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Anaheim Ducks at Dallas Stars
Saturday November 22
7:00  PM
TV: FSN | Radio: WBAP-820 AM

The Stars are coming off a 6-3 loss to Chicago at the American Airlines Center Thursday night. It was the Stars sixth loss in their last eight games (2-5-1).

"We had a great start and dictated a lot of the play, our power play kept us in it and then we shot ourselves in the foot and couldn't catch up," said Stars coach Dave Tippett.

The Stars got bad news Friday when they learned captain Brenden Morrow suffered a torn ACL and will miss the rest of the season.

Marty Turco will get the start in goal for the Stars.

Injuries: F Brenden Morrow (ACL),  F Jere Lehtinen (upper body) and F Joel Lundqvist (shoulder) are out.

The Ducks lost for the fifth time in their last six games, falling 3-2 in overtime to St. Louis Friday night. The Ducks tied the game 0.9 seconds left in regulation to get the point, but couldn't get the second point.

"We feel we're a better team than we've shown in a number of games this year," Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer said. "It's frustrating when you don't play to your potential."

The Ducks are 1-3-2 over their last six games.

Injuries:  F Brian Sutherby (groin) and D Francois Beauchemin (ACL) are out.

• This is the second of six meetings between the two teams. The Stars are 1-0-0 and the Ducks are 0-1-0 so far in the season series.

• The Stars have picked up points in 11 of their last 13 games with the Ducks, registering a 9-2-2 record during that span.
• The Stars are 4-9 on the power play over the last three games.
• The Stars are 10-14 on the penalty kill over the last three games.
• The Ducks have given up five power play goals in 13 shorthanded situations over their last two games.