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Stars snap six-game skid by topping Oilers

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James OBrien

It took two weeks and seven games, but the Dallas Stars finally won a game in 2014. They did so by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Tuesday.

Ryan Garbutt scored a goal and two assists while Jamie Benn and Trevor Daley enjoyed matching one-goal, one-assist nights. Kari Lehtonen stopped 31 out of 33 shots for his 17th win of the season.

The Oilers felt great about beating the Pittsburgh Penguins in dramatic fashion back on Friday, but the bigger picture isn’t so pretty, as they’ve lost seven of their last nine games. (The even bigger picture looks even worse, too.)

The Stars finished 2013 on a pretty strong note, as they put together a seven-game point streak (5-0-2), yet this past skid undid a lot of that good. They’ll need to avoid another prolonged slump if they want to be anything more than middle-of-the-pack.

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