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DALLAS (AP) — Jamie Benn’s new linemates Gabriel Landeskog Jersey Kids , Blake Comeau and Radek Faksa, were surprising goal scorers for Dallas on Saturday night.Comeau, Faksa and Brett Ritchie scored their first goals of the new year and the Stars defeated the Central Division-leading Winnipeg Jets 4-2.“We really didn’t do anything special out there,” said Benn, the Stars’ captain. “We just put it in the corners and tried to hit guys and work our butts off. When you do that, good things happen.”The goals by Ritchie, Comeau and Faksa gave the Stars a 3-0 lead after two periods. Tyler Seguin scored in the third period. Benn, who assisted on Comeau’s goal, and Seguin lead the team with 18 goals each.Ben Bishop made 15 of his 27 saves in the third period as Dallas snapped a four-game losing streak.Branden Lemieux and Kyle Connor scored 21 seconds apart in the third period, rallying the Jets within 3-2. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 35 shots for the Jets, who had won four in a row and were 18-6 in their previous 24 games.Dallas out-skated the Jets, playing their ninth game in 16 days.Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice noted the Stars’ speed and his team’s fatigue.“You’re a little bit slow, they’re real fast and it gets away from you. We found a way to fight back,” he said.Lemieux scored three goals in Winnipeg’s last two games. Connor has three in the last three games overall http://www.officialavalanche.com/authentic-adidas-j.t.-compher-jersey , and three in three games against the Stars this season.During their four-game skid, the Stars scored only three goals and were 0 for 11 on the power play.The Stars scored their first power-play goal in five games when Ritchie tipped in John Klingberg’s shot from the blue line at 6:54 of the first.“I’m playing as the middle guy there,” Ritchie said. “(Klingberg) said the last game he played them that he was able to get some shots through. I was ready for that.”Ritchie’s third goal of the season was his first point since Dec. 7. He has played in only 10 of Dallas’ 20 games since then and was a healthy scratch in the other 10.Comeau gave the Stars a 2-0 lead 22 seconds into the second period. He took a rebound of a shot by Esa Lindell and wristed it past Hellebuyck from the left side of the net. Comeau’s fifth goal was his first point since Dec. 29, after a nine-game goal drought.Roman Polak came out of the penalty box, and 14 seconds after the Stars’ fourth successful penalty kill, he assisted on Faksa’s eighth goal, a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle at 13:36 of the second. Faksa had been without a goal in eight games, dating to Dec. 31.Winnipeg’s Lemieux skated in from the right corner and shot past Bishop into the left corner of the net at 3:25 of the third. After the faceoff, the puck went to Connor low in the right circle, and he sent it into the upper right corner.“That next shift after you get scored against and you’re up 3-1 at home, you have to get the momentum back,” Dallas coach Jim Montgomery said. “We didn’t do that. But besides that, the rest of the third period was a good period.”The Jets were unable to score on their five power plays.“It’s a tough power play to stop,” Comeau said after playing 4:12 on the penalty-killing unit. “Our PK’s been pretty solid all year. We’ve got guys that will work.”NOTES: Connor’s goal gave him 100 career points. . The Jets’ penalty killers had been 12 for 12 in the previous three games. . The Stars had been 0 for 11 on the power play during their four-game losing streak and went 2 for 7 Saturday. . Dallas C Tyler Pitlick (upper-body injury) sat out. . Rookie Lemieux had his third fight of the season Youth Matt Nieto Jersey , this one against Stars D Connor Carrick in the first period. . Three Texas Rangers— Delino DeShields Jr., Joey Gallo and Rougned Odor — dropped ceremonial first pucks before the game.UP NEXTJets: After the All-Star break, on Jan. 28, they’ll be back on the road at Philadelphia.Stars: Have an 11-day break before meeting Buffalo on Jan. 30 in the fifth of six straight home games. The Montreal Canadiens will try and build on their surprisingly strong start to the season when they host the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday at Bell Centre.The Canadiens, picked by many forecasters to dwell near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, are off to a 3-1-1 start after a 7-3 home win against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday.The Canadiens are in third place in the Atlantic Division.Article continues below ...Canadiens coach Claude Julien said changes to the roster and an acceptance of a new playing style have been responsible for the Canadiens’ improved play so far.“I think it’s about the way we work together,” Julien told Montrealcanadiens.com Tuesday. “We chose to play a certain way this year given the things we identified over the summer. It was about speed and execution. At the same time, it takes players who believe and are capable of playing that style and playing it the right way together.“It’s a good start, but there are still a lot of games left and we have to continue to show that playing this style will serve us well right until the end.”Julien said he recognizes that it is a small sample size, but a fast start is critical to positioning a team to contend for a playoff spot. The Canadiens have been riding a more up-tempo game that has emphasized a more aggressive forecheck for their early season success.“You always hear talk about the season being just like a marathon,” he said. “I’m 100 percent in agreement with that. I think you also have to sprint out of the gates to start the year to position yourself well and then the marathon starts after that. It you don’t start out with a sprint, it’s tough to catch up.”The Canadiens have been led by a diversified attack with Tomas Tatar, Paul Byron and Brendan Gallagher each with three goals to lead the team. Jonathan Drouin, who got off to a slow start Mikko Rantanen Jersey , now has two goals as does Charles Hudon.At practice Tuesday, Tatar was on a line with Phillip Danault and Gallagher, Drouin was with Max Domi and Artturi Lehkonen and Byron was with Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Joel Armia. Hudon was on a line with Tomas Plekanec, who scored a goal in his 1,000th NHL game Monday, and Matthew Peca.The Canadiens placed forward Jacob de la Rose on waivers Monday to make room for Nicholas Deslauriers, who is returning from a facial fracture.De la Rose, 23, suffered from a cardiac episode Sept. 29, but was cleared to return to practice.Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, who missed the past two games because of the flu, is expected to start against the Blues (1-2-2), who are starting a three-game road trip.The Blues could get forward Jaden Schwartz, one of their offensive leaders Nathan MacKinnon Jersey , back in the lineup against the Canadiens. Schwartz, who has been battling a lower body injury, skated on Tuesday. It’s expected he will be a game-time decision.Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo has taken responsibility for the Blues’ slow start.“I’m the one that leads this group and we’ve won one game,” he told the team’s website. “It starts with me. I know I need to be better. It’s still on me. If we’re not winning hockey games, that starts with me.”The Blues, usually a strong defensive team, have given up 20 goals in their first five games.“It’s a disappointing start. We’re not going to sugarcoat that or hide from that,” Blues coach Mike Yeo told the team website. “It’s a little bit of adversity, that’s all it is. For us as a group, what’s important is we don’t let circumstances dictate who we become.“It’s taking us a little longer to get going; we’re not quite on top of our game, but we’re going to find it. We always do. We’ve always been a good defensive team. We always will be. We’ll get closer and I think this road trip will be really good for us.”