Stars hold off Canes 2-0

DALLAS -- Marty Turco stopped 22 shots for his 38th career shutout, rookie Jamie Benn scored a power-play goal in the first period and the Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Monday night.

Brad Richards added a third-period power-play goal as the Stars followed up on Saturday night's 5-3 home win over New Jersey to give Dallas consecutive home victories for the first time this season.

Manny Legace made 27 saves while the Hurricanes remained winless on the road this season (0-8-3).

Carolina had won two straight and was coming off its best streak of the season (3-0-2 in its previous five).

Benn's goal off a rebound gave Dallas the lead at 9:30 of the first period, 24 seconds after Carolina's Tom Kostopoulos began serving a cross-checking penalty.

The Hurricanes thought they had tied it at 1 at 6:37 of the second period when the puck went over the goal line on an attempt by Ray Whitney. But after a video review, the goal was waved off when officials ruled that Whitney had kicked the puck onto his stick.

"I didn't feel it hit [his stick], no," Whitney said. "I took a swipe at it. Did I hit it, I don't know. That was a big moment in the game. It would have been a huge momentum swing for us; a huge boost for us. Goals are tough to come by in this league the way it is."

With Dallas on its fifth power play of the night on Carolina's second delay-of-game penalty, Richards' shot glanced off the stick of Carolina defenseman Joe Corvo, into the air and over Legace's shoulder at 2:07 of the third period to extend Dallas' edge to 2-0.

Carolina had 1:38 of a 5-on-3 early in the third period, but Turco made four saves during the two-man disadvantage to preserve his second shutout of the season.

The Hurricanes were chasing the game for much of the night, having to kill eight power plays.

"We took too many penalties tonight that we didn't need to take, and we had a 5-on-3 where we needed to put one in," Carolina coach Paul Maurice said.