DALLAS -- With 4:30 left in the first period of the Stars' preseason 5-3 win over the Blues on Tuesday night, Dallas' first power-play unit took the ice. It included Jason Spezza.
It's where Spezza has spent most of his career as a skilled forward, but not where he spent his career-worst season last year. Under Ken Hitchcock, Spezza mostly toiled on the second power-play unit as Devin Shore and Brett Ritchie garnered time with the top unit.
Under first-year Stars coach Jim Montgomery, no longer.
Montgomery installed Spezza as the fifth member of the top unit, beginning with Tuesday's preseason opener against St.