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Images: Blackhawks open the season against the Dallas Stars

Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford makes a save in the first period. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane checks Dallas Stars center Mike Ribeiro into the bench in the second period. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen makes a diving save in the second period. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Stars Center Jake Dowell crashes into Chicago Blackhawks left wing Patrick Sharp in the second period . ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn scores as Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford falls to the ice in the second period. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Stars fan Leah Blassberg, left, of Keller, Texas, watches as Stars center Tom Wandell skates past, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, before an NHL hockey game between the Stars and the Chicago Blackhawks in Dallas. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy and left wing Patrick Sharp celebrate the Blackhawks goal as Dallas Stars right wing Radek Dvorak lies on the ice in the third period . ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson and Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn break the glass as they slam into the boards in the third period. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Blackhawks left wing Patrick Sharp slides into Dallas Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen and ends up in the net in the third period . ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Blackhawks left wing Patrick Sharp slides into Dallas Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen and ends up in the net in the third period . ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dallas Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski drops to the ice in front of Chicago Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews to keep him away from the goal in the second period. ASSOCIATED PRESS