Game summary: Dallas 5, Montreal 2

The Stars (21-10-3) took over first place in the Western Conference after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 at American Airlines Center Tuesday night. Adam Burish, Jamie Benn, Karlis Skrastins, Brad Richards and Loui Eriksson scored goals for the Stars, who are 11-2-2 in their last 15 games overall. Kari Lehtonen stopped 27 of 29 shots.

Notes

*The Stars are 10-0-2 in their last 12 home games.

*The Stars were 1-2 on the power play Tuesday, giving them at least one power play goal in six straight games. They are 7-26 (26.9%) on the PP during that stretch.

*The Stars were 4-4 on the penalty kill and are now 48-54 (88.9%) on the PK over the last 16 games.

*Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen is 6-0-2 in his last eight starts with a 1.96 goals against average and a .938 save percentage.

*Stars forward Loui Eriksson ran his points streak to four games with one goal and one assist Tuesday. He has 3 goals and 5 assists in those four games.

*Eriksson's goal was the 100th of his career.

*Brad Richards’ goal on Tuesday ran his points streak to four games (4 goals, 1 assists).

*Stephane Robidas tied a career-high with 3 assists in Tuesday’s game.

*The Stars are 10-2-0 against Eastern Conference teams this season and have outscored the opposition 39-20.

*The Stars have won 13 straight games when they’ve scored the first goal of the game.

Stars lineup

Neal-Richards-Eriksson

Morrow-Ribeiro-Benn

Ott-Burish-Segal

Sutherby-Wandell-Petersen

Ott-Wandell-Burish

Sutherby-Petersen-Segal

Grossman-Robidas

Daley-Woywitka

Skrastins-Niskanen

Lehtonen

Raycroft (backup)

Scratches: Barch, Fistric

Injured: None

Power play units

Morrow-Ribeiro-Eriksson-Richards-Robidas/Daley

Neal-Ott-Benn-Richards-Niskanen

Penalty kill units

Burish-Petersen-Skrastins-Robidas

Ott-Benn-Grossman-Daley

Wandell-Eriksson-Skrastins-Robidas

Richards-Eriksson-Grossman-Daley