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 last 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.
Carolina had 1:38 of a 5-on-3 early in the third period, but Turco made four saves during.
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