Stars shut out Blues in fight-filled contest

DALLAS -- Bill Guerin has been stuck in a goal-scoring drought, and so has the Dallas Stars' power play. Both got back on track Thursday night.

Guerin scored the first of three Dallas power-play goals and Marty Turco made 17 saves for his third shutout of the season and 24th of his career in the Stars' 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues.

Sergei Zubov and Jere Lehtinen also had man-advantage goals for the Stars, who had converted only four of their previous 42 power-play chances.

"It's just one," Guerin said after his first power-play goal of the season. "I have to keep moving forward and not make a big deal of it."

Guerin, who went 13 games without a goal, has two in his last three games, giving him eight for the season. Guerin, whose career high is 41 goals for the Boston Bruins in 2001-02, expected a much better start and his frustration has been evident.

"Goal-scorers are guys who can get hot when they get confidence and can go on a run," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "Not much has been going in. Hopefully this will get him going."

Dallas' penalty-killing unit also was effective, blanking St. Louis on six chances. The Stars haven't given up a power-play goal since Dec. 18, a streak of 36 kills.

Rookie Jason Bacashihua, the Stars' first-round draft pick in 2001, stopped 22 shots for Blues, last in the Western Conference with 22 points. The Stars routed the Blues 6-1 in St. Louis on Monday night and have won the last five games in the series.

Dallas, which had lost its previous two home games, opened the scoring at 10:12 of the first period on Guerin's short-range shot through Bacashihua's pads.

There were four fights in the final 4:29 of the first period after Ryan Johnson of the Blues took a run at Stars captain Mike Modano along the left boards.

Johnson wasn't penalized, and Dallas' Steve Ott took exception, pummeling Johnson during the ensuing scrap. Three more fights broke out over the next 49 seconds as the Stars dominated the fisticuffs and built a 10-2 shots advantage for the period.

"I thought it was great," Ott said. "There were four good fights. It was kind of like old-style NHL. I guess we brought it back out."