NHL: Blues beat Stars in shootout

DALLAS — Brad Boyes scored in the second round of the shootout, and Ty Conklin stopped Stephane Robidas in the third to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night.

Brad Richards scored for Dallas in the first round, but Andy McDonald countered for St. Louis. Dallas' Mike Ribeiro hit the goal post with his second-round attempt, and Boyes scored through Marty Turco's pads to give the Blues the edge.

T.J. Oshie gave the Blues a 3-2 advantage with 8:59 remaining, firing a wrist shot from the right circle that beat Turco on the glove side for St. Louis' first lead.

But Brenden Morrow tied it at 3 for Dallas on a deflection off Richards' shot with 25.4 seconds left in regulation and Turco off for a sixth attacker.

Erik Johnson scored a first-period power-play goal to snap St. Louis' 0-for-19 drought with the man-advantage. David Backes added a goal and an assist in regulation, and Conklin stopped 34 shots for St. Louis.

Robidas scored on the power play, and Toby Petersen added a goal for the Stars, who got a 35-save performance from Turco.

Dallas had the game's first nine shots and took the lead on Robidas' one-timer at from the left point at 5:37.

St. Louis answered at 9:00 of the first period as Johnson fired into an open net with the man advantage to beat an out-of-position Turco.

Petersen's one-timer from the right circle got through Conklin's pads 1:43 after Johnson's goal to give Dallas a 2-1 edge.

Backes' rebound at 10:02 of the first drew St. Louis even at 2.

Stars leading goal-scorer James Neal was back on the top line with Richards and Loui Eriksson after completing a two-game league suspension.

NOTES: The Stars honored team executive and former player Brett Hull in pregame ceremonies recognizing Hull's recent induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Team owner Tom Hicks announced that Hull, who walked onto the ice holding the Stanley Cup, will become the first member of the Stars Walk of Legends. Hull played for the Blues from 1987-98 before signing as a free agent with the Stars, helping Dallas win the 1999 Cup. Hull retired with 741 career goals for Calgary, St. Louis, Dallas and Detroit before retiring in 2005. ... The Blues are without LW D.J. King (hand). ...Richards extended his points streak to 10 games. ... Dallas D Nicklas Grossman missed his second straight game due to a lower-body injury.