EDMONTON, Alberta_The Dallas Stars are doing a lot of things right, but they still are finding ways to lose hockey games.
Dallas scored three power-play goals Thursday and received a spirited effort from Alexander Radulov, who had a goal and two assists, but they lost to the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 and have lost two in a row to start their five-game road trip.
"It's really disappointing," coach Ken Hitchcock said. "It's disappointing that we're not doing enough in the details of a game to win a hockey game. We look like we should have a better record than we do, but we're not doing enough in the details of the game."
Dallas fell to 5-5-0 and is 1-4-0 on the road. Edmonton, which scored twice in the final eight minutes, moved up to 3-5-1.
"Once you get that lead, you expect to win the game," said center Jason Spezza, who set up the go-ahead goal in the third period with 9:35 remaining. "You have to play 60 minutes, 60 smart minutes, if you want to win on the road."
Hitchcock said before the game that his team needed more from the depth players.
"We're asking the same people to do everything. We don't have enough participants," Hitchcock said. "If we want to win on the road and be a good team, we don't have enough participants. That's the bottom line."
Radulov jumped in to almost double his point total on the season (he had four points in the first nine games), while Spezza also came up big as he helped the second power-play unit score its first goal of the season.
Radulov, who had been moved off the first line to start the game, jumped back with Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin and made a great play. Radulov carried the puck up the left wing and took it behind the net. He then passed out to Benn, who was trailing the play and knocked in his sixth goal of the season.
Edmonton came back and regained the lead with 24.1 seconds remaining in the first period, as Patrick Maroon sent a pass to the front of the net and Stars defenseman Marc Methot knocked it in with his skate.
Dallas battled back again with the power play, as Radulov showed an aspect of his game the Stars had yet to see. Setting up in the right circle, Radulov received a perfect pass from Seguin and unleashed a beastly one-timer that went in and out so fast, you almost couldn't see it. That was Radulov's second goal in a Stars uniform (and his first was an empty-netter).
Both teams were sloppy at times, and Edmonton took advantage of a bad decision by Jamie Oleksiak. The defenseman, who was coming off a healthy scratch, decided to make a big hit in the offensive zone, and the Oilers took off in transition. Former Star Kris Russell sent a hard shot off the end boards, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins corralled the puck and tucked it in while Ben Bishop was scrambling out of the net.
Dallas went back to the power play for the equalizer. This time John Klingberg fed Radulov for a one-timer from the right point, and Benn was there to clean up the rebound. That made it 3-3 and set up a huge third period.
The Stars finally scored with their second power-play unit, as Spezza fed Esa Lindell to go ahead 4-3. However, Edmonton came right back and tied it on a goal from Nugent-Hopkins after Greg Pateryn and Dan Hamhuis struggled to clear the puck.
Then, Matt Benning fired a shot on goal that Radulov accidentally tipped past Bishop at 17:33 of the third period as the Stars lost their second in a row.
Dallas continues this road trip with a game Friday in Calgary.
"We can build on it," Hitchcock said. "Other people need to step up. We'll look in the mirror tomorrow morning, and we'll get ready for Calgary."
