MANITOBA, Winnipeg _ The Stars are 7-1-1 in last three weeks. Seriously.
While Sunday's 3-2 overtime loss to Winnipeg leaves a sour taste in the Stars' mouth and a memory of coach Jim Montgomery criticizing Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn, the Stars have picked up 15 of the last 18 available points. Dallas has points in eight of the last nine games after a 1-7-1 start.
On Sunday, they fell behind 1-0 on Patrik Laine's power-play goal in the first period before taking a 2-1 lead heading into the third period. Winnipeg scored in the third to tie it and then 21 seconds into overtime to win the game.
"Getting the points is always great," Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin said. "I mean, you're not going to be able to win 82 games. Sometimes, you're going to lose games like that when we have a one-goal lead. But at the same time, we're going to win the same games when the deficit is one or two or three goals or whatever. Losing, it sucks. It hurts, but at the same time, you have to keep going."
The Stars have an off day Monday before continuing their four-game road trip with a game in Calgary on Wednesday.
