Turco, coming off solid outings in Vancouver and Edmonton, was spectacular at the Pengrowth Saddledome, stopping 31 of 32 shots in helping the Stars secure a sweep of their three-game trip through Western Canada.

Turco stopped 92 of 97 shots during the three games. He was spectacular at times Saturday night in Calgary.

"He was like that the whole trip," said Stars coach Dave Tippett. "He gave us a chance to win every night. There was some fatigue in our game, but we had the attitude of bend, but don't break. Marty was at the forefront of that, where he wasn't going to let the game slip away."

Turco's save on Flames forward Daymond Langkow in the second period, which came while Calgary was on the power play and already up 1-0, was a key turning point in the game. The Stars scored to tie the game a short time later when a Mike Ribeiro shot bounced off Brenden Morrow.

"You never know what's going to make a difference in the game, you make one save at the right time and it manages to turn the game around," said Turco. "That's the way it is for a goaltender in this league."

Turco was key on the Stars' penalty kill, which was 7-7 on this night and went 18-18 on the road trip. Turco made 11 saves while the Flames were on the power play Saturday night.

"A big factor is Marty Turco," Stars forward Niklas Hagman of the Stars penalty killing. "He played tremendously again."

The Flames had to tip their hat to Turco as well.

"Certainly he was part of the difference for them tonight,'' Calgary coach Mike Keenan said. "He was certainly part of their penalty killing and he had a big night for them.''

Hagman chipped in with the key goal in the game, breaking a 1-1 tie early in the third period by roofing a shot over Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff.

The Stars got a great game from Steve Ott, who played a strong physical game and got under the skin of the Flames, including their captain Jarome Iginla.

"He was on the top of his game tonight and got under their skin," said Stars captain Brenden Morrow. "At the end of a road trip you are looking for a little bit of boost of energy and Steve provided that for us tonight."

And when the road trip ended the Stars had six of a possible six points. It wasn't always pretty at times, but it was three points.

"Coming out of the break we know we have to play better and we have had spurts of playing better," said Tippett. "But let's be realistic. Marty Turco has been our best player the last three games. We still have a lot of work to do."

• The Stars have now won four straight games on the road.
• The Stars outscored their opponents 10-5 on the road trip despite being outshot 97-69.
• The Stars penalty kill was 18-18 on the road trip and is 22-22 over the last four games.
• Mike Ribeiro had five assists during the road trip.
• The Iowa Stars lost 3-2 to Grand Rapids Saturday night. Marty Sertich and Chris Conner scored goals for Iowa. Tobias Stephan made 20 saves.