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Off to a 9-6-6 start, the Dallas Stars have won consecutive games just once. With a stretch of home games coming up, including a matchup with the New Jersey Devils tonight (7 p.m., Ch. 27), they say they have to string together more wins.

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Preview: Stars-Devils

LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN

Playing in a fight-filled game and losing the special-teams battle in just about every way, Dallas fell 4-1 to Columbus on Thursday night at American Airlines Center. The Stars are 3-3-3 at AAC, not the kind of success expected from a team that entered the season with the second-best home record in the NHL since 2002.

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Heika: Quick Take

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Mike Heika, Dallas Stars beat writer for The Dallas Morning News, is chatting with readers about the Dallas Stars. Join the chat replay, and get the latest updates on our Stars blog.

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On the undercard, the Stars' Krys Barch and the Red Wings' Brad May traded punches. Then the Stars knocked out Detroit in the main event. Alex Auld made 31 saves, and Mike Ribeiro, Matt Niskanen and Loui Eriksson scored in the Stars' 3-1 victory over the Red Wings on Wednesday night.

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Video: Postgame report (11/18)

Chat replay: Heika (11/18)

AP

Brenden Morrow and Mike Ribeiro have been the heart of the Dallas Stars' offense for the better part of three seasons. But not so much this season, and so they will play on different lines tonight (6:30 p.m., FSSW) at Detroit.

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LOUIS DELUCA / DMN

When new Dallas Stars coach Marc Crawford talks about Stephane Robidas and the rest of the defensemen taking risks, activating, joining the play, and pinching, the wires in the heads of the blue liners might get crossed a bit.

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TOM FOX / DMN

While Marc Crawford and his Dallas Stars coaches planned to space out Marty Turco's games to make sure he would avoid a slow start and not wear out by the end of the season, they might be ready to adjust.

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AP

Robert Lang had a goal and an assist and Ilya Bryzgalov made 26 saves to lead the Phoenix Coyotes past the Dallas Stars 3-2 Saturday night.

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The man with the second most games coached, second most wins and highest winning percentage in Dallas Stars coaching history will be on the other bench for the first time when the Stars meet the Coyotes (7 p.m. FSSW).

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Preview: Stars-Coyotes

AP

Coach Marc Crawford plucked defenseman Stephane Robidas off the bench for the shootout, and he delivered. leading the Stars to a 3-2 shootout win against the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion.

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Like contestants on a game show, the Dallas Stars are finding that the questions get harder as the season goes on. And no question will be harder than tonight's matchup against the Sharks (9:30 p.m. FSSW).

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Preview: Stars-Sharks

JOHN F. RHODES / DMN

To show that we're either open to several ways of doing things or that we really have no conviction to sticking to our opinions, let's take the opposite look from what we talked about last week, writes Mike Heika in this week's Inside the Dallas Stars newsletter.

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JOHN F. RHODES / DMN

Second-year Dallas Stars winger James Neal is a lot more popular with his fans and a lot more recognized by the opposition. "That's just part of what he's going to have to deal with," Stars coach Marc Crawford said.

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LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN

Dallas Stars goalie Marty Turco talks with DMN sports writer Mike Heika about his goalie masks and what the designs represent in our latest Dallas Stars video report.

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