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Stars dazzle to defeat Colorado 7-5

Philippe Boucher and Jere Lethinen each had a goal and an assist for the Dallas Stars, who set a season high for goals in a 7-5 victory on Sunday over the Colorado Avalanche in a game neither starting goaltender finished.

Jeff Halpern scored on a rebound with 2:28 left for the Stars, who fended off three power plays with some nice saves by Mike Smith in the final 12 minutes to win their third straight game.

National Hockey League All-Star goalie Marty Turco was pulled from his second straight start for the Stars, yanked after giving up two goals in less than a minute midway through the second period. Colorado's Peter Budaj had been replaced earlier in the period after Dallas went ahead 4-1.

Lightning 4, Devils 1

At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Nick Tarnasky and Vincent Lecavalier scored in a 48-second span to cap a three-goal second period and lead Tampa Bay to a win over New Jersey.

Vaclav Prospal and Dan Boyle also scored and Johan Holmqvist had 21 saves in bouncing back from a bad game against the Rangers to lead the Lightning to their 12th win in 15 games.

Scott Gomez scored for the Devils, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. The loss was only their third in regulation in the last 21 games (15-3-3).

Blackhawks 5, Blue Jackets 4

At Columbus, Ohio, Martin Havlat had a goal and two assists and Chicago rode a three-goal spree in the first period to beat Columbus.

A few Blue Jackets fans chanted "We want a re-fund!" in the third period -- before their team came back with two third-period goals to almost force overtime.

Peter Bondra and Bryan Smolinski each had a goal and an assist and Patrick Sharp and Martin Lapointe also scored for the Blackhawks.

In other games on Sunday it was: Red Wings 7, Flames 4; Oilers 5, Thrashers 1.
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