Mike Ribeiro scored the game's last three goals for the first hat trick of his career Wednesday, boosting Dallas to a 4-1 win over Florida. Mike Modano produced the Stars' first goal and Marty Turco made 27 saves, giving Dallas a win in two of its final three games prior to the All-Star break.

Dallas's Mike Ribeiro scored two goals Saturday, the second on a shootout wrist-shot that gave the Stars a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Ribeiro's game-winner was the only goal of the shootout. All the scoring in regulation came in the third period, which had a hectic finish. Ribeiro scored with 1:12 remaining, breaking a 1-1 tie.

Shootout goals by Brad Richards and Mike Ribeiro Thursday lifted the Dallas Stars to a 6-5 victory over Columbus. The Stars, who got off to a poor start this season, have won six of their last nine games to crawl out of the cellar of the Western Conference. Dallas had a 5-3 advantage midway through

The availability of team scoring leader Mike Ribeiro to the Stars rests in the hands of NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell.

Marty Turco stopped all 23 shots he faced for the fourth shutout of his playoff career and four different Dallas players scored on the power play, as the Stars defeated the Anaheim Ducks, 4-0, in the opener of their best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal series at Honda Center.