Marty Turco stopped 22 shots for his 38th career shutout, rookie Jamie Benn scored a power-play goal in the first period and the Dallas Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Monday night.
Brad Richards added a third-period power-play goal as the Stars followed up on Saturday night's 5-3 home win over New Jersey to give Dallas consecutive home victories in regulation for the first time since they defeated Vancouver and Edmonton on Feb. 13 and 19.
Manny Legace made 27 saves while the Hurricanes remained winless on the road this season (0-8-3).
Carolina had won two straight and was coming off its best streak of the season (3-0-2 in its previous five).
Benn's goal off a rebound gave Dallas the lead at 9:30 of the first period, 24 seconds after Carolina's Tom Kostopoulos began serving a cross-checking penalty.
The Stars should have led by more entering the first intermission, but shots by Jere Lehtinen and Stephane Robidas rang off the goal post.
The Hurricanes thought they'd tied it at 1 at 6:37 of the second period when the puck went over the goal line off Ray Whitney's skate. But after a video review, the goal was waved off when officials ruled that Whitney had used a kicking motion on the play.
Richards' shot glanced off the stick of Carolina defenseman Joe Corvo, into the air and over Legace's shoulder at 2:07 of the third period to extend Dallas' edge to 2-0.
Carolina had 1:38 of a 5-on-3 early in the third period, but Turco made four saves during the two-man disadvantage to preserve his second shutout of the season.
NOTES: Dallas D Nicklas Grossman is day to day with a lower-body injury. ... Stars leading goal-scorer James Neal served the second of his two-game league suspension. ... Richards has a nine-game points streak. ... The Hurricanes haven't won in Dallas since Feb. 11, 1996, when the franchise was based on Hartford. ... Stars D Mark Fistric sustained a facial cut in the first period but got treatment and returned before the first intermission. ... Carolina has played Dallas on the road only five times in the last 10 years. ... Dallas captain Brenden Morrow fought Carolina's Tim Gleason 25 seconds after the opening faceoff. ... The Stars have scored two or more power-play goals in three of their last four games. ... Carolina RW Tuomo Ruutu missed the third period with a lower-body injury. ... Monday marked the 1,400th victory for the Minnesota-Dallas franchise.
