ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The ghosts of a recent, frustrating past arose Friday night to haunt the Stars' attempt to extend their longest winning streak in two months.
Turnovers, untimely penalties and ineffective penalty killing allowed the Anaheim Ducks to earn a 5-3 victory in front of a standing-room-only crowd of 17,355 at the Honda Center.
Thus did the Stars (41-32-8) see their two-game winning streak end. Not since Feb. 1-9, when they earned five consecutive victories, did the Stars as many in succession.
Thus did the Ducks (43-25-13) move into third place in the Pacific Division by one point over the idle Los Angeles Kings -- and move within one point of the second-place San Jose Sharks.