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Robidas goal lifts Stars over Blackhawks

Stephane Robidas scored when his third-period dump-in bounced and slipped past Chicago goalie Cristobal Huet, and the Dallas Stars beat the Blackhawks 4-3 and ended their four-game winning streak Saturday night.

Dallas had three power plays early in the final period and couldn't convert, but the Stars scored with 9:33 left. Robidas dumped the puck, it hit the boards, went sideways and then bounced twice before going right past Huet's glove to make it 4-2.

Niklas Hjalomarsson's goal on a shot from between the circles got Chicago within one with a little more than 4 minutes to go.

Alex Auld, the Stars' No. 2 goalie, made 29 saves in his second game of the season and held off a furious finish by Chicago when it pulled Huet with a little more than a minute to go.

Brendan Morrow, Mike Ribeiro and Toby Petersen also scored for the Stars, all in the second period. Troy Brouwer and Jonathan Toews had goals for the Blackhawks.

Morrow's shot from the left side was stopped by Huet, but Morrow scored on the rebound early in the second period for his fifth goal of the season and a 1-0 Dallas lead.

About three minutes later, Matt Niskanen took a long shot from the blue line that Ribeiro deflected past Huet, a goal upheld by video replay.

Chicago wasted little time responding when less than a minute later, Brouwer wristed a shot from the right circle past Auld, cutting the lead to 2-1.

But Huet's struggles continued when Petersen scored on a long-distance slapper from the right boards that went under the goalie's left pad, prompting louder booing at the United Center.

Chicago sliced the lead to one when Auld fell down behind the net battling Chicago's Patrick Sharp and the puck went to Toews near the right circle. Toews' shot found the vacated net for his first of the season.

The Blackhawks, who entered the game leading the NHL in fewest shots allowed per game (20.1), outshot the Stars 14-5 in a scoreless first period.

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