ANAHEIM, Calif. – The way last season ended for the Dallas Stars left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth throughout the organization, and they’re determined not to let it happen again.
Loui Eriksson had a fluke goal 13 seconds after the opening faceoff and scored again early in the third period, leading Dallas to a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night and helping extend the Stars’ winning streak to five games.
Mike Ribeiro also scored for the Stars, 6-1-0 after missing the playoffs in each of the previous three seasons. It’s their best start since 2006-07, when they won eight of their first nine and finished 50-25-7 before losing in the first round of the playoffs. The only other time they started 6-1 was 1996-97.
The Stars have never missed the playoffs in four consecutive seasons.
“We set a goal to make the playoffs, and I think what happened last year gives us more (incentive),” said Kari Lehtonen, who made 35 saves to run his record to 6-0. “We started very well last year, too, but then we faded away when other teams started getting better. We remember how hard it was to miss the playoffs, so we don’t want that
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