Stars score three in third, drop Blues

ST. LOUIS -- Pierre Turgeon and Scott Young scored in a 1:48 span midway through the third period as Dallas beat St. Louis 4-2 Saturday night in a battle of Western Conference heavyweights.

The conference-leading Stars scored three goals in the third, also getting an insurance goal from Brenden Morrow, a day after their 12-game unbeaten streak (9-0-3) was ended in a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay. The Blues, who entered the night third in the West, are 0-2-1 in their last three games.

Turgeon caught Brent Johnson out of position at 12:06 of the third, scoring off the goalie's backside on a bad-angled shot from the goal line, to tie it at 2. Young got his 11th on a 2-on-1 break with Mike Modano at 13:54, scoring on a wrist shot to put the Stars ahead.

Both players are former Blues and were booed heavily after scoring. Morrow made it 4-2 on a deflection at 15:17 and John Erskine added a first-period goal as the Stars won despite getting outshot 33-21.

Pavol Demitra and Al MacInnis scored for the Blues, who lost for only the second time when leading after two periods. St. Louis is 18-2-0-2 in that situation.

MacInnis' power-play goal, his 13th of the season, had given the Blues a 2-1 lead at 19:46 of the second period. MacInnis, 39, has a goal in three of the last four games leads NHL defensemen with 42 points and scored the go-ahead goal when he one-timed a cross-ice feed from Demitra that deflected off the goal post and in.

Dallas allowed the first goal for the eighth time in 10 games, credited to Demitra at 10:16 of the first period during a 4-on-4 sequence. Marty Turco stopped Tkachuk's break-in and a clearing effort by the Stars deflected into the net off Demitra.

Erskine tied it at 12:50 with a wrist shot from the point through traffic that eluded Brent Johnson.

Noteworthy

Blues F Doug Weight has gone 26 games without a goal, since Dec. 5.

Demitra scored his first goal in five games.

Young has three goals in the last five games. Before that he had only one in 19 games.

The teams have split their first two meetings.