First look at Stars

The Dallas Stars just continue to roll along, behind goalie Kari Lehtonen. The Stars are atop the Pacific Division with 59 points in 45 games, and are on a 5-0-1 run in January. Lehtonen has started five of those games, and allowed a total of five regulation goals, and in the other game, backup Andrew Raycroft started and shut out Minnesota. The Kings are 2-0-0 against the Stars this season, winning 5-2 in Dallas on Oct. 28 and 3-1 at Staples Center on Nov. 11. The Stars are coming off a 6-1 win over Atlanta on Saturday, in which they scored four power-play goals and were perfect on the penalty kill. Here are a couple early looks at the game, from the Dallas Morning News and ESPNDallas.com…

Sunday morning practice notes (Dallas Morning News)

Stars look to keep rolling against Kings (ESPNDallas.com)

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