what happens."
The Lehtinen jersey retirement ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m.
Injuries: C Martin Hanzal (hand) is day to day. D Marc Methot (knee) is out.
