Stars Prove Durable

The Dallas Stars are perfectly comfortable playing on back-to-back nights.

Marty Turco earned his second shutout of the season, and Brenden Morrow scored his 10th goal and assisted on Jere Lehtinen’s 17th, leading the Dallas Stars to a 2-0 victory over the Senators on Thursday night at Ottawa.

Turco stopped 25 shots for his 23rd career shutout as Dallas recovered from Wednesday’s 4-3 loss in Buffalo. Dallas has gone 14-3 -- including a pair of five-game winning streaks -- to surge into first place in the Pacific Division.

The Stars improved to 6-0 this season in the second game on consecutive nights.

“We pride ourselves on showing up on both nights,” Turco said.

Ottawa, which entered with the most goals scored in the NHL (124) and the fewest allowed (59), was shut out for the second time this month and lost for only the third time in 15 home games.

Ray Emery made 25 saves, losing his second straight game after setting an NHL record by winning nine straight to begin his career.

Florida 3, Detroit 2 -- Olli Jokinen scored a power-play goal 1:36 into overtime at Sunrise, Fla., to give the Panthers their first victory over the Red Wings since Dec. 1, 1996.

Vancouver 5, Philadelphia 4 -- Anson Carter scored twice in the third period at Philadelphia, lifting the Canucks to their fourth straight victory.

Tampa Bay 3, Phoenix 1 -- Vincent Lecavalier netted a short-handed goal, and Fredrik Modin also scored to lead the Lightning at Glendale, Ariz.

Carolina 2, Columbus 1 -- Rod Brind’Amour scored twice and Martin Gerber made 25 saves to lead the Panthers at Raleigh, N.C.

Atlanta 3, New Jersey 2 -- Marc Savard scored a power-play goal with five seconds left in overtime and the visiting Thrashers won about a minute after failing to win on Marian Hossa’s attempted penalty shot.

Edmonton 5, Montreal 3 -- Ethan Moreau’s power-play goal with 1:23 left in the third period lifted the host Oilers.

Nashville 5, Chicago 3 -- Pekka Rinne, the fourth goalie for the Predators this season, stopped 33 shots to win in his NHL debut at Nashville.

Boston 3, Minnesota 2 -- Marco Sturm scored his fourth goal in six games to lead the Bruins at St. Paul, Minn.