Stars Have No Defense for Kings

This is how the stars aligned, and the Dallas Stars were maligned, in a 7-2 victory by the Kings on Thursday night.

Luc Robitaille scored a goal, though it took 1 minute 32 seconds to confirm it.

King tough guy George Parros racked up a Gordie Howe hat trick, and wasn’t even on the ice for his assist.

Dallas’ Mike Modano, maybe the surest stick in the NHL, literally handed the puck to Pavol Demitra, who couldn’t help but score.

All that was part of an offensive blur at the American Airlines Center that gave the Kings (6-2-0-0) their best eight-game start since going 6-1-1 in 1990-91. The Kings had 11 players score points, with six enjoying multiple-point games.

“I kind of told everyone at the start of the season that we had this kind of offense,” Craig Conroy said. “We’ve had a little bit of that in games, but tonight was scoring by committee.”

That being the case, Conroy was chairman. His goal and two assists gave him seven points in consecutive nights.

Conroy set up Lubomir Visnovsky to tie the score, 1-1, 2:28 into the game, then sent a pass that was intercepted by Modano, who then lost the puck. Demitra pounced on it and scored to give the Kings a 2-1 lead 4:54 into the game.

Visnovsky also had three points. Robitaille, Parros, Demitra and Dustin Brown each had two points.

This came against a Dallas team that had rallied from a 4-0 first-period deficit to beat the Kings, 5-4, in the season opener. That game was a fresh memory.

“You never get the bad taste of that out of your mouth,” King Coach Andy Murray said. “It provided me with a teachable, a coachable moment.”

The chalk talk on this one was: Don’t let up.

“This is the new NHL, so even with a 7-2 lead, you’re never sure,” Murray said.

Parros assisted on Demitra’s first-period goal -- though he was not listed as being on the ice for it. He then chipped in a pass from Robitaille for his first NHL goal in the second period.

“I had a chance just like that and missed [Wednesday night], and Luc reminded me,” Parros said. “He told me I wasn’t going to get that many chances and I better score.”

Parros’ third-period work ended up on the score sheet, when he took on Dallas’ John Erskine, a fight that was a Parros victory.

Robitaille’s second-period goal came on a shot that went through the net. Play continued for 1:32 before the shot could be reviewed and the goal awarded.